LENTH, Barbara (Minor, Burleson) 1930-2016

LENTH, MINOR, BENSON, BURLESON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/11/2016 at 10:00:26

#1:

RICEVILLE, IOWA — Barbara J. Lenth, 85, of Riceville, died Friday, April 8, 2016, at the Riceville Family Care and Therapy Center in Riceville.

Funeral services will be on Wednesday, April 13, at the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Riceville with the Rev. Chris Gorshe officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery, Riceville.

Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at the Lindstrom Funeral Home in Riceville.

Source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 4/11/2016

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#2:

Obituary for Barbara J. Lenth

Barbara Jean Lenth, age 85, of Riceville, Iowa, passed away on Friday April 8, 2016 at the Riceville Family Care and Therapy Center in Riceville.

Barb was born September 1, 1930, on a farm near Riceville to Harry and Owana (Benson) Minor. She attended local schools and graduated from Riceville High School in 1948. Barb went on to graduate from St. Luke's Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, Cedar Rapids, in 1951.

On February 3, 1951, she married Donald Burleson and joined him in his Air Force assignments in Georgia, Texas, Arizona and Delaware. Together, they had three children: Steve, JoAnne and Don. On December 11, 1957, Lieutenant Burleson lost his life when the jet he was piloting failed over the Atlantic ocean several hundred miles off the coast of France. With her children, Barb returned home to the family farm for a brief time, then moved to Osage where she was a registered nurse at Mitchell County Memorial Hospital.

On December 29, 1960, Barb married Dale Lenth, and shortly after they moved to Riceville, into a home previously owned by Barb's grandfather. Two children, Jim and Janice, were born to this union, and Barb and Dale also raised their granddaughter, Sonya Jo Starry, beginning in 1981.

Barb enjoyed the simple pleasures in life. Some of her favorite times were visiting with friends, spending time with her family, playing cards, puttering around among her flowers, and having fun at school events. She was also active in the Lucretia Deering chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and served as chapter historian and chaplain.

Barb is survived by four children: Steve (Jean) Burleson of Camden, ME, Don (Deniz) Burleson of Fort Myers, FL, Jim (Joan) Lenth of Fort Worth, TX, and Janice (Todd) Krueger, Luxemburg, WI; her sister, Margaret Scott, Des Moines, IA; her grandchildren: Sonya Starry, John Burleson, Liz Schloemann, Sarah (Rob) Comer, Michael Lenth, John Lenth, Mary Kate Lenth, Donnie Burleson, and Katie Jo Krueger; her great-grandchildren: Benjamin and Brianna Hale, and Gabriel and Sebastian Schloemann; a special cousin Anita Minnis, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Barb was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Donald (1957) and Dale (2015), one daughter and son-in-law, JoAnne and Chet Starry, and one grandson-in-law, Andres Schloemann.

Source: Lindstrom Funeral Home website