Book, Wanda (1928-2015)
BOOK, HANSON, OLSON, CONRAD, SEGLEM, QUINN, DELUCA, WIES, GETTIS, GUSTAFSON, CHRISTENSEN, LEIBRAND
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/11/2015 at 13:59:29
Wanda Book
August 4, 1928 - April 30, 2015Wanda Book, 86, of Forest City, died on Thursday, April 30, 2015, at the Concord Care Center in Garner.
Born on August 4, 1928, on a farm near Crystal Lake to Clara (Olson) and Roy Hanson, Wanda graduated from Hayfield High School in 1946 and married Dell Book at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City on March 17, 1948. At the time of Dell's death in 2008, they had been married for sixty years. Every day after his passing, she missed him dearly. They had three children, Mike, Kathy, and Ron. They both worked hard to insure that all three had college educations and were successful in life. Wanda was no stranger to hard work. She coddled eggs at Sahr Produce and worked as a matron at Waldorf College. Her most rewarding career, however, was assisting the Ron and Linda Haugen family for twenty-seven years.
A well-known cook and baker, Wanda had a passion for baking. No one could bake better cinnamon rolls, buns, or bread than she. Once, for example, after having her sidewalk repaired, she asked the contractor how much she owed. His response, he wanted two dozen of her cinnamon rolls. Even in failing health, she would say, “If I could just bake something, I know I would feel better.”
Mom to three children, Grandma to seven grandchildren, and Grandma Wanda to sixteen great-grandchildren, she loved them all dearly and enjoyed their visits. The grandkids and great grandkids enjoyed her candy drawer that she always kept filled to the brim with suckers, candy bars, and all things sugary. Between visits, she would spend countless hours looking at their pictures, bringing both smiles and tears to her face. She felt most happy with one, two, or three little ones sitting on her lap, hugs all around.
She was strong in her faith and had no fear of dying, waiting only to join Dell and other family members in heaven.
She is survived by her three children, Mike and Kathy Book, of West Des Moines, Kathy and Lloyd Conrad, of Forest City, and Ron and Denise Book, of Waukee; her grandchildren, Tracie (John) Seglem, Trisha (Mike) Quinn, Erik (Kelly) Book, Lance (Jen) Conrad, Courtney (Joe) DeLuca, Max (Laurie) Book, and Meridith (Ryan) Wies; her great-grandchildren, Bailey, Greyson, Landon, and Luke Book; Clara and Gracie Conrad; Camryn and Emmett DeLuca; Breven, Hudson, and Logan Quinn; Alli, Becca, Cole, and Dru Seglem; and Aubrey Wies; her sister-in law, Violet (Ray) Charlson; and her brother-in-law, Harold Book; as well as by many nieces, nephews, and cherished friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dell; her parents, Clara and Roy Hanson; her brothers, Kenneth and Wallace Hanson; her sisters, Dorothy Gettis, Marge Gustafson, Arlys Christensen, and Karen Leibrand.
Wanda’s family wants to give special thanks to Ron, Linda, Jenny, and Julie Haugen for making her part of their family for all those years, Bonnye and Ade Reineke for being such good neighbors at the condo, and Sandy Lindflott for all her love and the many calls, visits, and the picture quilt. She thought highly of each of you
Visitation will be from 2:00 to 5:00 P.M., Sunday, May 3, 2015, at the Cataldo Schott Funeral Home, 505 North Clark St, Forest City, Iowa. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Monday, May 4, 2015, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City with Rev. Rod Hopp officiating. A private family inurnment will take place in Madison Township Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the Down Syndrome Association of North Central Iowa (DSA of NCI) or to Opportunity Village Children’s Autism Center.
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