Ellis Wayne Estell (2007)

ALEXANDER, ESTELL, GOODE, GREEN, HEUBROCK, KIMSEY, KLINGMAN, POTTER, TAYLOR, TURNMIRE, WAITE

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 9/27/2007 at 21:42:46

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

E. WAYNE ESTELL, Winterset

E. Wayne Estell, 86, of Winterset died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007, from complications of cancer.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset. A visitation with family will be from 5–7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset. Burial will be prior to services at 1 p.m. in the Winterset Cemetery with military honors by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8142 and American Legion Post 184, both of Winterset. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to be directed to the First United Methodist Church in Winterset and/or the Winterset Lions International Club.

Mr. Estell was born July 21, 1921, to Golda and Ellis Estell. After serving in World War II in the United States Army, Mr. Estell continued working for M. Young and Company — a farm grain, seed, and feed retail establishment — for 51 years, retiring at age 67.

Mr. Estell remained active in the Lions International Club, serving as district governor, trustee and president of Iowa Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation. He also chaired the Iowa Lions Constitution and By-Laws Committee, initiated seven new Lions Clubs in Iowa, facilitated officer training, as well as serving time as president for the Winterset International Lions Club. Mr. Estell received the Klise Leadership Award, the Warren Coleman Honorary Award, and the prestigious Melvin Jones Fellowship Award. In Winterset, Mr. Estell served as the original commissioner of the Low-Rent Housing Project, was elected for Winterset City Council for two terms, and was honored as Madison County’s Citizen of the Year in 1999.

A lifetime member of the First United Methodist Church of Winterset, Mr. Estell served on numerous boards and as lay minister for the homebound, as well as volunteering for the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Mr. Estell loved his family and cherished the time spent with them. He also enjoyed playing rounds of golf. Being a lifelong resident of Winterset, Mr. Estell grew to love the community. He was a silent humanitarian who was always willing to help those in need.

Mr. Estell is survived by his wife of 63 years, Lois of Winterset; two daughters, Kaye Estell of Texas and Peggy Green (Kelly) of Urbandale; four grandchildren, Sean Estell (Sonja) and Heather Taylor (Mark), all of Texas, Allison Waite (James) of California and Courtney Kimsey (Keith) of Des Moines; six great-grandchildren, Bryn Taylor, Summer Estell, Rylie Taylor, Avery Estell, Reid Waite and Levi Kimsey; a sister, Verna Turnmire of Osage; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents and four sisters, Helen Alexander, Bonnelle Heubrock, Thelma Klingman and Doris Goode.
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Coordinator's note: First name taken from Iowa Delayed Certificate of Birth.

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