Katherine Mae (Russell) Kimberley (1922-2015)

KIMBERLEY, KNODEL, BAKER, NOGUEIRA, BALDWIN, WILLIAMS

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 7/25/2015 at 13:08:11

From Bacon Funeral Home & Crematory obituary, Nevada and Maxwell, Story County, Iowa:

Katherine Mae Russell Kimberley was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 2, 1922, to Richard and Nell Knodel Russell. She passed from this life to be with her Lord July 13, 2015.

Katherine graduated from Mingo Community High School, completed comptometer training, and was employed by Maytag Company and the USDA. She married John Emmanuel Kimberley July 3, 1941, in Princeton, Missouri, and for most of her life farmed with him on the centennial family farm south of Collins, Iowa.

Katherine had taught Sunday school at Mingo United Methodist Church and had attended Collins United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Collins American Legion Auxiliary and served on the Central Iowa Rural Water Association Board of Directors and as past President of the Toastmistresses of Central Iowa. She loved spending time with her family, volunteering, attending classes at Iowa State University, and dancing to big band music at Lake Robbins and Val-Air ballrooms.

Katherine is survived by three sons: David J. (Carol) Kimberley, Kent D. (Connie) Kimberley, and Brad J. Kimberley; grandchildren, Joseph C. (Adriana) Kimberley, Benjamin J. (Lara) Kimberley; Sara D. Kimberley Baker, Douglas K. Kimberley, John J. Kimberley, and Jeffrey A. (Amanda) Kimberley; great-grandchildren, Patricia Baker, Grace Kimberley, Avery Kimberley, and Lucas Nogueira; a great-granddaughter is expected in August; and niece Kris Baldwin. Katherine was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 24 years, John E. Kimberley; sister, Frances Baldwin, brother, Richard Russell; and cousin Dick Williams.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 17, at Bacon Funeral Home, Maxwell, Iowa, with burial to follow at Peoria Cemetery southeast of Maxwell. The family will greet friends Thursday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

The family would like to thank the staff at Prairie Vista Village, Altoona, and Unity Point Hospice for their most recent care of Katherine.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Katherine M. Kimberley Memorial Fund in loving memory of her. Condolences for the family may be offered online at: BaconFuneralHomes.com.

Bacon Funeral Home in Maxwell is handling arrangements.

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