Bernadine Elaine (Lundy) STANDLEY

STANDLEY, LUNDY, LAWHORN, HAYUNGS, SHAFER, KOELM, KIMBROUGH, PACA, VAN DORIN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/11/2010 at 13:21:08

The Garner Leader & Signal - Iowa
October 13, 2004

Bernadine E. Standley, of Mount Pleasant, formerly of the Clear Lake and Klemme areas, died on Thursday, September 30, 2004, at the Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant. She was 80. Funeral services for Bernadine Standley were held on Tuesday, October 5, at the Weir and Kimzey Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant. The Rev. Jeffrey L. Crawford of the Calvary Baptist Church, Mount Pleasant, officiated. Burial was in the Forest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant.

Bernadine Elaine Standley, was born on October 2, 1923 in Clear Lake. She was the daughter of Orris and Lenora (Lawhorn) Lundy. She was raised and attended schools in the Clear Lake and Klemme areas. On May 30, 1940, Bernadine Lundy and Donald Clark Standley were married at Sheffield. Mrs. Standley worked at the Surf Ballroom and the Holiday Restaurant in Clear Lake. In 1966, the family moved to make their home in Mount Pleasant. Mrs. Standley was employed by Emerson Electric, Heatilator and Motorola, all in Mount Pleasant. For several years after that she was the secretary for the Mount Pleasant office of the Iowa Department of Health. She retired in 1985. Bernadine enjoyed sewing, baking and cooking. She also found time to engage in several forms of craft making.

Survivors include two sons and their wives, Don W. and Lois Standley of Garner and Jim and Linda Standley of Fultondale, Alabama; three daughters, Donnitta Hayungs and her friend, Joe Shafer of Garner, Cindy Koelm an her husband, Raymond of Altamont, Illinois and Kathy Kimbrough and her husband, Keith of Mount Pleasant; one sister, Madelyn Paca of Garner; one sister-in-law, Aretta Van Dorin of Mount Pleasant; 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald on September 3, 1971; a son-in-law, Robert Hayungs; and a brother-in-law, George Paca.