Hunter, Jeanie Phipps 1957-2017

HUNTER, CLAYTON, PHIPPS, BENSON, LACAEYSE, GOUGHNOUR, KINZEBACH

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 7/3/2017 at 20:13:30

Smith Funeral Home Obituaries
Grinnell, Iowa

JEANIE PHIPPS HUNTER

Jeanie Hunter, 60, of Searsboro, IA, died on Saturday, July 1, 2017, at her home.

A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 8, 2017, at the Searsboro Friends Church with Rev. Mike Johnson officiating. A reception will be held at the Searsboro Community Center following the memorial service.

Inurnment will be at a later date at the Rock Creek Cemetery near Grinnell.

Should friends desire, memorials may be directed to the Jeanie Hunter Memorial Fund and sent in care of the Smith Funeral Home, P.O. Box 368, Grinnell, Iowa 50112.

Jeanie was born on May 27, 1957, in Grinnell, Iowa to Dale and Pauline Clayton Phipps. She was raised in Grinnell and attended Grinnell schools. Jeanie was a member of the Class of 1975.

On April 16, 1977, she was united in marriage to Bruce Benson and to this marriage was born two daughters, Julie and Becky. The couple lived in the Rock Creek area. Jeanie was employed by the Donaldson Company and Grinnell Regional Medical Center.

On September 10, 2005, she was married to Robert Hunter in Searsboro. Jeanie and Bob made their home in Searsboro, where she was a member of the Friends Church and the city council. Prior to her illness, she worked as a press operator for Montezuma Manufacturing Company.

Jeanie was a member of the Kellogg American Legion Auxiliary and she enjoyed raising chickens, socializing with family and friends over a cup of coffee, maintaining her garden and baking cookies. She was known as a hard worker but enjoyed her neighborhood card games and her relationship with her pet dog, "Lizzie."

Survivors include her husband, Robert Hunter of Searsboro; her two daughters, Julie (Josh) Lacaeyse and Becky (Kenny Goughnour) Benson, all of Grinnell; five grandchildren, Damian Benson, Delaney Lacaeyse, Megan Benson, Drake Goughnour and Mackenzie Goughnour; two brothers, Dale Phipps Jr. and Charles Phipps, both of Grinnell; and one sister, Delores "Dolly" Kinzebach of Barnes City.

Jeanie was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Miles Phipps.