Carnahan, Mary June (Berkenbosch) 1924-2003

CARNAHAN, SHEELER, BERKENBOSCH, SELLERS

Posted By: Michel Tool Daniels (email)
Date: 8/29/2004 at 21:05:58

REASNOR - Mary June Carnahan, 78, of Reasnor died of a heart attack Tuesday, Jan. 14, at her home.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton with the Rev. Duane Skidmore of the Reasnor United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be at Hewitt Cemetery in rural Reasnor.

Friends may call after. 5 p.m. today at the funeral home where the family will be available from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials will be accepted to the Reasnor United Methodist Church and may be left at the funeral home.

The daughter of Gerald Ward and Gladys (Shee1er) Berkenbosch, she was born July 19, 1924, in Fairmount. She was a graduate of Newton Senior High School in 1942 and received training in Iowa City to become a teacher. On June 12, 1946, she married Blake Edward Carnahan in Kansas City, Mo. She was postmaster of the Reasnor Post Office for 17 years and retired in 1988. She was a Red Cross instructor and volunteer and taught in the Jasper County rural schools before becoming postmaster. Mrs. Carnahan was a member of the Reasnor United Methodist Church, superintendent and Sunday school teacher of the Reasnor United Methodist Church.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law Blake "Rick" and Carol Carnahan of Fairfield; two daughters and a son-in-law, Linda Carnahan of Altoona and Mary and Bill Sellers of Monroe; 10 grandchildren; three great -grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law, Howard and Joanna Berkenbosch of Newton; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a daughter in infancy and two brothers.

Newton Daily News, Thursday, January 16, 2003
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Monroe Legacy
Jan 23, 2003 p. 3
Services Held
Services for Mary June Carnahan were held Friday, January 17, 2003, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Rev. Duane Skidmore of the Reasnor United Methodist Church officiated the services. Burial was in Hewitt Cemetery in rural Reasnor.
Mary June Carnahan passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at her home in Reasnor of a heart attack.
It has been suggested that memorials go to the Reasnor United Methodist Church.
Born July 19, 1924, in Fairmount, Iowa, Mrs. Carnahan was the daughter of Gerald Ward and Gladys Sheeler Berkenbosch. She was a 1942 graduate of Newton High School. She also received her normal training in Iowa City, Iowa, to become a teacher. June 12, 1946, she married Blake Edward Carnahan in Kansas City, Missouri. She was the postmaster of the Reasnor Post Office for 17 years, retiring in 1988. She was also a Red Cross Instructor and volunteer. She had taught in the Jasper County Rural Schools before becoming a Postmaster. She belonged to the Reasnor United Methodist Church, and was Superintendent and Sunday School teacher of the Reasnor United Methodist Church.
She is survived by one son, Blake (Rick) and Carol Carnahan of Fairfield, Iowa; two daughters, Linda Carnahan of Altoona, Iowa, and Mary and Bill Sellers of Monroe; 10 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Howard and Joanna Berkenbosch of Newton, Iowa, and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Blake in 1988; daughter, Joyce Elaine Carnahan in infancy; and two brothers.