Maxine (Perkins) RISVOLD

RISVOLD, PERKINS, ROBINSON, PETERSEN, SWAN, SLOAN, BACHMAN, DEWAARD, BILBREY, STEPHENS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/21/2010 at 11:54:42

December 30, 1920 -- November 18, 2010

CLEAR LAKE, IA — Maxine Risvold, 89, of 2115 North Shore Drive, died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center- North Iowa, Mason City. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., Monday Nov. 22, at Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Kenneth B. Gehling officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City. Visitation will be held from 4 until 6 p.m. today, Sunday, Nov. 21, at Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Maxine Risvold Memorial that will be later donated to the American Heart Association and The United Way in her memory.

Maxine Perkins was born on Dec. 30, 1920, in Corwith, the daughter of William and Evalena (Robinson) Perkins. She graduated from Corwith High School in the Class of 1939. On Nov. 16, 1939, she was united in marriage to J. Alvin Risvold; to this union their beloved daughter Marlene was born on April 25, 1941. Maxine and Alvin moved to Clear Lake in the 1950s and built their house in 1956, where she currently resided. When Maxine’s daughter and son-in-law passed away, she became very devoted to her granddaughters and great grandchildren. Maxine enjoyed spending time with her family and loved shopping. She was a past member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Corwith and Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake, and past member of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.

Maxine is survived by her loving granddaughters, Lindsey Petersen Swan and husband Rick, Des Moines, Leslie Petersen Sloan and husband David, Garner; great-grandchildren Martin Nicholas Bachman, Samuel Richard Bachman, both of Minneapolis, Minn., Colton Mitchell Bachman and fiancé Brittany Dewaard, Garner, Tori Jean Sloan, Evan David Sloan, both of Garner and Anna Lee Swan, Iowa City; godsons Steve (Ann) Petersen, Cedar Rapids and Milo Risvold, Mason City; along with several nieces, nephews other relatives and friends. Maxine is preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother Elvin Perkins, sisters Rowene Bilbrey and Evelyn Stephens; her beloved daughter and son-in-law Marlene (Richard “Dick”) Petersen. Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake, IA.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
November 21, 2010