Eathel (McDonald) Eyerly (2007)

EYERLY, MCDONALD, PAULLIN, GROTH

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 11/15/2007 at 21:29:32

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
November 14, 2007

EATHEL EYERLY, Winterset

Eathel Bernice Eyerly, 94, of Winterset died Nov. 6, 2007, at Winterset Care Center South.

Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 9, at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset. Burial was at Winterset Cemetery.

Eathel Eyerly was born May 22, 1913, in Winterset to Charles and Minnie (Paullin) McDonald and was a graduate of Winterset High School. Her marriage to Kenneth Wright Eyerly took place July 8, 1934, in Winterset. A lifetime resident of Winterset, Eathel was a store clerk at the Bizz Mart in Winterset and also worked at Continental Western Insurance in Des Moines until her retirement. She was a member of the Child Welfare Club, First United Methodist Church and Eastern Star, of which she was Past Worthy Matron.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a brother, Charles Calvin McDonald; and a sister, Esther Pauline Groth.

She is survived by three sons, Robert L. Eyerly of Aurora, Colo., and Donald R. Eyerly and John Eyerly, both of Winterset; and seven grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Collins Oak Park Chapel & Funeral Services in Winterset.