Macy, Juanita L. (Holdsworth) 1908-2001

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Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, December 27, 2001
Macy, Juanita L. (Holdsworth)

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Juanita L. Macy, 93, of Overland Park, Kan., formerly of Lynnville, died Thursday, Dec. 20, at the Alterra Clare Bridge Care Center in Overland Park, Kan.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Lynnville Friends Church with the Rev. Marvin Miller officiating. Burial will be at Woodland Cemetery in Lynnville. Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the church. Harden Funeral Home in New Sharon is handling arrangements.

The daughter of Robert C. and Sarah Jane Ratcliff Holdsworth, she was born July 10, 1908 in Kellogg. She was a graduate of Sully High School and attended Northern Iowa Teachers College. She lived in Kellogg, Lynnville and New Sharon and had worked for her father at his grocery store. On July 15, 1929, she married Loring K. Macy in Lynnville. She and her husband had lived in northern Iowa, Pottawattamie County and the Ames area. They had also resided in Washington, D.C., Cincinnati and Philadelphia. Upon retirement, they spent their summers farming in the Searsboro area and wintered in Arizona and Florida.

Mrs. Macy was a member of the Lynnville Friends Church, P.E.O. and the Little Cabinet Wives Organization. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, stamp collecting and had volunteered at hospitals and churches.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Bruce W. and Betsy of Overland Park, Kan., a daughter, Miriam Beth Macy Code of Knoxville, Tenn., five grandchildren, nine great grand children.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and infant son, two brothers and a sister.

Originally submitted on Thu Oct 24 15:18:09 2002

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LYNNVILLE - Juanita L. Macy, 93, formerly of Lynnville, died Thursday, Dec. 20, at the Alterra Clare Bridge Care Center in Overland Park, Kan.

Her funeral service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, at Lynnville Friends Church, the Rev. Marvin Miller officiating. Burial: Woodland Cemetery in Lynnville. The family will greet visitors one hour before service time at the church. Harden Funeral Home in New Sharon is in charge of arrangements.

Juanita Louise Holdsworth Macy was born July 10, 1908, in Kellogg to Robert C. and Sarah Jane Ratcliff Holdsworth. She graduated from Lynnville High School and attended Northern Iowa Teachers College. She then lived in Kellogg, Lynnville and New Sharon, and had worked for her father at his grocery store.

On July 15, 1929, she married Loring K. Macy in Lynnville. They lived in northern Iowa, Pottawattamie County and the Ames area. They also lived in Washington, D.C., Cincinnati and Philadelphia. Upon retirement, they spent summers farming in the Searsboro area and wintered in Arizona and Florida. Juanita was a member of Lynnville Friends Church, P.E.O. and the Little Cabinet Wives Organization. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, stamp collecting, and volunteered with hospitals and churches.

She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law: Bruce W. and Betsy Macy of Overland Park, Kan.; a daughter, Miriam Beth Macy Code of Knoxville, Tenn.; five grandchildren and spouses: Janet and Gary Benest of Wichita, Kan., David and Jan Macy of Olathe, Kan., Brian and Luanne Code of Beaver Creek, Ohio, Steven and Lori Code of Somerset, Ky., and Karen and mark Mortham of Palmetto, Fla.; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Loring, in April 2000; an infant son, Kenneth; two brothers: Clifford and Cleo Holdsworth; and a sister, Retha Lewis.

The Oskaloosa Herald, December 27, 2001