Lynnda (Sorensen) ABELS

SORENSEN, ABELS, CAMPBELL, SOULIS, TITTLE, DORRIS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/26/2008 at 09:14:54

March 25, 2008
Fort Dodge Messenger

ALTOONA — Lynnda Abels, 56, died March 23, 2008 at home. Lynnda was born on March 22, 1952, in Fort Dodge, Iowa to Lynn and Shirley Sorensen. Lynnda worked at Eighth Street Childcare, first as a pre-school teacher and then as the director. Lynnda loved and cared for many children over the years. She also loved spending time with her grandchildren and shopping.

Lynnda is survived by her loving husband of 38 years, Paul; mother, Shirley (Joe) Sorensen Campbell of Clarion; son, Jerome (Tammy) Abels of Altoona; daughter, Leslie (Steve) Soulis of Altoona; daughter, Caia Abels (Marty Tittle) of Earlham; sister, Penny (Mark) Dorris of Altoona; brother, Dan (Diane) Sorensen of Goldfield; 11 grandchildren, Joshua, Mackenzie, Macayla, Jillian, Lauren, Jordan, Brandon, Malai, Collin, Sophia and Emma and 1 step-grandson, Jacob. Lynnda is preceded in death by her father, Lynn and her grandparents.

Funeral services will be held 10 a.m., Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Hamilton’s Altoona Funeral Home, 105 Fourth Street SW, Altoona. Visitation will be after 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. A second funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Goldfield United Methodist Church, 121 W. Chestnut St., Goldfield, IA., burial to follow at Goldfield Cemetery.

Memorial contributions can be directed to the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, 801 Roeder Rd, Suite 400, Silver Spring, MD 20910.