LAMPSON, Alene (Gillespie) 1931-2016
LAMPSON, GILLESPIE, SCHULZ
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/22/2017 at 21:57:39
Services:
Monday, November 7, 2016 at Locke Funeral Home, Waterloo, Iowa
Cemetery:
Burial in Poyner Township Cemetery, Waterloo
Biography--
Alene Lampson, 85, formerly of rural Shell Rock and Bartles Lutheran Retirement Community in Waverly, died Monday, October 31, 2016 at Cedar Falls Health Care Center following a short illness.
She was born March 2, 1931 in Charles City, Iowa the daughter of Gale and Ina Schulz Gillespie.
Alene married Charles J. Lampson on April 17, 1948 in Austin, Minnesota. He died July 10, 1991.
Alene was a very caring and loving mother and grandmother. She lived for and existed for her family. She was an avid reader and enjoyed her flowers and gardening. She liked to feed the birds in the winter and loved her dogs. Alene was a deeply religious person.
Alene is survived by her four children, 10 grandchildren, and 22 great grandchildren: a daughter Linda Winther of Proctor, TX and her children Matthew (Becky) Holbach, Christopher Holbach, and Cynthia (Robert) Poe; a son Charles G. (Rachael) Lampson of Shell Rock and their children Eve (Dennis) Halligan and Charles (Jackie) Lampson; a daughter Lorene (Mike) Fulks of Waterloo and their children Jennifer Lukes and Sarah (Jason) Lewis; and a son Kevin Lampson of Clarksville and his children Yvonne Lampson, Dustin Lampson, and Kimberly Lampson. She is also survived by a sister Pauline Glandon of Charles City.
Alene is preceded in death by her husband; a daughter, Penny, in infancy; four brothers: James, Allen, Gene, and Freddie Gillespie and a sister, Frieda Gillespie.
Source: Locke Funeral Home
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