Lila Elaine (Childers) Hemnes (1911-2010)

HEMNES, CHILDERS, SORENSEN, JONDALL, ERICKSON, MCCARTY, SEXE, RAINS

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 7/31/2010 at 16:46:15

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, July 29, 2010.

Lila Elaine Hemnes, 98, of Roland, passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. A memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 31, at Salem Lutheran Church in Roland. Burial will be in Roland Cemetery.

Lila Hemnes was born Dec. 5, 1911, to William Henry and Ellen (Sorensen) Childers in Nevada. She married Clifford Jondall Dec. 29, 1930. He passed away Oct. 3, 1959. She worked for Donnelley’s as a clerk for 23 years. Lila married Fred Hemnes Feb. 2, 1961.

Lila was a member of Salem Lutheran Church in Roland, Women of the Moose, Academy of Friendship and the American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed gardening, flowers and birds, especially her parakeets.

She is survived by one son, Loren (Joyce) Jondall, of Milton, Wis.; three daughters, Barbara (Gary) Erickson, of Albert Lea, Minn., Dolores (James) McCarty, of Janesville, Wis., and Norma Sexe, of Story City; two brothers, Harold (Doris) Childers, of Story City, and LaVerne (Phyllis) Childers, of Roland; one sister, Bernita Rains, of Nevada; 18 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; and 18 great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Clifford; her husband, Fred, who died April 27, 1985; one daughter, Dorothy Sexe; an infant brother and brothers, Wilford Childers and Bud Childers; two sisters, Martha and Darlene; a granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth Jondall; and two grandsons, David Sexe and Rickie Jondall.

Soderstrum Funeral Home in Roland is assisting the family with arrangements.

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