CLINE, Velma Esther (YEOMAN), 1918-1997

CLINE, YEOMAN, ST JOHN, ZANGER, EVANS, GREGORY, STRANGE

Posted By: Betty Hootman (email)
Date: 2/20/2012 at 18:44:41

Fairfield (IA) Ledger
Page 8
Monday, 22 September 2008

Velma Esther Yeoman Cline

Velma Esther Yeoman Cline, 83, of Washington, Iowa, died Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at Washingto0n Care Center following a lengthy illness.

A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Assembly of God Church in Washington, with the Rev. Jim Cluney officiating. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Washington, Iowa.

Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the church, where the family will be present from 5-7 p.m.

Memorials have been established for Lending Hands or Hospice of Washington County.

Jones Eden Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements. Online condolences may be sent through the Web site www.jonesfh.com.

Mrs. Cline was born Nov. 2, 1924, in Washington, Iowa, the daughter of Marion Wilson and Flora Belle St. John Yeoman. She married Forrest Cline Sept. 3, 1944 in Fairfield. He died in 1997.

Mrs. Cline attended school in Washington, Iowa, and graduated for high school in Toledo. She and her husband lived in Fairfield prior to moving to Washington County in the 1950's. Mrs. Cline was a homemaker and worked four years at the Washington Hotel. In her later years she assisted families with cleaning and other household chores.

She was a member of Assembly of God Church in Washington and was a participant in Helping Hands.

Mrs. Cline enjoyed working with her hands: sewing, embroidering and doing latchwork. She also enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and caring for her son Harold.

Survivors include five children, Flora May Zanger of Washington, Iowa, Raymond Cline and wife Diana of Washington, Iowa, Harold Cline of Washington, Iowa, Rodger Cline and wife Sue of Iowa City and Esther Evans of Brighton; 14 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and one great-great-granddaughter.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; one granddaughter; one great-granddaughter; five brothers, Frank, Verne, Clifford, Homer and Harold Yeoman; and two sisters, Vera Gregory and Viva Strange.