Marcele O. (Waddingham) PALS

PALS, WADDINGHAM, KOLB, DORENKAMP, GELHAUS, MONSON, HULSING, JOHNSON, OXLEY, KELLEY, SMITH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/11/2012 at 16:29:00

September 1, 1916 --- January 3, 2012

Marcele O. Pals, 95, Thornton, died January 3, 2012 at Rolling Greene Village in Nevada. Services were held January 8 at Salem United Methodist Church in Meservey. Interment was in the Meservey Cemetery.

Marcele, daughter of Charles and Lydia (Kolb) Waddingham, was born September 1, 1916 on her parnents’ farm near Meservey. She attended Meservey Consolidated School, graduating in 1934.  Marcele married Elmer Pals on August 20, 1936 at the Meservey Reformed Church parsonage. They farmed in the Meservey and Thornton area all their working lives. In May 1977 they retired and moved to Thornton.

Marcele had many hobbies and interests. She loved to cook and always had baked goods, especially cakes and cookies, on hand for children, grandchildren, neighbors and friends. She liked to play cards, travel, visit family, had a vegetable garden, and helped with farm work.  Marcele was a lifetime member of Salem United Methodist Church (formerly E.U.B.) where she was active in the United Methodist Women and Mary Circle. In earlier years she taught Sunday School and Junior League. Marcele was very mission minded, and with her church circle every year she gave some animals to Heifer International. For many years Marcele and Elmer raised heifers that were sent overseas. She also sponsored individuals at Opportunity Village, the Woodward Resource Center, and a child in Africa.

She was preceded in death by her husband (2002); sister and brother-in-law Maxine and Lewis Dorenkamp; brother and sister-in-law Wayne and Ruth Waddingham; grandson Jeffery Pals; and great-granddaughter Lily Gelhaus. Marcele is survived by her children: Dallas (Kaye) Pals of Thornton, Deloris (Roger) Monson of Nevada, Larry (Darlene) Pals of Cape Canaveral, FL, and Gary (Carla) Pals of Clinton; grandchildren Jill (Jerry) Hulsing, Douglas (Julie) Pals, Amy (Brian) Johnson, Andrew (Amanda) Pals, Tammy (Mark) Oxley, Kelley (Bill) Kelley, Michele Pals, Kristine (Marcus) Smith, Taia (Matt) Gelhaus, Tifne Pals, Trent (Rachel) Pals and Trevor (Rachel) Pals; great grandchildren Ashley, Alyssa, Erica, Emilee, Madeleine, Elizabeth, Carsen, Drew, Brandon (Lisa), Jeremy, Chantel, Lauren, Grant, Natalie, Ronan, Elliott, Kian, Anna, Hudson, Landon and Brooke; and sister-in-law Ruth Dorenkamp.

January 10, 2012
Belmond Independent - Iowa