Bernice Evelyn [Kost] Ivins 1920-2012

KOST, IVINS, JENLINK

Posted By: Curtis (email)
Date: 6/25/2012 at 08:48:28

DEATH NOTICE:

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa June 20, 2012)

IVINS, Bernice Evelyn, 91, of Des Moines, Iowa, died on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at Fleur Heights under the care of Hospice of Central Iowa. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the Slade-O'Donnell Funeral Home in Leon, Iowa with Rev. Terry D. Roberts officiating. Interment was held in the Leon Cemetery, Leon, Iowa.

Obituary -

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa June 20, 2012)

BERNICE EVELYN IVINS ... Bernice Evelyn Ivins, age 91, of Des Moines, IA, the daughter of Ross and Sophie Mae [Jenlink] Kost, was born November 8, 1920 in Decatur County, Iowa. She died at Fleur Heights under the care of Hospice of Central Iowa on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.

On September 3, 1940 Bernice married Max Leander Ivins at Corydon IA. Two sons blessed this union, Norman and Jerry. The couple farmed in Decatur County, south of Woodland, IA from 1940 to 1947 when they moved to Des Moines. She was a homemaker raising her two boys.

Preceding her in death was her husband Max, her parents, four brothers, and four sisters. Survivors include her two sons: Jerry and Donna Ivins of Des Moines, and Norman and Julene Ivins of Colorado Springs, Colorado; three grandchildren: six great grandchildren: several nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.