Carol P. Koeneke (1936-2009)

KOENEKE, COMES, MCCASKEY, BINGHAM

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 3/4/2009 at 21:38:15

THE AME TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Friday, February 27, 2009.

Carol P. Koeneke, 72, of Nevada, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, at Rolling Green Village in Nevada, following a long illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 3, at First United Methodist Church in Nevada. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 2, at Bacon Funeral Home in Nevada.

Carol was born Nov. 13, 1936, to Edward and Kathleen Comes, of Atlantic. She graduated from Atlantic High School in 1954. In 1955, she married Louis A. Koeneke, of Manchester, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. The couple had two children, Susan and Steve. On May 8 of this year, Carol and Louie would have celebrated 54 years of marriage.

She was a homemaker but also worked at Posegate’s Flower Shop for several years. She was a member of the Billy Sunday Questers and Mary Circle of the United Methodist Church in Nevada. She was an avid golfer and also loved to walk until the onset of her illness. At home, she loved tending to her flowers and spending time with her family and friends. She also enjoyed antiques and sewing and had a lifelong love of animals.

Carol is survived by her husband, Louis (Louie), of Nevada; two children, Sue (Jamey) McCaskey, of Colo, and Steve (Stacy) Koeneke, of Ames; and two granddaughters, Lindsey Bingham, of Windsor Heights, and Calista Koeneke, of Ames.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents.

Memorials may be given to the First United Methodist Church of Nevada.

Bacon Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

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