INTERMENT: Malvern Cemetery, Malvern, Iowa
Mabel LuAnna (Coffey) Van Orsdel
Daughter of Walter and Katherine Ann (Norstad) Coffey was born on a farm December 25, 1911 in the Sidney, Iowa area. Late in 1928 her father purchased and moved the family to a farm southeast of Glenwood, Iowa.
She graduated from Glenwood, Iowa High School in 1928. During the years from 1917 until 1935 she helped care for her invalid grandmother who passed away in 1935. On December 16, 1935 she married William Eugene Van Orsdel in Omaha, Nebraska.
They started their married life on a farm next to his parents in the Hillsdale community, Mills County, Iowa. In 1946 they moved to a farm near Lenox, Iowa. In both communities Mabel was active in her church and community activities. They maintained both farms until the death of Eugene on August 3, 1982.
To this union three daughters were born, Kathryn Marlene Buchanan, Karen Joyce Andrew and Carolyn Jean Geisler.
After her husband passed away she stayed on the farm for a short period of time, then she moved to Creston, Iowa. Later she moved to Glenwood, Iowa and then to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
In 1998 she moved to the Denver, Colorado area to be near her daughter and family. In 2000 she moved with her daughter and son-in-law to Boise, Idaho to also be near another daughter and her family.
She passed away December 6, 2010 just a few days before her 99th Birthday in Boise, Idaho.
Family members who are surviving are daughters Marlene Buchanan (Richard) and Jean Geisler; grandchildren Tracy Geisler, Gregory Buchanan, Debra Moore, Douglas Geisler, Michael Andrew, and Jackie Jamar; great grandchildren, David Geisler, Curtis Moore, Eric Moore, Tiffany Howe, Jacob Geisler, Mollie Ann Jarmar, and Will Jamar and great great granddaughter Cadence Howe.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Eugene and her daughter Karen Joyce Andrew and Son-in Law Melvin Geisler.
Visitation:Sunday, December 12, 2010
12:00 PM
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Service:Tuesday, May 31, 2011
12:00 PM
Rural
Glenwood, IA
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