Anderson, Ione Ellen 1926 - 2007

ANDERSON, POWELL, RIDENOUR

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/28/2012 at 20:13:04

HAWARDEN, Iowa -- Ione Anderson, 81, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, formerly of Hawarden, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, at Lyon Manor in Rock Rapids.

Services will be 1 p.m. Monday at United Methodist Church in Hawarden. Visitation, with the family present, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Porter Funeral Home in Hawarden.

Ione Ellen Powell was born July 18, 1926, to Jesse and Blanche(Ridenour) Powell, in Vermillion, S.D. Her family moved to Hawarden when she was 18 years old.

She was united in marriage to Carl Roy Anderson on Sept. 5, 1947, in Hawarden. Carl died Oct. 10, 1988. She moved to Rosewood Heights in Rock Rapids, Iowa, in 1995. In 2004, she moved into Lyon Manor.

She enjoyed playing bingo and other activities at the nursing home, watching Lawrence Welk and the Antique Road Show.

She is survived by her daughters, Linda (Paul) Ageson of Lester, Iowa, Merry Peterson of Rock Rapids, Iowa, and Betty (Lowell) Knobloch of Larchwood, Iowa; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; and sisters, Ruth Busby and Wilma (Paul) Jones, all of Kalispell, Mont.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl; her parents, Jesse and Blanche Powell; five brothers;and a sister.

Sioux City Journal
Friday, December 14, 2007
Sioux City, Iowa