SHARON KAY SEELY
Dexter
Sharon Kay Seely, age 67, died at Mercy West Lakes Hospital in West Des Moines, Iowa on August 19, 2010.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday August 23, 2010 at the Kuhn Funeral Home in Earlham with burial in the Byers/ Cory Grove Cemetery in rural Elkhart. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday August 22, 2010 at the Kuhn Funeral Home in Earlham where the family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m.
Sharon was a tire builder at Firestone for over 22 years. She is survived by her daughter Wanda von Rentzell of Earlham; sister Judy Shelton of Des Moines; sister Joyce Garrison of Ankeny; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Published in the Des Moines Register on August 22, 2010
Sharon Kay Seely
Sharon Kay Seeley was born the daughter of Kenneth and Emma (McKenzie) Mendenhall in Sheldahl, Iowa on January 4, 1943, and died at Mercy West Lakes Hospital in West Des Moines, Iowa on August 19, 2010 at the age of 67 years, 7 months and 15 days.
Sharon received her education in the Des Moines public school system. She worked as a waitress for several years and worked as a tire builder at Firestone Tire Company for 22 plus years. Sharon was very proud of her garden. She loved to grow flowers and vegetables and canned much of her bounty and gave much of it to family and friends. She was a member of the Sunshine Garden Club of Winterset, Iowa and a member of the Central Iowa Garden Railroad Society. She attended the Dexter Presbyterian Church, was a former member of the Dexter Roundhouse Board, and made several quilts for the Roundhouse to raffle as a fundraiser. She enjoyed photography and oil painting. She was an avid “Farmville” player on facebook. Sharon loved to travel to California to visit family and spend some time viewing the ocean, Sharon loved her companion “Phyllis”, a small Shiht tzu puppy.
Sharon leaves the following family to celebrate her life: daughter Wanda von Rentzell (Darrell) of Earlham; sister Judy Shelton of Des Moines; sister Joyce Garretson of Ankeny; 3 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Sharon was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter Gretchen Carpenter; son Carey Carpenter; and sisters Carolyn Wilson and Janet Ramirez.
In Memory Of
Sharon Kay Seely
Age 67
Born January 4, 1943 - Sheldahl, Iowa
Died August 19, 2010 - West Des Moines, Iowa
FUNERAL SERVICE
10:30 AM Monday August 23, 2010
Kuhn Funeral Home - Earlham, Iowa
OFFICIATING - Pastor Neal Hanley
SOLOIST - Peggy Carpenter
“Walking After Midnight”
“A Bottle Of Wine”
SPECIAL MUISIC
“Holes In The Floor Of Heaven” by Steve Wariner
“Mother and Child Reunion” by Paul Simon
PALLBEARERS
Gary Carpenter Larry Carpenter
Dale von Rentzell Michael Robinson
Justin Meeks Alan Neece
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Brett Shelton Mark Derry
Fred Loveridge Angela Robel
INTERMENT
Byers/Cory Grove Cemetery
Elkhart, Iowa
KUHN FUNERAL HOMES
Dexter Redfield Earlham
www.kuhnfuneralhomes.com
GOD’S FLOWER GARDEN
It’s hard to lose the ones we love
To see them pass away
The sweetest and the kindest gone,
While others are left to stay.
But if we had a garden,
With roses fair and bright,
We’d often pick the loveliest
And think it to be right.
And so it is with Jesus,
In his heavenly garden here,
He often picks the fairest flower,
The one we love so dear.
The flowers that are picked by him
Will never fade away
We know they’ll live forever
And we’ll see them some sweet day.
Published at the Kuhn Funeral Home website, viewed September 4, 2010
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