Florence M. (Snyder) Cushing (2011)

CUSHING, SNYDER, SMITH, DOUD, KLIMES, MCGINNES

Posted By: Shirley Keating (email)
Date: 10/30/2011 at 21:13:44

Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa
October 30, 2011

Florence M. Cushing, Waukee formerly of Adel

Florence M. Cushing, 94, passed away October 28, 2011 at Legacy Pointe Care Center in Waukee. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, October 31 at the United Methodist Church in Adel with burial at Walnut Township Cemetery in Waukee. Friends may call after Noon Sunday at McCalley Funeral Home, 735 S. 14th St., in Adel where family will greet friends from 2 to 5 p.m.

Florence was born December 19, 1916 to George L. and Marie (Smith) Snyder. She graduated from Adel High School and attended Iowa State Teachers College (UNI). She taught school in Des Moines. She married Jacob L. Cushing on June 7, 1940. Jake and Florence farmed in the Earlham area for several years. She also worked for the U.S. Soil and Conservation Service in Adel.

She is survived by her husband of 71 years, Jake; daughters Annette (Joe) Dowd of Omaha and Joyce (Don) Klimes of Cedar Rapids; grandsons, Brad (Catesby Major) Dowd of Kansas City and Ryan (Martha) Dowd of Omaha; three great grandsons, Jacob, Andrew, and Leo of Omaha. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Vera McGinnes.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Iowa Hospice, 5650 NW Johnston Dr. Suite E Johnston, IA 50131, or the Adel United Methodist Church.

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