Visitation: Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 9:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M., Peterson Mortuary, 212 S. Locust Street, Glenwood, Iowa.
Services: Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 10:30 A.M., Peterson Mortuary, 212 S. Locust Street, Glenwood, Iowa.
Arvella Arlene (Hindman”)” Bacon, one of America’s greatest generation, passed into eternal rest on 01-14-2022.
Arvella wed Russell (Ted) Bacon on October 12, 1946, and this union was blessed with six children; Sandra Fowler (Wayne), Sherry Reed, Steven Bacon (Sharon), Susan Reed (Mark), Shelly Hane (David) and Russell Ted Bacon. Arvella became a widow in 1962 leaving her the monumental tasks of mother, father, head of household, income provider, disciplinarian, child psychologist; I am sure you all get the picture. Her life was always overflowing with family, friends, and to do tasks.
It wasn’t just family and children that kept Arvella busy, she was also actively involved in the VFW, the First Congregational Church, the Eagles, various bowling leagues, the Glenwood Education Association and she walked beans with lifetime friends Marianne and Bill Johnson.
She taught in the Glenwood Community School District until her retirement in 1993. She enjoyed traveling and spent many hours on the road with her brother Anton Hindman on their annual trek to Washington State for fishing. Arvella also traveled to many states during her years of bowling for state and national tournaments.
Some remembered “Arvellaisms” include but are not limited to – “You’ll get glad in the same pants you got mad in“, “Bacons and elephants never forget:, “A rolling stone gathers no moss”, “You won’t see it on the back of a galloping horse”.
Arvella leaves behind a legacy of selfless giving as an example to her six children, fourteen grandchildren, forty-three great grandchildren, six great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Interment, Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, Iowa.
Memorial donations may be directed to: First Congregational U.C.C or the Glenwood Volunteer Fire Association.
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So sorry for your loss. Arvella was an amazing lady and touched many hearts ❤️
Breanna, thank you for your kind words, she will be missed.
We are very sorry for your loss
Thank you both. She always spoke about dog sitting for you and how much she enjoyed it.
My thoughts and prayers go out to all the Bacon family. My God help you though this difficult time. Remember all the good memories you all have had and share them to keep her spirit alive
Thank you Michelle. We will keep her spirit alive.
Truly one of the best of the greatest generation. She’ll be missed! Condolences from our family to yours.
Thank you both. She was the last old storyteller as kids we had. Hopefully we have passed some of the great ones down to our younger generation, and they will continue on.
Virginia (Hastings) Ross would like you to know that she has been a like long friend of your mom’s and she will miss her phone conversations with her. Our best to all of you during this sad time😢
Thank you Debbie. Please tell Virginia thank you also. It is always good to hear of the people who’s lives our mother touched.
My heartfelt sympathy for the Bacon family. She was a very special lady! Arvella and my mom had many fun and adventurous times together over the years. She will truly be missed by so many.
Thankn you, Connie. She was a special lady, as was your mother. They knew how to have fun back then.
She will truly missed by all those that knew her and she really didn’t know a stranger. She was a wonderful woman and will always be remembered by the lives that she touched. I am so sorry for your loss and my heart, thoughts and prayers are with you during this time.
Thanks DeLynda. She truly loved getting together at family reunions and catching up with everyone. Thank you also for your prayers.
Many, many fond memories of Arvella over the years. From bowling leagues to working with her at West Elementary, she was indeed one of the best! My condolences to the Bacon Family.
Tina, your kind words mean a lot to us. She certainly was an avid bowler and enjoyed all of the leagues she was on. She also truly loved her work at the schools and the peopled she worked with.
We will miss Arvella at VFW. Won’t seem the same without her. Prayers to your family.
Thank you both. Always look back fondly at the time you spent with her. We know she enjoyed every aspect of her life be it work or community, mom loved to be kept busy.
Our hearts and prayers go out to you.
Votek family
Thank you. Your kind words are a true family to family blessing to recieve. Can the Votek girls still do the alley cat, I know I can.
So sorry for the loss of your family patriarch. May the memories of her devotion to family and friends bring you comfort. What a wonderful legacy of love, wisdom and humor she has left for all of you. Lifting the Bacon family in prayer.
Your kind words are so thoughtful of who she was in life. She was everything to us. We will miss her but continue to keep her spirit alive.
I will always remember our bowling trips that we took together Arvella was a great and very caring lady. She will be missed by everyone.
Thank you, Donna she enjoyed those bowling trips you took together too. Bowing was an important part of her life. She loved that sport and always said it played a part in keeping her moving.
Thank you so much for the prayers. When you think I her, we hope it puts a smile on your face.
I’m sorry for your loss. She was always the kindest and most generous person while I was growing up. She will surely be missed!
Thanks Chris. Being kind and generous is lessons she supplied to us in life. She would be so touched at all the comments.
Sending thoughts and prayers to the family. Arvella was a wonderful lady who I always admired. I remember her at many Homecoming reunions, especially at the Class if 1965’s 50th year reunion. Sandee was in my class & I have a wonderful picture of Arvella & Sandee at our banquet dinner. May she rest in peace!
Judith, thank you so much for all your thoughts and prayers. We hope her memory extends on with the Glenwood Community. She was so thankful that she lived in a town that would come together and just enjoy being with one another. Sandee sends a shout out back to you.
Arvella was such a wonderful woman to work with at school. She helped so many students with their reading skills.To all of her family,we are so sorry for your loss. A special shout out to one Mrs. Reed (Susan) from the other Mrs. Reed(Joyce.)
Joyce your special shout out was passed along. Thanks for your memory of our mother at work. She did help numerous students and thru the years they would come up to us and thank us and check up on mom. We always enjoyed the times we heard I would have been nothing without her.
Our Hearts and Prayers are with Dear Arvella’s entire Family. We knew Her well and She was always a Great Friend.
Thank you. When this town stepped up and helped her after our father passed, she always felt like she needed to give back. Not because of what the town did, but what she could give back that could possibly make a difference to someone. She will be truly missed.
Yours is a Truly Special Family, I’m so Grateful, to Have Known so Many of You, Arvella, was One of The Rocks, in a Strong Amazing Family, Thank You God for the Strength, Power, and Guiding Love this Beautiful Lady Shared.
Lorna, so sorry for the late reply to your lovely tribute to our mother. I can tell you we all still miss her today. I can also tell you that the lessons in life she gave to us I try to adhere to daily. I fully embrace the 5th commandment “Honor thy father and mother” and try daily to apply something of what she believed in.
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