Jane Doris (Greenfield) HERBST

HERBST, GREENFIELD, SWANSON, KLAVER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/20/2008 at 09:21:38

November 12, 2008
Fort Dodge Messenger, Iowa

CLARION - Jane D. Herbst, 73, of Clarion passed away Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008 at the Belmond Health Care Center in Belmond. A funeral service for Jane Herbst will be held Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Clarion with Rev. Don Morrison officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Clarion.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ewing Funeral Home, 602 N Main Street in Clarion, and continue one hour prior to the funeral service Thursday.

Jane Doris Herbst, the daughter of John and Lilian Greenfield, was born on April 21, 1935 in Kamrar. She attended Waldorf and Ellsworth Colleges. Jane taught Kindergarten at Owasa and Clarion for a total of about seven years. Jane was united in marriage to Robert Herbst on June 18, 1960 at the Presbyterian Church in Kamrar. This union was blessed with two daughters. Jane was a member of the United Methodist Church in Clarion. She enjoyed scrap booking, traveling and going out to eat with Robert.

Jane is survived by her husband Robert; two daughters: Susan Lee Herbst of Webster City and Patricia Linn (Jerry) Swanson of Williams; grandson Nathan Swanson of Williams; sister Evelyn Klaver of Ellsworth; three brothers: John Greenfield of rural Jewell, Stewart and Gene Greenfield of Kamrar. She was preceded in death by her parents.