MESSERSMITH, Zella Marie (Kellogg) 1899-1998

MESSERSMITH, KELLOGG

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/26/2010 at 20:22:24

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Zella M. Messersmith

CHARLES CITY, IOWA — Zella M.(Mrs. George) Messersmith, 99, 406 Wright Ave., died Thursday (Feb. 26, 1998) at home.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Trinity United Methodist Church, Milwaukee and Hulin streets, with the Rev. J. Larry Vallery officiating. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., Charles City, with the family receiving friends from 4 to 7 p.m. There will be further visitation one hour prior to services on Monday at the church.

Zella Marie Kellogg Messersmith was born Feb. 25, 1899, in rural Charles City.

Survivors include two children, Eugene Messersmith, of Fort Collins, Colo., and Donna Mack, of Garner; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and three brothers.

Those considering an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the American Legion Auxiliary Unit #174 Scholarship Fund.

[Globe Gazette - Feb. 27, 1998]

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Zella M. Messersmith

CHARLES CITY, IOWA — Zella M. Messersmith, 99, of 406 Wright Ave., died unexpectedly early Thursday (Feb. 26, 1998) at her home. She had just celebrated her 99th birthday on Wednesday, Feb. 25.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Trinity United Methodist Church, Milwaukee and Hulin streets, with the Rev. J. Larry Vallery, senior pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City.

Friends may call from 2-9 p.m. today at the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt Street, where the family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Monday.

Mrs. Messersmith, the former Zella Marie Kellogg, was born Feb. 25, 1899, in rural Charles City, the daughter of Ebert Henry and Ida Mae (Prince) Kellogg.

She attended county school and graduated from Charles City High School in 1917. She then attended the Finley Hospital School of Nursing in Dubuque.

On November 15, l920, she was united in marriage to George Thomas Messersmith in Waterloo. The couple made their home in Charles City, where Zella worked as a registered nurse for the Cedar Valley Hospital for 50 years. She moved to the new Floyd County Memorial Hospital when it was built in 1964. She retired from the hospital and nursing profession in 1969.

Mr. Messersmith died August 2, l97l, in Charles City.

Mrs. Messersmith was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women and the Charity-Peace Circle of the church. She was a member and a past president of American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 174 of Charles City, a past president of the Floyd County American Legion Auxiliary and a charter member of the World War I Auxiliary. She was a member of the former Eastern Star Excelsior Chapter No. 51 and White Shrine of Charles City. For five years, Zella served as a foster grandmother.

Living family members include two children, Eugene and Theresa Messersmith, Ft. Collins, Colo., and Donna and Dr. W. J. Mack, Garner; four grandchildren, Nancy and Greg Ethington, Charles City, Scott Smith, Arboles, Colo., Tamara and James Lucas, Vista, Calif., and Carolyn Werth, Fort Collins, Colo.; five great-grandchildren, Eric and Caryn Wallace of Sioux Falls, S. D., Amy and Rich Childers, Cheyenne, Wyo., Heather Ethington, Charles City, and Jennifer Smith and Troy Smith both of Pagusa Springs, Colo.; and one great-great-grandson, Blake Wallace of Sioux Falls, S.D.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and three brothers, Ross, Vern, and Ralph Kellogg.

Those considering an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 174 Scholarship Fund.

[Globe Gazette, March 1, 1998]