Perkins, Moneta F. – 1937-2010

ALLRED, BALDWIN, COUCHMAN, CROY, LEWIS, PERKINS, SULLIVAN

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 3/12/2010 at 18:44:05

Moneta F. Perkins, 72, of Newton died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, at the Hospice of Jasper County Monarch Wing in Newton.
A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at the United Presbyterian Church, 209 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton, with the Rev. Don Freeman, pastor of the church, officiating. The family will greet friends from 5:30 to 8 p.m. today at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Burial will be at Newton Union Cemetery in Newton.
Memorials to the United Presbyterian Church or the Hospice of Jasper County may be left at the funeral home or at the church on the morning of the service.
The daughter of Mahlon Wallace and Leta Leona “Peggy” (Lewis) Allred, Moneta was born Oct. 23, 1937, in rural Allerton, Iowa. She was a graduate of Cambria High School in Cambria, Iowa, in 1956. She also attended AIB and Simpson College.
On Aug. 10, 1958, she was united in marriage to Don R. Perkins in Cambria. Moneta worked as a secretary at the Jasper County Savings Bank (US Bank) for 21 years, retiring in 1999. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church and of PEO Chapter ME. Moneta’s family, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were the loves of her life. She also loved animals and was never without a little dog to keep her company.
Moneta was a resident of Newton since 1972. Prior to moving to Newton she had lived in Farmington, Iowa, from 1960-1972.
Survivors include her husband, Don R. Perkins of Newton; her daughter, Doneta (Duane) Sullivan of Newton; her son, Jeff (Julie) Perkins of Neenah, Wis.; four grandchildren, Nick Sullivan, Megan Sullivan, Tanner Perkins and Brooke Perkins; two great-grandchildren, Logan Sullivan and William Sullivan; a brother, Lyle (Lila) Allred of Cambria; a sister, Maryln (Mike) Croy of Camdenton, Mo.; a niece, Shelly Baldwin; and three nephews, Danny Allred, Terry Allred and Trevor Couchman.
Source: Newton Daily News; Monday, March 1, 2010