Giese, Carolyn Ann

GIESE, STROTHER, BREWSTER

Posted By: Nancy Wagner (email)
Date: 12/27/2010 at 19:06:51

August 5, 2010 – Morning Sun News-Herald – Accompanied by a photo.
Carolyn Ann Giese

Carolyn Ann Giese, 75, of Morning Sun, Iowa, died Saturday evening, July 31, 2010, at her home. The daughter of James Albert and Mary Malinda Strother Brewster, she was born on May 7, 1935 at Bowling Green, Missouri. On June 8, 1952 she married Walter Henry geese in Winterhaven, Florida. He preceded her in death on December 15, 2009.

Carolyn graduated from Wapello High School in 1959. She was a homemaker and had worked for the Louisa County Home Caring Services. She was a member of the Yarmouth First Baptist Church. Carolyn enjoyed flowers, cooking, and her family, notably always having tea parties with the girls.

She is survived by five sons, Alan and Linda Giese, Alex and Robin Giese, Aaron and Marianne Giese and Andrew and Stephanie Giese all of Morning Sun and Adam and Ruth Giese of Kirkwood, Illinois; three daughters, Ann and Mark Kregel of Lone Tree, Amy Giese and Abby Tuttle and David Brownfield both of Morning Sun; twenty grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and four sisters, Mary Virginia Perron of Mt. Pleasant, Jimee and Vernon Johnston of El Centro, California, Linda Jo Miles of Yuma, Arizona and Helen Giese Truitt of Morning Sun.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Watler, and a son-in-law, Jack Tuttle.

The funeral service for Carolyn Giese was held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 4, 2010, at the Yarmouth First Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Hooks officiating. Burial followed in the Elmwood Cemetery in Morning Sun.

The family met with friends Tuesday evening at the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home in Morning Sun.

A memorial fund was established.

The Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home in Wapello provided the arrangements and care for the Carolyn Giese family.