Marlene Ann (Jay) Bird (1937-2010)

BIRD, JAY, ASHMORE, IVERSON, SIME, BROOKS, SIME, BERGESON, WILHELM

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 7/21/2010 at 21:14:16

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, July 20, 2010.

Marlene Ann Bird, 72, of Ames, passed away peacefully in her sleep at home Saturday, July 17, 2010, following a long illness. No formal service is planned at this time.

Marlene Bird was born Oct. 30, 1937, in Dows, to William Jay Jr. and Arlene Ashmore. Her family moved to Story City and then to Ames, where she lived with her mother and maternal grandparents, Adolph and Emelia Iverson, as her father passed away in California in 1949. She married Terry Bird March 9, 1960, at First United Methodist in Ames.

She enjoyed spending time with her granddaughters. She loved attending concerts and was addicted to chocolate.

She is survived by her husband, Terry “Teebird” Bird, of Ames; two daughters, Michelle (Scott Schoba) Sime, of Ames, and Traci (James) Brooks, of Nevada; two granddaughters, Alex Sime and Elizabeth Brooks; mother, Arlene M. Ashmore, of Ames; and two aunts, Viola Bergeson, of Ames, and Ilene Wilhelm, of Lathrop, Calif.

She was preceded in death by her father and both maternal grandparents.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Susan B. Komen fund or the Bliss Cancer Center.

Condolences may be sent online to www.stevensmemorialchapel.com.

Stevens Memorial Chapel is assisting the family.

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