Carol Faye Bendixen,1947-2009

BENDIXEN, MOORE, HINRICH, HEIKEN, BEAN, CHRISTIANSEN, PETERSEN, BODKIN, LEVSEN, TOWNSEND, ANDREAS

Posted By: Janet A. Brandt (email)
Date: 9/15/2013 at 17:06:15

Carol Faye Moore Bendixen
June 9, 1947–August 7, 2009

Carol F. Bendixen, 62, of Olin, Iowa, died Friday, August 7, 2009, at her home.

A celebration of her life was held on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Olin, with the Rev. Jennifer Andreas officiating. Burial was in the Antioch Cemetery in Anamosa, Iowa. Friends called from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at Lahey Funeral Home in Olin.
Carol Faye Moore was born June 9, 1947, in Clinton, Iowa, the daughter of Alfred and Katherine (Hinrich) Moore. She attended school in Olin and Maquoketa. She married Chris Bendixen on November 2, 1964, in Olin, Iowa.

She was a Senior Quality Controller for Interior Automotive in Iowa City for twenty-eight years, and had worked other various jobs.

Carol was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Olin. She liked to camp, was a collector of M & M's, and was an avid NASCAR fan.

She is survived by her husband, Chris Bendixen of Olin; her children, Debra (Steve) Heiken of Wyoming, Stacy Bean of Tipton, Trent (Mary) Bendixen and Rodney (Krista) Bendixen, both of Olin, and Wylis (Vicki) Bendixen of Stanwood; ten grandchildren, April and Chris Heiken, Kasey and Kelli Bean, Beth and Mitch Bendixen, Seth and Jordan Bendixen, Zach and Kourtney Bendixen; five sisters Roberta Christiansen of Wellman, Wanda (Gale Williams) Petersen of Hale, Gloria Bodkin and Marlene Levsen, both of Olin, and Colleen (Gary) Townsend of Mechanicsville; and three brothers, Larry (Annie) Moore of East Moline, Illinois, her twin Carlyle 'Butch' Moore of Mechanicville, and Merlin (Carolyn) Moore of Anamosa.

She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, Harlan, Dilbert 'Sam', Willis 'Tip', and Gerald 'Rich' Moore, and five brothers-in-law.

Source: Midland Times, Wyoming, Iowa, 14 August 2009