Holdren, Glenna Aileen (1924 – 2009)

HOLDREN, SCHAFFER, O’RILEY, FUDGE, ELSE, MAHLBERG, WALTERS, ROCKWELL, HOUCK, MCHENRY, ELSE

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/4/2013 at 21:07:24

Name of deceased: Glenna Aileen Fudge Holdren (nee Schaffer)

Aged: 85 yrs, 2 mo, 6 days

Residence: Harlan, IA

Born: May 17, 1924, Carbon, IA

Died: July 23, 2009, Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, July 25, 2009, Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; Pastor Ron Rasmussen officiated. Burial at Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, IA.

Survived by: Daughters; daughter-in-law; 8 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sister, Marjorie (spouse, Robert) Rockwell of Wellton, AZ; brother, Donald Schaffer of Corning, IA; sisters-in-law, Lucille Schaffer of Casper, WY, Ruth Schaffer of Carbon, IA, and Larene Schaffer of Urbandale, IA; many nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: parents, Carl Edward and Esther Maria (nee O’Riley) Schaffer; husbands, Cecil Fudge (deceased Feb. 20, 1967) and Harold Holdren (deceased Feb. 27, 1996); stepfather, Homer Houck; brothers, Edward, Clifford, Cecil, and Clark; sister, Valentine (and spouse, Clyde) McHenry; son Larry Fudge; one grandson, Tom Else

Education: schooling at Carbon and Villisca, IA

Marriage: (1) Cecil Charles Fudge, July 7, 1942, Marysville, MO (2) Harold Clair Holdren, September 14, 1974, First United Methodist Church, Harlan, IA

Employment: Waitressing in the Brooks and Corning (IA) areas through 1966; then moved to Harlan, IA, and worked at a laundry and as a nurses’ aid at Baptist Memorial Hospital. After retirement, she babysat for children who were special to her

Hobbies/Interests: Member, First United Methodist Church, Harlan, IA

Source: burmeisterjohannsen.com