KIENAST, Harriet E. (1930-2020)

KIENAST

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/4/2020 at 19:45:26

Harriet Eleanor Kienast
(December 24, 1930 - April 4, 2020)

Harriet Eleanor Kienast, 89, of Indianola, passed away peacefully on April 4, 2020 at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines. Eleanor had selflessly decided to donate her body to the University of Iowa’s Carver College of Medicine.
Eleanor was born December 24, 1930 on a farm in Powersville Missouri to Ralph and Bessie (Ford) Lowcock. She went to High School there as well. Eleanor then went to Business College in Chillicothe, Missouri. She met Maynard Kienast in Guthrie center while working for a produce company. She worked in the office and Maynard drove an egg truck. On November 11, 1955 Eleanor and Maynard wed in Manning, Iowa. They stayed married for 65 years until her passing. Throughout her marriage she worked at Woolco in Des Moines and Walmart in Indianola. Her most important job was raising her 4 children.
Eleanor loved being with her family. She enjoyed reading the bible, sewing, crocheting, gardening, canning, and fishing. Eleanor loved to listen & sing southern gospel music. She also loved playing board and card games with her children and grand-children.
She is survived by her husband Maynard Max Kienast, sons; Dwight (Brenda) and Davy (Lori Morris), daughters; Kathy (Kevin) Foutch and Amy (John) Marshall, grandchildren; Stacy (Steven) Launsdale, Steven Kienast , Jonathan (Jenny) Foutch, Jessica Foutch, Joseph (Noel) Foutch, Michael Foutch (Sharhia Wiese), Pamela (Junior) Louis, Jason (Cassie) Butler, Allen (Lacy) Butler, Ben (Alexis) Butler, Davy (Crystal) Kienast, Vanessa (Steven) Borror, and Brittney (Zach) Schamerhorn, and 31 great-grandchildren.
Memorial in Eleanor’s name can be made to the Dementia Foundation or Taylor House.
This memorial is provided by Peterson Funeral Home, 415 School Street, Carlisle, Iowa,
http://www.petersonfuneralservice.com