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Veletta Arlene (McAtee) Poush (1928-2008)

POUSCH, MCATEE, LARSON, STARBUCK, RASMUSSEN, SAGE, WITTEN, BOYD, HAAS

Posted By: Nevada Journal
Date: 4/25/2008 at 07:42:03

NEVADA JOURNAL, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, April 24, 2008.

Veletta Arlene (McAtee) Poush, 80 of Nevada died on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, April 23 at the Memorial Lutheran Church, 701 11th Street in Nevada with Pastor David R. Burling officiating. Burial followed in the Evergreen Memory Gardens in rural Nevada.

Veletta was born on January 9, 1928 in rural Nevada to Arlo E. and Bessie (Larson) McAtee. She attended North Grant and Nevada schools. On March 31, 1946, she married Gene G. Poush at the Memorial Lutheran Church in Nevada where Veletta was baptized and confirmed. She worked for Donnelley Marketing for 30 years. After retirement, she was employed at K-Mart in Ames. Veletta was a lifetime member of Memorial Lutheran, served on the church council for four years, Alter Guild chairman for 21 years, and member of Esther circle.

Veletta is survived by her husband, Gene Poush; a son, Daniel G. Poush, both of Nevada; 2 sisters, Jeannie (Darrell) Starbuck of Ames and Judy Rasmussen of Grand Island, NE; 3 grandchildren, Stacey Poush of Granger, Shelby Poush of Bella Vista, Arkansas, and Justin G. Sage (Toni) of Fortuna, CA; 1 great granddaughter Taylor Lynn Witten of Bella Vista Arkansas; 3 step great granddaughters, Kelsie, Kaitlyn, and Kaci of Fortuna, CA.

Veletta was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter Diana Lynn Sage on March 23, 1988, a granddaughter Tia Lynn Poush in 1976, her brother Darrell D. McAtee in 1990, and 2 sisters, Beverly Boyd and Nancy Haas on May 10, 2007.

Visitation was held on Tuesday at Chet Ryan Mortuary and Cremation Services, 708 Fifth Street in Nevada.

Memorials may be directed to Memorial Lutheran Church, Israel Family Hospice House in Ames, Bliss Cancer Center or Amanda the Panda in Des Moines.

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