Frances Rinnah (McKim) Safly (1915-2010)

SAFLY, MCKIM, SMITH, KILMER, BLOMGREN, SMALLDRIDGE, HERRINGTON

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 8/7/2012 at 08:11:08

From Adams & Soderstrum Funeral Home obituary, Story County, Iowa:

Frances Safly

BORN: January 24, 1915
DIED: October 17, 2010
LOCATION: Ames, Iowa

Frances Rinnah Safly, 95, of Ames, died Sunday, October 17 at the Eastern Star Home in Boone. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 21 at the United Methodist Church in Napier, officiated by Pastor Linda Poore. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. A fellowship luncheon at the church will be followed by burial in Story Memorial Gardens in Ames.

Frances Rinnah (McKim) Safly was born January 24, 1915 in Nevada to Ralph and Ella (Smith) McKim. She married Howard K. Safly July 28, 1935 in Nevada. She was a loving mother and friend to all who knew her. She was a member of the Neighborhood Sewing Group, Sorosis Club in Nevada, United Methodist Women’s Group, and a long-time member of the Napier United Methodist Church. She and her husband enjoyed their children and grandchildren, camping and spending winters on South Padre Island.

She is survived by three sons, Jim (Joyce), Jack (Julie), both of Ames and Steve (Karen), of Ridgeway, MO; seven grandchildren, Joel, of Fort Myers, FL, Janet (Brian) Kilmer, of Gilbert, Jason (Ann), of Lenexa, Kan., Scott, of Frasier, Todd (Teresa) of Gilbert, Mathew (Myra), of Ankeny, Mark (Melanie), of North Liberty, and Doug Blomgren (Christine) of Ankeny; 22 great-grandchildren; 3 great great grandchildren, and Connie Safly, daughter in law, of Ames.

She was preceded in death by her husband Howard, two sisters, Sydney Smalldridge, and Ellen Herrington; and one granddaughter, Julienne Blomgren.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Napier Methodist Church.

Adams Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Ames is assisting the family with arrangements.

Funeral Service

October 21, 2010
11:00 AM
Napier United Methodist Church
Napier, IA 50014

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