DILTS, Ida Amanda 1903-1999

DILTS

Posted By: K. Kittleson
Date: 2/12/2011 at 22:30:53

IDA AMANDA DILTS

KENSETT - Ida Amanda Dilts, 96, of Kensett, died Sunday (Sept. 5, 1999) at the Manly Nursing & Rehab Center.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Bethany Lutheran Church, in Kensett, with the Rev. Selmer G. "Sam" Hernes officiating. Inurnment will be in the Kensett Cemetery.

Friends may call from 1 p.m. until time of services on Wednesday at the church.

According to her wishes her body was cremated. The family of Ida Amanda Dilts has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Bethany Lutheran Church, Manly Nursing & Rehab Center or to Hospice of North Iowa in her memory.

Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, is in charge of arrangements.

Ida Amanda Dilts was born on March 26, 1903, the daughter of John and Bertha (Torgerson) Hanson. She was baptized and reaffirmed the faith of her baptism through confirmation in the Lutheran faith.

Ida grew up on a farm in Worth County and attended and received her education in the rural country school system near Kensett. During her life, she worked for Mason City Tent & Awning during the 2nd World War and Armours Meat Packing Company in Mason City for many years until her retirement.

She enjoyed bingo, scrabble, taking care of her yard, reading, puzzles, cooking and visiting with her family and friends.

She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church in Kensett, and the eleven "A's" Birthday Club, in Kensett.

Left to cherish her memory is a daughter, Virginia Ingersoll and her husband, Floyd, of Kensett; a son, Harold Dilts and his wife, Jo, of Ames; seven grandchildren, Pam Ingersoll, of Mason City, Vera (Ingersoll) Hagen and her husband, John, of Northwood, Holly (Ingersoll) Nelson and her husband, Dennis, of Mason City, Shelly Ingersoll, of Eaton, Colo., Kathy (Dilts) Ennis and her husband, Rick, of Ames, Linda (Dilts) Gallagher and her husband, Don, of Sun Prairie, Wis., and Marsha Richards and her husband, Trevor, of West De Moines; eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Alice Jacobson, of Des Moines, Wash.; many nieces and nephews; as well as other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Clarence, Alvin and Benhard Hanson; and two sisters, Norma Knutson and Edvina Dahle.

Conner Colonial Chapel, (515) 324-1543.

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