Kathryn Mumby 03 July 1920 - 20 feb. 2005

MUMBY, WILLIAMS, ROBERTS, DENZLER

Posted By: Netha M Meyer (email)
Date: 2/23/2005 at 07:25:20

Kathryn Williams Mumby, 84, of Marengo, died Sunday afternoon, Feb. 20, 2005, in Rose Haven Nursing Home following an extended illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, St. John's Lutheran Church, Marengo, by Pastor Douglas Morton. Burial: Ladora Cemetery, rural Ladora. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo.
Memorials may be contributed to St. John's Lutheran Church Preschool or Sunday School.
Kathryn Williams was born July 3, 1920, in Williamsburg, Iowa, the daughter of Gwilym and Mary Ada Roberts Williams. She received her education in the Williamsburg schools. She married Vernon LeRoy Mumby on April 19, 1947, at the Presbyterian Parsonage in Marengo. The couple farmed in the Williamsburg and Ladora areas until retirement in 1976. In June 1985, they moved to Marengo. Vernon died April 30, 1986. Kathryn had made her home at Rose Haven Nursing Home since 2002 because of failing health.
Kathryn is survived by a daughter, Sharon Denzler (Lauren) of Belle Plaine; a son, Allen (Mary Ann) of Marengo; a daughter-in-law, Elaine Wille of Cedar Rapids; 16 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great grandchildren.
In addition, she is survived by two sisters, Jeanette Faas of Hiawatha and Lorna Ann Kuhnle (Carl) of Council Bluffs; two brothers, David Williams (Gladys) of Hiawatha and Russell Williams (Maxine) of Monticello; and a sister-in-law, Lois Williams of Grants Pass, Ore.
Kathryn was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Vernon; a son, Larry Wille in 2004; two brothers, Elliott and Stanley Williams; a sister, Mary Olwen Linnell; a sister-in-law, Bobbi Williams; and two brothers-in-law, Jim Faas and M.R. Linnell.

Cedar Rapids Gazette Communications, Inc.
22 February 2005
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Record Number: 1441626