Marcia M. (Curtis) GURWELL
GURWELL, KERR, CURTIS, WHITE, MASSMAN, ANDERSON, HOUGHTON
Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/28/2012 at 23:30:11
December 25, 1924 --- December 17, 2011
Marcia M. Gurwell, 86, of Chariton died December 17, 2011, at The Continental Care Center in Seymour, Iowa. Mrs. Gurwell was born December 25, 1924 in Chariton to Edwin H. and Eva Kerr Curtis. She graduated from Chariton High School in 1942. On February 3, 1945 she married Howard K. Gurwell. The couple lived in Des Moines, Iowa City and Clarion, Iowa returning to Chariton in 1952. She was a secretary for the State Dept. of Public Instruction and The State University of Iowa and was co-owner of The City Cleaners in Chariton. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and baptized in the First Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband Howard; two daughters Debra White and husband Larry of Northfield, MN and Matina "Tina" D. Massman and husband LaVern of Corydon, IA; two step grandchildren Mary Massman and Brant Massman; one step great-grandchild Bianca Massman; four grandsons, Brad White, Brett White, Tyler Anderson and Alek Anderson and three great- grandsons Cooper White, Dwyer White and Brody Anderson. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister Edwina M. Houghton.
Visitation: 6:00 - 8:00 PM, Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Fielding Funeral Homes
Chariton, IA
Service: No Public Service Scheduled
Interment: Chariton Cemetery
Chariton, IA
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