1916
Vera
2009
Vera Irene Flathers (Klingensmith)
March 18, 1916 — October 23, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Vera Irene Flathers, 93, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, formerly of Sioux City, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, at Windhaven Assisted Living Center in Cedar Falls.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Rock Branch United Methodist Church in Rock Branch, Iowa, with the Rev. Vickie Steffes officiating. Burial will be in Fairfield Cemetery, Rock Branch. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 5 to 8 p.m., at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Sioux City. Online condolences may be sent to christysmith.com.
Vera was born on March 18, 1916, to Emery and Flossie (Sadler) Klingensmith at the family home near Correctionville, Iowa. She married Max Gregory Flathers on June 2, 1937, at her parents' home, rural Moville, Iowa. He died May 8, 1996.
Vera was a member of the Rock Branch United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school, played the organ and was active in Women's Missionary Society. Vera attended Westmar College in Le Mars and taught school until her marriage. They lived on the Flathers Family Homestead at Rock Branch until moving to a condo at the Sunrise Retirement Community in Sioux City in 1994. She enjoyed playing the piano at Sunrise for many of the activities there.
Her greatest joy was her family and all the grandchildren whom she adored being with until her health forced her to move to Cedar Falls in the Assisted Living Center to be near her daughter.
She is survived by a son, Ben (Bonnie) Flathers of Correctionville; a daughter, Nancy Howland of Cedar Falls; four granddaughters, Christie (Kevin) Bolin, Joni Howland, Julie (Kent) Liggett and Debby (Paul) Koster; great-grandchildren, Melissa (Rick) Siebrands, Dawn (Aaron) Frost, Miles (Amelia) Morrow, Sarah Ummach and Rachel and Anna Koster; five great-great-grandchildren, Tristan, Colton and Caylee Siebrands and Cody and Caleb Frost; and a brother, Paul (Dorothy) Klingensmith of South Sioux City.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Emery and Flossie Klingensmith.
The family suggests memorials to the Rock Branch United Methodist Church.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Rock Branch United Methodist Church in Rock Branch, Iowa, with the Rev. Vickie Steffes officiating. Burial will be in Fairfield Cemetery, Rock Branch. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 5 to 8 p.m., at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Sioux City. Online condolences may be sent to christysmith.com.
Vera was born on March 18, 1916, to Emery and Flossie (Sadler) Klingensmith at the family home near Correctionville, Iowa. She married Max Gregory Flathers on June 2, 1937, at her parents' home, rural Moville, Iowa. He died May 8, 1996.
Vera was a member of the Rock Branch United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school, played the organ and was active in Women's Missionary Society. Vera attended Westmar College in Le Mars and taught school until her marriage. They lived on the Flathers Family Homestead at Rock Branch until moving to a condo at the Sunrise Retirement Community in Sioux City in 1994. She enjoyed playing the piano at Sunrise for many of the activities there.
Her greatest joy was her family and all the grandchildren whom she adored being with until her health forced her to move to Cedar Falls in the Assisted Living Center to be near her daughter.
She is survived by a son, Ben (Bonnie) Flathers of Correctionville; a daughter, Nancy Howland of Cedar Falls; four granddaughters, Christie (Kevin) Bolin, Joni Howland, Julie (Kent) Liggett and Debby (Paul) Koster; great-grandchildren, Melissa (Rick) Siebrands, Dawn (Aaron) Frost, Miles (Amelia) Morrow, Sarah Ummach and Rachel and Anna Koster; five great-great-grandchildren, Tristan, Colton and Caylee Siebrands and Cody and Caleb Frost; and a brother, Paul (Dorothy) Klingensmith of South Sioux City.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Emery and Flossie Klingensmith.
The family suggests memorials to the Rock Branch United Methodist Church.
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