SCHNATHORST, Lena E. (1890-1986)

SCHNATHORST

Posted By: Don Boucher (email)
Date: 3/8/2013 at 09:46:41

Obituary from The Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune newspaper, Indianola, Warren County, Iowa, USA on 6-26-1986:

Lena Estella Schnathorst, 95, of Newton died of a heart attack Friday, June 20, at Embassy Manor in Newton. Services were held Monday, June 23, at First Assembly of God Church in Newton. Burial was in St. John's Evangelical Cemetery in Newton. Wallace-Pence Funeral Home in Newton was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Schnathorst was born in rural Mingo. She lived in Laurel before moving to Newton, where she had lived since 1941. She had worked as a private nurse in Newton and Marshalltown and was a member of First Assembly of God Church.

Survivors include a son, Glen of Indianola; two daughters, Ruby McGrath of Redding, Calif., and Wanda Ingraham of Laurel; two brothers; 17 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; 59 great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild.

Obituary from The Des Moines Register newspaper, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA on 6-22-1986:
Lena E. Schnathorst, 95, of Newton died of a heart attack Friday at Embassy Manor in Newton. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Assembly of God Church in Newton. Burial will be in St. John's Evangelical Cemetery in Newton.
Mrs. Schnathorst was born in rural Mingo. She lived in Laurel before moving to Newton, where she had lived since 1941. She had worked as a private nurse in Newton and Marshalltown and was a member of First Assembly of God Church.
Survivors include a son, Glen of Indianola; two daughters, Ruby McGrath of Redding, Calif., and Wanda Ingraham of Laurel; two brothers; 17 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; 59 great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild.
The family will receive friends from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. today at Wallace-Pence Funeral Home in Newton.
[Social Security Death Index lists birth date, Aug 18, 1890, death date, June 20, 1986]