Starnes, Anna W. 1906-1995

STARNES, RITTER, BACH, SIEPMANN, LENDER, EVANS

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Date: 2/16/2011 at 12:10:31

The Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register; July 1995

ANNA W. STARNES

Anna W. Starnes, 89, of Grinnell died of congestive heart failure Monday, July 10, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services were conducted Thursday at the Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Epperson, pastor of the Grinnell Christian Church, officiating. Organist was Alice Renaud, and casket bearers were Steve Seye, Sheryal Seye, Greg Taylor, Dawnette Taylor, Michael Siepmann and Jason Conn. Honorary bearers were her great-grandchildren.

Graveside services were conducted Thursday afternoon at Graceland Cemetery near Laurel.

She was the daughter of Phillip and Mary Ann Ritter Bach and was born June 9, 1906, near Baxter. She was raised on the family farm near Baxter and attended rural schools.

She was married to Harold W. Starnes in Laurel in 1927. They farmed near Laurel and later operated the Standard Oil Station in Gilman. They moved to Grinnell in the early 1940s and operated Starnes and Barnes Standard Oil Company. Following her husband's death in 1956, Mrs. Starnes continued to live in Grinnell and worked as a cook at Bailey Park School and Grinnell High School.

She is survived by four sons, Donald and Dennis, both of Grinnell, Dean of Lakewood, Colo., and Richard of Charlottesville, Va.; and three daughters, Jacilyn Siepmann of Des Moines, Jeannette Lender of Brooklyn and Carol Evans of Searsboro.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one grandson, four brothers and six sisters.

An Anna Starnes Memorial Fund has been established. Contributions may be sent in care of the Smith Funeral Home, P.O. Box 368, Grinnell 50112.