GOURLEY, Jenele C. (SMIDT)
SMIDT, HERKES, GOURLEY, PITKIN
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/21/2018 at 20:17:06
Obituary ~ Jenele C. (Smidt) Gourley
July 17, 1924 ~ March 18, 2013The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
March 22, 2013Mason City — Jenele C. Gourley, 88, of Mason City, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2013, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 22, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, with Pastor Ed Bard, chaplain, Hospice of North Iowa officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home Friday. Interment will be at Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the Jenele C. Gourley memorial fund in care of the family. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.
Jenele C. Smidt was born July 17, 1924, in rural Britt, the daughter of Henry and Emily (Herkes) Smidt. She married Thomas Gourley in 1947. She worked many years for Winnebago Industries in the stitchcraft department until her retirement. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
She is survived by her sisters, Geraldine Pitkin and Helen Smidt and brother, George Smidt; many grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Thomas, and 10 siblings: Hanselmen, Ole, Henry Jr., Louis, Ben, Ann, Lena, Alice, Fransis and Emily.
Arrangements are with Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, IA 50401, 641-423-0924, www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2018
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