Emery Lee GOODENBERGER

GOODENBERGER, BUTLER, HENN, BANKUS, WAGONER, SMITH, ANDERSON, CORBIN, SANDBO, SIEBELS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/23/2012 at 13:11:36

October 11, 1928 --- September 22, 2012

Winterset, IA -- Emery L. Goodenberger, 83, died Saturday, September 22, 2012 in Winterset. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, September 26 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, September 25 at Ochiltree's; where the family will be present to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be directed to a fund established in Emery's name.

Emery Lee Goodenberger was born October 11, 1928 in Clarion, Iowa to Austin Harold and Eva Eloise (Butler) Goodenberger. His marriage to Marian Louise Henn took place at the First Methodist Church in Des Moines on September 3, 1950. He graduated from Drake Law School in 1953. Emery practiced law in Winterset and also served as the Madison County Attorney. He later worked in Des Moines for the Estate and Gift Tax Division of the United States Treasury until he retired in 1988. Following retirement, Emery and Marian made their home at Lake Panorama near Panora until June of 2006 then they moved back to Winterset. While living at Lake Panorama he sold real estate for six years.

Survivors include his four daughters, Marcia Bankus (Dale) of Quincy, IL, Rhonda Wagoner (Jeff) of Winterset, Sondra Smith (Dale) of Jefferson, Pamela Anderson of Columbia, MO; two sons, Perry Goodenberger (Terri) of Palestine, TX, Marty Goodenberger (Stacy) of Panora; fifteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister-in-law, Millie Goodenberger of Iowa City; and two brothers-in-law, Roger Corbin (Jan) of Traer and Bob Sandbo of Bellevue, WA. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Marian of 56 years; two grandchildren, Michael Siebels Jr. and Ashton Marie Goodenberger; his three siblings, Earl Goodenberger, Betty Corbin and Lois Sandbo.

Des Moines Register -- Iowa
September 24, 2012