Mildred Whannell (1919 – 2013)

WHANNELL, BUCK, MATTHIESSEN, MOCK, LANGER, MORTENSEN, HAMILTON, RAASCH, BARTON, BUCK, MCCULLOUGH, BROWN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 7/24/2013 at 19:34:56

Name of deceased: Mildred Leah Whannell (nee Buck)

Aged: 93 yrs, 10 mo, 21 days

Residence: Elm Crest Retirement Community, Harlan, IA

Born: Aug. 31, 1919, Persia, IA

Died: July 21, 2013, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Wednesday, July 24, 2013, Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; Rev. Donna Ewert of the Congregational United Church of Christ, Harlan, IA officiated. Burial was in the Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA.

Survived by: Son, Rex (spouse, Mary Kae) Whannell of Harlan, IA; daughter, Rhonda (spouse, John) Mock of Harlan, IA; sisters, Bessie Langer of Council Bluffs, IA, Lois Mortensen of Harlan, IA, Alta Hamilton of San Antonio, TX, Vera (spouse, Wayne) Raasch of Harlan, IA, Edna Barton of Colorado Springs, CO, and Retha Buck of New York, NY; brother, Robert (spouse, Aletha) Buck of Shelby, IA; grandchildren, Jeanna (spouse, Brian) McCullough of Dallas, TX, Jodi Brown (fiancé, Barry Spencer) of Omaha, NE, and Andrew (spouse, Kari) Brown of Underwood, IA; great-granddaughters, Kennady Leah Brown and Kinsley Brown, both of Underwood, IA; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Roscoe August and Lillian Katherine (nee Matthiessen) Buck; husband, Andrew Bruce Whannell (deceased Jan. 17, 2004); brothers, Lowell Buck and Roscoe Buck; sister, Veta Bock

Education: played basketball for and graduated from Shelby (IA) High School, Class of 1938

Marriage: Andrew Bruce Whannell, December 28, 1945, First Presbyterian Church, Shelby, IA

Employment: Employed by Blue and White Grocery Store, Shelby, IA; she then moved to Kansas City; she was employed there by Montgomery Wards; she played basketball for the store team. After her marriage, she farmed with her spouse, first south of Shelby, and later outside of Harlan, IA. Later, she worked as a nurse’s aide at Myrtue Memorial Hospital, and, in 1991, began working at Elm Crest Retirement Community as a CAN; in addition, Mildred worked part-time for Mickel’s Catering. She retired in 2002 to care for her spouse.

Hobbies/Interests: Member, First United Methodist Church, Harlan, IA; she loved the farm, and enjoyed cooking and baking.

Source: The Harlan Tribune; ancestry.com; burmeisterjohannsen.com