Chilson, Louise L. 1923-2002

CHILSON, MAHRT, BROWN

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/29/2007 at 17:48:17

Louise L. Chilson, 78, of Sioux City died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2002, at Indian Hills Nursing and Rehab Center following a brief illness.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Trimble United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Carol James officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Graceland Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.

Louise Lillian Chilson was born Dec. 19, 1923, in Kingsley, Iowa, the daughter of William and Ann (Brown) Mahrt. She grew up in the Kingsley area and attended school. She graduated from Kingsley High School. She moved to Sioux City in 1946.

She married Robert E. Chilson on July 26, 1946, in Sioux City. She was a homemaker all her life. She was also a family caregiver. Mr. Chilson passed away Sept. 19, 2001, in Sioux City.

She enjoyed traveling to Arizona in the winter, playing and watching golf and decorating. She was a member of Trimble United Methodist Church.

Survivors include two daughters and their husbands, Debby and Jim Gunsolley of South Sioux City and Nan and Mark Kloberdanz of West Des Moines; a brother, Duane Mahrt of Milford, Iowa; a half brother, Douglas Brown of West Des Moines; and three grandchildren, Jamie Gunsolley-Fields and her husband, Josh, of Liberty, Mo., Cassie Kloberdanz and her fiance, Andrew Blum, of West Des Moines and Ryan Kloberdanz of West Des Moines.

In addition to her husband, she was also preceded in death by her parents and son, Michael Robert Chilson.

[Part of the Darrell Easton Obituary Collecton; source: Sioux City Journal]