ISHAM, Geraldine "Gere" (Follansbee) 1919-2000

ISHAM, CRANE, FOLLANSBEE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 6/6/2010 at 23:57:40

GERALDINE 'GERE' ISHAM

OSAGE, IOWA - Geraldine "Gere" Isham, 80, of Osage, died on Wednesday, January 26, 2000, at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Gere was born September 7, 1919, in Oxford, N.Y., the daughter of Clarence and Gladise (Crane) Follansbee. She moved with her family to the family farm near Floyd where she grew up. She graduated from Charles City High School. Gere was united in marriage to Dr. Robert B. Isham on Dec. 24, 1942, on the family farm near Floyd. They made their home in Osage.

She was very active in the Girl Scouts, serving as a troop leader and two terms as president of the North Iowa Girl Scout Council. When Gere died, her three daughters were at her side.

Memorial services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 31, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 833 Ash St. in Osage with the Rev. Roy Ott and the Rev. Dennis Hanson officiating. Inurnment will be in the Osage Cemetery.

A gathering of family and friends will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, at the Champion Funeral Home, 702 State St. in Osage.

She is survived by three daughters, Elizabeth Meillier and her husband, Steven, of Eagen, Minn., Mary Ekeland and her husband, Craig, of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Judith Bowen, of Des Moines; four grandchildren, Alexander Meillier, of Los Angeles, Calif., Bennett Meillier, of Vail, Colo., Amy Ekeland, of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Jane Bowen, of Des Moines; two sisters, Jean Kitcherer and her husband, Franklin, of Charles City and Marilyn Butler and her husband, Len, of Tempe, Ariz.; a special niece, Jane Isham Wheatly, of Reno, Nev.; several nieces and nephews and special friends, Ruth Sams, Maureen Blonigan, Willard and Evelyn Koch, all of Osage.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dr. Robert B. Isham in 1993; and a sister, Betty Castle.

Champion Funeral Home, (515) 732-3706.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Friday, January 28, 2000]