Margaret Accola (1911-2005)

ACCOLA, HOLMES, SHEARER, ZAGAR, LOVELL, NORD

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 10/18/2005 at 17:20:12

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, October 18, 2005.

Margaret Accola, 94, formerly of Huxley, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005, at Bethany Manor in Story City. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, at the United Methodist Church of Slater with Pastor Emily Allen officiating. She will be buried at Slater Municipal Cemetery.

Margaret Accola was born July 13, 1911, to parents Walter F. and Lucretia (Shearer) Holmes in Colo. She was raised in Collins and attended Collins Public School. She moved from Slater to Huxley in 1976. She married Edgar Accola in 1929. They farmed in the Alleman area before moving to Slater in 1937. After retirement she enjoyed quilting, tatting, crocheting, knitting, and her many friends and family.

She is survived by three daughters, Sharon (John) Zagar, of Huxley, Carmen Herron (David) Lovell, of Ankeny, and Rowena (Nels) Nord, of Huxley; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; one great-great-great-grandchild.

She is preceded in death by her parents; one brother; and one sister.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 19, at Soderstrum-Riis Funeral Home in Slater.

In lieu of flowers, memorial may be given to the United Methodist Church.

Arrangements were handled by Soderstrum-Riis Funeral Home of Slater.

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