1923
Katherine
2009
Katherine Sheller
July 14, 1923 — February 3, 2009
Katherine Freed Sheller, 85, of Grundy Center, Iowa, died Tuesday February 3, 2009, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Grundy Center, Iowa.
Katherine Freed Sheller was born July 14, 1923, in Hardin County, Iowa to Robert and Thuie ?Smith? Freed. She attended Melrose #8 school in Grundy Co. and graduated from Whitten High School in 1942 after which she attended Marshalltown Business School. She was united in marriage to Howard Sheller on July 16, 1943 at Ivester Church of the Brethren. They lived and farmed in rural Grundy County until 1995 and moved to Grundy Center. In 2008 they celebrated their 65th Anniversary. She was an active member of the Ivester Church of the Brethren, where she served as church Treasurer for 6 years, Farm Bureau, 4-H Club, the Grundy Center Women?s Club, the ?Loose Threads? Quilt Club and the Sunshine Club.
She is survived by two sons: Dean Sheller and his wife Linda of Chaska, Minnesota and Donald Sheller of Toledo, Iowa; one daughter: Nancy Haren and her husband Terry of Grundy Center, Iowa; two grandsons; three granddaughters; two step-grandsons; six great-grandchildren; three step great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard, parents, a sister Betty Freed and a brother Judson Freed.
Katherine Freed Sheller was born July 14, 1923, in Hardin County, Iowa to Robert and Thuie ?Smith? Freed. She attended Melrose #8 school in Grundy Co. and graduated from Whitten High School in 1942 after which she attended Marshalltown Business School. She was united in marriage to Howard Sheller on July 16, 1943 at Ivester Church of the Brethren. They lived and farmed in rural Grundy County until 1995 and moved to Grundy Center. In 2008 they celebrated their 65th Anniversary. She was an active member of the Ivester Church of the Brethren, where she served as church Treasurer for 6 years, Farm Bureau, 4-H Club, the Grundy Center Women?s Club, the ?Loose Threads? Quilt Club and the Sunshine Club.
She is survived by two sons: Dean Sheller and his wife Linda of Chaska, Minnesota and Donald Sheller of Toledo, Iowa; one daughter: Nancy Haren and her husband Terry of Grundy Center, Iowa; two grandsons; three granddaughters; two step-grandsons; six great-grandchildren; three step great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard, parents, a sister Betty Freed and a brother Judson Freed.
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