Ivins, Shirley 1924 - 2000

IVINS, BAKER, WINBLAD, GALBRAITH

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Date: 2/16/2006 at 23:57:29

Winfield Beacon/Wayland News July 20, 2000

SHIRLEY L. IVINS

Shirley L. Ivins, age 75, of Morning Sun, died Sunday, July 16, 2000 at the Morning Sun Care Center. The daughter of Walter and Alice (Baker) Winblad, she was born December 14, 1924 at Rock Island, Illinois. On June 8, 1947 she married Robert Ivins at Burlington. She was a graduate of the Oquawka High School and a 1942 graduate of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Burlington. She worked as part of her training as an Army Nurse during the end of World War II. She also worked as a registered nurse at Mercy Hospital in Burlington, the Morning Sun Manor when it first opened, and for Dr. Carleton’s Clinic in Morning Sun. She was a member of the Morning Sun United Methodist Church where she served as organist in earlier years and helped form the bell choir. She also served on the Morning Sun Library Board and the Patient Care Committee at the Morning Sun Care Center.

Survivors include her mother, Alice, of Morning Sun; husband, Bob Ivins of Morning Sun; one daughter, Bonnie Galbraith and husband Chuck of Cedar Rapids; two sons, Bill Ivins and wife, Mary, Mediapolis, and Tim Ivins, Omaha, Nebraska; four grandchildren, Jessica, Ryan, Tom, and Emily. She was preceded in death by her father.

Memorial services were held Wednesday July 19, 2000 at 11 A.M. from the United Methodist Church in Morning Sun with Rev. Chris Thomas officiating. According to her wishes, her body has been donated to the University of Iowa College of Medicine. There was no visitation and burial of her cremains will be at a later date in the Elmwood Cemetery in Morning Sun.

Memorials have been established for the benefit of the Morning Sun Care Center, Morning Sun Ambulance Service, and the Morning Sun Library.

Hagele and Honts Funeral home of Morning Sun is in charge of the arrangements.