BANKEN, Myrtle C. 1917-2008

BANKEN

Posted By: K. Kittleson (email)
Date: 12/5/2008 at 10:47:50

MASON CITY, IOWA - Myrtle Corrien Banken, 91, died Wednesday (Dec. 3, 2008) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit.

Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 6, 2008) at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with Pastor Steve Palo, officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. and also one hour prior to the service at the church.

Myrtle Corrien Banken was born March 24, 1917, in rural Northwood, the daughter of Martin and Carrie (Bergo) Stromley. She attended school in Northwood.

She was married to Ole T. Banken on Oct. 13, 1941, in Reno, Nev. They moved to Mason City in 1948. In 1951, she went to work for the Armour Co. where she worked for 24 years until her retirement in 1975.

Myrtle had a passion for gardening, where she grew vegetables and flowers. She enjoyed reading, playing cards, shopping and also making quilts for her family. Myrtle was an excellent cook and enjoyed baking and cooking for her family. Her family was very important to her and she enjoyed spending time with them.

She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.

She is survived by her children, Marvin Banken and wife, Kathy, of Mason City, Janice Kothenbeutel, of Mason City, Linda Coonrod and husband, Gerald, of Northwood and Dennis Banken and wife, Christie, of Joice; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her husband; two sisters, Inborg Peterson and Ruby Stromley; two brothers, Ansley Stromley, and Kenneth Stromley; and one infant daughter, Carol Banken.

Major Erickson Funeral Home and Crematory, 641-423-0924. www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com

Published in the Globe Gazette -- 12/5/2008