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Kathleen R. Schermerhorn Kathleen
R. (Kay) Schermerhorn, 72, of 900 E. 12th St. S. died from complications of a
blood disorder Tuesday, Oct 16, at her home. Funeral services will be Friday
at II a.m. at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton with Chaplain Merle
Smith officiating. Burial will be at Newton Union Cemetery. Friends may call
today after 6 p.m. at the funeral home where the family will be available from 6
to 8 p.m. Memorials will be accepted to Hospice of Jasper County and may be left
at the funeral home. The
daughter of C. Walter and Jannieve Mae Patterson Good, she was born Aug. 13,
1929, in Ira. She attended Jasper County Country School. On
June 29, 1949, she married John R. Schermerhorn in Des Moines. She lived In
California for 38 years and in Newton for 34 years. She was a receptionist for
Willamette Industries in Compton, Calif., for 15 years. Survivors
include her husband; two sons and daughters-in-law, Martin and Lilly of
Claremont, Calif., and Jeffrey and Sandra of Newton; two daughters and one
son-in-law, Deborah Schermerhorn of Tracy and Aleta and Joseph Palmiotto of
Emmetsburg, 12 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a foster son, Richard
Cooper of Fullerton, Calif., two brothers and sisters-in-law, Marlow and Judy
Good of Newton and Larry and Sandra Good of Marshalltown; and a sister and
brother-in-law, Judi and Ray Petersen of Victor, Montana. She
was preceded in death by her parents and four brothers. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, October 17, 2001. |
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