Esther M. Halverson (1921-2007)

HALVERSON, JUNGMANN, WESTERCAMP, WETTACH, GUESSFORD, STOVER, HOUGHAM, MYERS

Posted By: Tri-County Times
Date: 5/3/2007 at 17:34:41

TRI COUNTY TIMES, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, April 26, 2007.

Esther Marie Jungmann Halverson, 86, of rural Nevada, died Saturday, April 21, 2007, at Mayo Clinic-St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 29, at Memorial Lutheran Church, 701 11th St., in Nevada, with Pastor Myron D. Herzberg officiating. Burial, with military rites, will follow in the Nevada Municipal Cemetery.

Esther was born March 6, 1921, in Van Meter, Iowa, to Matz and Dorothea Jungmann. She was a 1939 graduate of Van Meter High School. In 1942, Esther graduated from the Iowa Lutheran School of Nursing in Des Moines. She served during World War II as a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps of the United States Army. On May 9, 1944, Esther married Murl Halverson in Sante Fe, N.M. Esther was employed as a nurse at both the Story County Hospital in Nevada and at the Nevada Community Schools, where she retired after 25 years of dedicated service. Esther was a member of Memorial Lutheran Church, the Esther Circle, the V.F.W. Post #788 in Cedar Rapids and the William F. Ball American Legion Post #48 in Nevada. She enjoyed being with family and traveling.

Esther is survived by her husband of more than 62 years, Murl LeVern Halverson of Nevada; two sons, Stephen Halverson of Nevada and Craig Halverson of Dallas, Texas; two daughters, Barbara Westercamp of Cedar Rapids and Mary Wettach of Mt. Pleasant; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two brothers, Lloyd Jungmann of Adel and Paul Jungmann of Kansas City; and two sisters, Priscilla "Pat" Guessford of Des Moines and Sharon "Becky" Stover of Norwalk.

Esther was preceded in death by her parents; eight brothers, Ferd, Harold, Leo, Marvin, Elmer, Raymond, Ernie and Robert Jungmann, and two sisters, Lucille Hougham and Alberta "Ruth" Myers.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, April 28, from 7-8:30 p.m. at Memorial Lutheran Church in Nevada. The Esther M. Halverson Memorial Fund has been established at First National Bank, 405 Fifth St., Ames, Iowa 50010. Chet Ryan Mortuary, Nevada, has been entrusted with Esther's arrangements.

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