LABOUNTY, Louise Lena (Tommingo) 1906-2003

LABOUNTY, TOMMINGO, POLFUSS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/4/2009 at 10:00:18

Louise LaBounty, 97, a former resident of 1105 Riverside Drive, Charles City, died Monday, December 29, 2003, at the Salsbury Baptist Home in Charles City.

A funeral Mass for Louise LaBounty will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. The Rev. Carl Ries, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Charles City.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday where the Rosary will be recited at 4:30 p.m. and where there will be a Vigil Scriptural Wake Service at 7:00 p.m. Visitation will continue at the church an hour prior to the service.

Louise Lena Tommingo LaBounty was born March 3, 1906, in Floyd County, the daughter of Herman and Minnie (Polfuss) Tommingo. She graduated from the Charles City High School in 1925. On May 1, 1926, she was united in marriage to Harry LaBounty at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Charles City. Louise and Harry lived all their lives in Charles City. Harry died June 14, 2001. She will be remembered for her skill in cooking both for her family and for various organizations, canning and sewing. Her favorite activities included playing cards and bingo. Louise was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and was active in the Sacred Heart Guild, Rosary Society and St. Joseph's Circle. She had also been a member of the Charles City Senior Citizens. Louise always enjoyed the time spent with all of her family.

Living family members include two daughters, Elaine Eppley, and Lorraine (Gene) Krieger both of Charles City; three sons, Donald (Char) LaBounty of Castle Rock, Colo., Kenneth (Dottie) LaBounty of Montezuma, and James (Marcy) LaBounty of Charles City; 19 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; a great great granddaughter; a daughter-in-law, Arlene LaBounty of Burnsville, Minn.; and two sisters-in-law, Elda Meyers and Grace Tommingo both of Charles City.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a son, Keith, and a brother.