Dorothy Marion (Kallem) CRIPPS

CRIPPS, KALLEM, HANSON, LEE, SUMMERS, HUGHES, BAILEY, LONG, VERSTEEGH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/29/2015 at 15:17:03

November 1, 1923 --- November 24, 2015

Dorothy Marion Cripps, 92, of Mason City, formerly of Marshalltown, Iowa, passed away on Nov. 24, 2015, under the care of Hospice of North Iowa, in Mason City, Iowa. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, at Elim Lutheran Church in Marshalltown, Iowa, at 1:30 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the family to be designated at a later date. A private family interment will take place at a later date. The Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Dorothy and her family.

Dorothy Kallem was born on Nov. 1, 1923, to Edward and Louise (Hanson) Kallem, in Larsian, Montana. She attended school in Iowa, graduating from the Eagle Grove community school. On April 10, 1948, Wallace "Wally" Cripps and Dorothy Marion Kallem were united in marriage in Eagle Grove. Together the family made their home in Marshalltown, to raise their children. She was an employee of the Marshalltown Hospital. She retired from Marshalltown Manufacturing following many years of service. In 2000, after 52 years of marriage, "Wally" passed away. Dorothy was a member of Elim Lutheran Church. She loved spending time in the garden with her flowers, preparing meals for her family and volunteering at the Elim Lutheran Church Clothes Closet.

Left to cherish her memory is her sister, Jean Lee of Bellevue, Nebraska; daughters, Jan (Howard) Summers of Kellogg, Carol (John) Hughes of Mason City; grandchildren, Michael Bailey of Des Moines, Angela Hughes of Johnston, Scott (Katrina) Bailey of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania; stepgrandchildren, Michael (Cristi) Hughes of Milton, Florida, Kimberly Hughes of Des Moines; great-grandchildren, Jaxon, Eden, Ashton Bailey and Madison Long of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, Katrice Bailey of Marshalltown, Wesley Hughes of Fort Hood, Texas, and Alexis Hughes of Milton, Florida; great-great-grandchildren, Hayliee and Bennett Versteegh. In death, Dorothy rejoins her parents, Edward and Louise Kallem; husband, Wallace "Wally" Cripps; 10 brothers and sisters.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
November 28, 2015