Lola (Oswalt) Dodd Whitaker (1933-2016)

WHITAKER, DODD, OSWALT, WESCOTT, DE VILBISS, HELGELAND, DE FILIPPO, BROOKS, SIEFKAS, CLARK, HALE, FARREN

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 1/30/2016 at 18:25:02

From Ryan Funeral Home obituary, Nevada, Story County, Iowa:

Lola Dodd-Whitaker
March 13, 1933 - January 8, 2016
From: Story City, IA | Originally: Collins, IA

Lola Whitaker, age 82, of Story City, Iowa and formerly of Collins, Iowa, died Friday, January 8, 2016, at Bethany Manor in Story City.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at the Collins Christian Church in Collins, with Pastor Scott Jones officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Collins. A visitation with the family present will be held on Tuesday, January 12 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Collins Christian Church.

Born March 13, 1933 in Collins, Iowa, Lola Dodd Whitaker was the daughter of Floyd and Ada S. (Wescott) Oswalt. She grew up in Collins, Iowa. Following her graduation from Collins High School in 1951, Lola worked at Donnelly Marketing in Nevada for 37 years. Lola married Max Dodd on April 18, 1953 at the Collins Christian Church and they were blessed with three children. Following Max’s death in 1995, she married Paul Whitaker of Collins on September 4, 1998.

Lola enjoyed crafts, decorating sweatshirts, needlepoint and entertaining family and friends. She was a member of the Collins Christian Church where she enjoyed singing in the church choir and many other church activities, the Collins Garden Club, and the American Legion Auxiliary.

Survivors include her three children, Debbie (Doug) De Vilbiss of Clive, Sandy (John) Helgeland of Zearing and Barry Dodd of Monroe; nine grandchildren, Melody De Filippo, Jill Brooks, Kurt Siefkas, Katie Clark, Spencer Dodd, Cooper Dodd, Rory, Ryan and Jesse Helgeland; 11 great-grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Wanda Oswalt.

She was preceded in death by her husbands; one child in infancy; three brothers, Bill, Gale and Russ; two sisters, Norene Hale and Marguerite Farren; a nephew, Mark Farren; and a great-nephew, Cory Oswalt.

Ryan Funeral Home of Nevada has been entrusted with the care of Lola and her family.

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