Pollie Mae (Carter) Malone (1919-2015)
MALONE, CARTER, PLY, MEAD, DEBAECKE, LEFEBVRE, DAVID, MCDONALD, DEVEREAUX
Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 3/13/2015 at 19:24:40
Obituary From Adams Soderstrum Funeral Home, Story County, Iowa.
Pollie Mae Carter was born on April 21, 1919 to Dee Carter and Beulah (Ply) Carter in Normangee, Texas. She graduated as valedictorian from high school in Normangee at age 16. She earned a BS in Home Economics from Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville at age 19. After teaching canning and home economics in rural Texas through a depression era program, she went to Iowa State College and earned a masters degree in home economics in 1944. She taught in Jefferson, Iowa before her marriage and then returned to Normangee while Bill served in England and France. She taught in the schools where they lived in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio, and finished teaching home economics at Central Junior High in Ames for 18 years. Her students learned essential skills in cooking and sewing that they put to use in everyday life.
Pollie and William A. Malone met at the First Baptist Church in Ames and were married November 20, 1943 in Kalamazoo, Michigan; their union lasted 71 years. She followed him in death after only 6 days. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Ames, the National Education Association, the Iowa Education Association and the Ames Home Economists in Homemaking. She served on the boards of Visiting Nurses, Red Cross and Head Start.
Once retired, Pollie volunteered at the Reiman Butterfly House and with Bill at the Mary Greeley Hospital hospitality shop and the Ames School System. She and Bill received the Ames volunteer of the year award for their faithful service of many years to the community. Together they enjoyed gardening, early morning water aerobics and traveling. They made several trips to France and attended many ElderHostels across America. In addition to sewing for the family, she made the best yeast rolls on the planet!
Pollie passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at Bethany Manor in Story City. She was 95.
Pollie is survived by children, Jerry Malone (and special friend Ann), of Kokomo, Indiana, Jo (Steve) Mead, of Storm Lake, Iowa and Beverly (Albert) Debaecke, of Cassel, France; her grandchildren, Joshua Mead, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dr. Marla Mead, of Lewisport, Pennsylvania, David (Adeola) Mead, of Seattle, Washington, Adele (Laurent) Lefebvre, of France, Alice (Sylvain)David, of France and Angela Debaecke, of France; and her great-grandsons, Victor Lefebvre and Liam David, of France and Isaiah Mead, of Seattle, Washington. She is also survived by her sisters, Jo McDonald, of Houston, Texas and Johnnye (Frank)Devereaux, of Diboll, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Ellene, Osa Lee and Beulah; and a brother, Isaac.
Memorials by be directed to the family.
Memorial Service MAR 2. 01:30 PM
First Baptist Church
200 Lynn Avenue
Ames, IA, US
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