Muriel Lucille (Gartz) HANKES

HANKES, GARTZ, SMIDT, SIMPSON, ATKINSON, BOYAJIAN, GERKE, CONAWAY, TALLEY, MCVEY-WHITTY, MCVEY, WHITTY, SMITH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/28/2011 at 15:42:30

November 2, 1917 --- November 24, 2011

WAVERLY, IA — Muriel L. Hankes, 94, of Waverly, formerly of Charles City, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, at Bartels Lutheran Home, Waverly. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First Congregational Church, Charles City with Rev. Forrest Cornelius officiating. Burial will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens, rural Charles City with Arlyn Hankes, Dennis Hankes, David Hankes, Arthur Simpson, Jeffrey Simpson, and Brian McVey serving as pallbearers. Friends may call from 5-7 p.m. Monday at Hauser Funeral Home, Charles City and Tuesday at the church an hour prior to the service.

Muriel Lucille Hankes was born Nov. 2, 1917, in Belmond, the daughter of Frederick and Henrietta (Smidt) Gartz. She attended rural country school. On Dec. 7, 1940 in Dubuque, she was united in marriage to Charles Edward Hankes. To this union, four children were born. Charles served in WW II, and upon returning the family made their home in Clarion for 10 years. Charles’ work took the family to Charles City where they made their home. Charles died in 1979. In 2007, Muriel moved to Waverly. Muriel was very active in the community. She was a deacon at the First Congregational Church, served on the Prudential Board, and was a past president of the Women’s fellowship. She was past president of the American Legion Auxiliary, past worthy High Priestess of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, past Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, and past president of the Charles City Women’s Club. She also held memberships in the Pythian Sisters, the Floyd County Hospital Auxiliary, and was an active volunteer at Comprehensive Systems. Living family members include four children, Arlyn (Connie) Hankes, of Mead, Neb., Dennis (Linda) Hankes, of Kesley, David (Margaret) Hankes, of Waterloo, and Karen (Arthur) Simpson, of Waverly; six grandchildren, Pamela (Mike) Boyajian, of Ariz., Kathryn (Randy) Atkinson, of Cedar Rapids, Gina (Rick) Gerke, of Holland, Theresa Hankes, of Waterloo, Robin (Shannon) Conaway, of Waterloo, and Jeffrey Simpson of Waverly; six great grandchildren; two sisters, Leota Talley, of Stillwater, Okla., Maxine McVey-Whitty, of Belmond; two sisters-in-law, Dolly Gartz, of Leavenworth, Kans., and Benita Gartz, of Schertz, Tex. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles in 1979; three brothers, Leo Smith, William Gartz, Gary Gartz; and a sister, Dorothy Gartz. The Hauser Funeral Home, in Charles City, is in charge of arrangements.

Charles City Press - Iowa
November 28, 2011