Lois Ruby Moore Collenbaugh 1933 - 2009

MOORE, COLLENBAUGH, HAMANN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 8/25/2020 at 14:04:44

Sioux City Journal
14 April 2009

ROCK VALLEY, Iowa -- Lois Collenbaugh, 75, of Sergeant Bluff, formerly of Rock Valley, died Sunday, April 12, 2009, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Pioneer United Methodist Church in Rock Valley. Burial will be in Valley View Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, with the family present 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Porter Funeral Home in Rock Valley. Condolences may be sent online to www.porterfuneralhomes.com.

Lois Ruby Moore was born Sept. 5, 1933, on the homestead near Alvord, Iowa, the daughter of Clifton and Elsie (Hamann) Moore. She graduated from Rock Valley Public High School.

She married John Collenbaugh on Jan. 4, 1954, in Rock Valley. They lived in Chicago, while John served in the U.S. Army. They then lived in Rock Valley, where John owned and operated Collenbaugh Motors and later Collenbaugh Auto Parts. John died Oct. 13, 2001. She moved to the Floyd House in Sergeant Bluff in November 2008.

She enjoyed painting, embroidering, taking care of the yard and especially enjoyed her children's and later her grandchildren's activities.

She is survived by her four children, Dan (Monica) Collenbaugh of Rock Valley, Mary Halsey and friend, Ron Malsam of Watertown, S.D., Lisa (Bob) Hanson of Sergeant Bluff and Cathy Collenbaugh of South Sioux City; grandchildren, Ashley (Micah) Vis, Angela Halsey, Amy (Ryan) Halling, Christopher Halsey, Mike (Jenny) Hanson and Blake Hanson; great-grandchildren, Colin Hanson, Raven Kelly, Vanessa Halling and Audra Hanson; a brother, Jim (Jane) Moore of Lakewood, Colo.; and sisters, Mavis Vugteveen of Rock Valley, Marcia (Oscar) Benson of Sheldon, Iowa, and Karen Easton of Marshall, Texas.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Cliff and Elsie Moore; her husband, John; brothers-in-law, Walter Vugteveen and Gary Easton.