Mildred Pryor DeVault

DEVAULT, PRYOR, PAYNE, HOFFMAN

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 5/29/2006 at 13:45:41

Winterset Madisonian
December 5, 2001

Mildred De Vault, Winterset

Mildred Lillian De Vault, 82, died of a stroke Nov. 26, 2001 at West Bridge Care & Rehabilitation in Winterset.

Funeral services were held Thursday, Nov. 29, at Penn Center Methodist Church with the Rev. Alberta Ervin officiating. Private family interment was held at Penn Center Cemetery.

Mildred De Vault was born Jan. 3, 1919, in rural Dallas County to Clarence and Lora Pryor. She married Marion De Vault on Dec. 28, 1941. They lived briefly near Salt Lake City, Utah, during World War II. Most of her life was spent in and near Earlham. A graduate of Earlham High School and the American Institute of Business in Des Moines, Mildred held positions as a teller and served as notary public at the Earlham Savings Bank for over 25 years. She retired in 1982.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a brother.

She is survived by four daughters, Jane Payne of Adel, Susan De Vault of Dallas, Texas, Diane De Vault of Earlham and Barbara Hoffmann of DeSoto; a brother, Ivan Pryor of Carroll; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Kuhn Funeral Homes of Dexter and Earlham.