Waddell, Viola Bernice (1925 – 2012)

WADDELL, JESPERSON, PETERSON, WALKER, FICK, MARTIN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/19/2013 at 18:58:53

Name of deceased: Viola Bernice Waddell (nee Peterson)

Aged: 87 yrs, 4 mo, 11 days

Residence: Elm Crest Retirement Home, Harlan, IA

Born: March 3, 1925, on a farm in Center Township near Harlan, IA

Died: July 14, 2012, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Thursday, July 19, 2012; First Baptist Church, Harlan, IA; Pastor Dan Hawn officiated. Burial was at the Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA.

Survived by: Son, Bruce Waddell (spouse, Brenda) of Harlan, IA; 9 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Clarence and Augusta (nee Jespersen) Peterson; sisters, Myrtle Walker, Evelyn Fick, and Ruby Martin

Education: attended country school and graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1942.

Religious affiliation: member, First Baptist Church, Harlan, IA

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Earl Waddell; June 25, 1950; Elk Horn, IA.

Employment: worked as a legal secretary at a law firm and then became a housewife, staying home to raise the children and run the household.

Hobbies/Interests: member of the Center Country Club; member, American Baptist Women’s Ministries of First Baptist Church. Enjoyed knitting, crocheting, sewing, and quilting. She liked to tend to her garden, celebrate birthdays in the family, and she had a wonderful sense of humor.

Sources: ancestry.com, pauleyjones.com