PELLNER, Daisy 1904-2004

PELLNER, ALLEN, BROWN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/19/2009 at 13:40:14

OSAGE, IOWA — Daisy Pellner, 99, of Osage and formerly of Charles City, died Friday (Oct. 8, 2004) at the Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.

Daisy was born Nov. 20, 1904, at Spirit Lake, Iowa, the daughter of Grandville “Dick” and Olive Mae (Allen) Brown.

She was united in marriage in 1923 to Paul Pellner in Oelwein. They made their home in Cedar Rapids, West Union, and then moved to Charles City in the 1930s. Daisy worked as a cook at the Cedar Valley Hospital and at the Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City until her retirement. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, sewing, quilting and her flower garden.

Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday at Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage with Lay Minister Gary Gilbert officiating. Burial will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at Sunnyside Memory Gardens in Charles City. There will be visitation one hour prior to services on Monday at the funeral home.

She is survived by two sisters, Alice Peterson of Osage; and Vivian Van Valkenburg of Omaha, Neb.; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded by her parents; her husband, Paul, in 1992; three sisters, Grace Elwell, Pearl Zerke and Gladys Oelkers; four brothers, Grant Brown, Richard Brown, Morton Brown and Ernest Brown.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.

[Mason City Globe Gazette]