Struchen, Shirley Ann Jackson (1933-1967)

STRUCHEN, JACKSON, SNELL

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 1/24/2017 at 12:24:11

Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Friday, February 28, 1967

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran church for Mrs. Don Struchen, 34, with Intern Pastor Leon Collins officiating. Burial will be in Graceland cemetery.

Mrs. Struchen died suddenly Wednesday evening at the Hamilton County hospital after a brief illness.

The body will lie in state at the Foster Funeral home until 10 a.m. when it will be taken to the church where the casket will remain closed.

Shirley Ann Jackson, daughter of W.A. and Pearl Jackson, was born March 31, 1933, at Marion. Iowa. She was reared and educated in that community.

She was united in marriage Dec. 25, 1950, to Donald D. Struchen, and the couple resided at Biloxi, Miss., where Mr. Struchen was stationed at Keesler Air Force base.

Following his discharge from service, the family moved to Adel, Iowa in 1953, residing there until 1958 when the family moved to Webster City. Since then, Mr. Struchen had been a partner with his brother, Norman, in the Home Appliance store.

Surviving are her husband, one son, David, at home; her mother, Mrs. Pearl M. Jackson of Marion; one sister, Mrs. J. Kirk Snell, Waynesboro, Va.; two half-brothers, Wilbur Jackson, Cedar Rapids, and Burnell Jackson, Abilene, Texas, and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father.

She was a member of Trinity Lutheran church.