Guthridge, Pamela K. 1948-2012

GUTHRIDGE, DUNCAN, SMITH, PULS, CASTER, MCCLAREN, STANHOPE, SUMROW, WINNINGHAM, DEWEY

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 8/9/2016 at 17:08:26

The Poweshiek CR
April 4, 2012

PAMELA K. GUTHRIDGE, 63

Pamela K. Guthridge, age 63, of Grinnell, died on Friday, Marc 23, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

A celebration of her life was held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 28, at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with the Rev. Todd Follette, pastor of the First Friends Church in Grinnell, officiating. Interment was held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, at Liberty Cemetery near Calumet.

Memorials may be designated in her name to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, PO Box 368, Grinnell, Iowa 50112. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.smithfh.com.

Pam was born the daughter of Harold and Margaret Erma Jean Duncan Smith on Sept. 16, 1948, in Grinnell. She was raised and educated in Grinnell.

Pam was united in marriage to Ronald L. Guthridge on June 2, 2005, in Sevierville, Tenn., and the couple made their home in Grinnell. She attended the First Friends Church in Grinnell. She dearly loved her family and held a special love for her two dogs, Lexi and Buttons. Her enjoyments included country music, dancing, jam sessions with her family, traveling, and tending to her garden.

Pam is survived by her husband, Ronald Guthridge of Grinnell; her daughters, Stephanie Puls of Modesto, Calif., and Shane (Chris) Caster of Alvord, Texas; her step children, John Guthridge and Shelly (Jeremy) McClaren; her grandchildren, Brittany Stanhope, Tyler Caster, Saphire Sumrow, Josie Guthridge and Aaryn McClaren; her great grand-children, Jaxon and Cash Stanhope; her mother, Erma Smith of Grinnell; and her siblings, Roger (Jan) Smith of Grinnell, Connie Bailey of Phoenix, Ariz., Randy (Marcia Winningham) Smith of Kellogg, and Jacque (Ron Dewey) Smith of Phoenix, Ariz.

Pam was preceded in death by her father, Harold S. Smith, in 1996.