Obituary for Velma June (Chase) Castenson (1929-2015)
Velma June Castenson, 85, of Dayton went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines as result of a car accident, just outside of Dayton, Iowa. [Velma's son, David Don Castenson also died in the same accident, which was caused by another driver failing to yield for a stop sign, striking their vehicle, and fatally injuring Velma and her son].
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Southeast Valley Middle School, Burnside with Rev. Dale Harlow and Rev. Arhiana Shek officiating. Burial will follow at Lost Grove Township Cemetery, Harcourt. Friends may call after 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Southeast Valley Middle School, Burnside. Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie is serving the family.
Survivors include her daughter, Barbara and her husband Lonny Cummins of Fort Dodge; daughter-in-law, Kristi Castenson of Harcourt; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; brothers, Virvel (Rosemary) Chase of Pahrump, NV; Vearl (Marilyn) Chase of Oxnard, CA; Vernon (Merna) Chase of Lincoln, CA; sisters, Vera Hrabak of Topeka, KS; and Vivian Jacobson of Basehor, KS.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald; parents, Elijah and Lillian (Dobson) Chase; son, David Castenson; brother, Victor Chase and sister, Verna, Florea.
Velma Chase was born northeast of Gowrie, Iowa. She attended grade school at the Clay Township Country School in Webster County. Velma started high school in Burnside but then moved with her folks in 1945 to the Harcourt Lanyon area, graduating from Lanyon High School in 1948. Velma was baptized and confirmed in the Harcourt Methodist Church in 1946.
She joined the Harcourt Lutheran Church in 1957, where she married Donald Castenson at that time. The couple made their home on the family farm by Harcourt for 26 years before retiring and moving into the town of Harcourt in 1984. Donald died in 1991. Velma then moved to Dayton in 2001 and was active in the Dayton Lutheran Church. She enjoyed reading, doing cross word puzzles, playing bridge, and doing her daily devotions to God. Love of God and family were her life.
Posted on line, 10 May 2015, by Palmer & Swank Funeral Home, Gowrie, Iowa.
http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Velma-Castenson-102456842.
Velma June Castenson, 85, of Dayton went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines as result of a car accident, just outside of Dayton, Iowa. [Velma's son, David Don Castenson also died in the same accident, which was caused by another driver failing to yield for a stop sign, striking their vehicle, and fatally injuring Velma and her son].
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Southeast Valley Middle School, Burnside with Rev. Dale Harlow and Rev. Arhiana Shek officiating. Burial will follow at Lost Grove Township Cemetery, Harcourt. Friends may call after 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Southeast Valley Middle School, Burnside. Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie is serving the family.
Survivors include her daughter, Barbara and her husband Lonny Cummins of Fort Dodge; daughter-in-law, Kristi Castenson of Harcourt; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; brothers, Virvel (Rosemary) Chase of Pahrump, NV; Vearl (Marilyn) Chase of Oxnard, CA; Vernon (Merna) Chase of Lincoln, CA; sisters, Vera Hrabak of Topeka, KS; and Vivian Jacobson of Basehor, KS.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald; parents, Elijah and Lillian (Dobson) Chase; son, David Castenson; brother, Victor Chase and sister, Verna, Florea.
Velma Chase was born northeast of Gowrie, Iowa. She attended grade school at the Clay Township Country School in Webster County. Velma started high school in Burnside but then moved with her folks in 1945 to the Harcourt Lanyon area, graduating from Lanyon High School in 1948. Velma was baptized and confirmed in the Harcourt Methodist Church in 1946.
She joined the Harcourt Lutheran Church in 1957, where she married Donald Castenson at that time. The couple made their home on the family farm by Harcourt for 26 years before retiring and moving into the town of Harcourt in 1984. Donald died in 1991. Velma then moved to Dayton in 2001 and was active in the Dayton Lutheran Church. She enjoyed reading, doing cross word puzzles, playing bridge, and doing her daily devotions to God. Love of God and family were her life.
Posted on line, 10 May 2015, by Palmer & Swank Funeral Home, Gowrie, Iowa.
http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Velma-Castenson-102456842.
Obituary for Velma June (Chase) Castenson (1929-2015)
Velma June Castenson, 85, of Dayton went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines as result of a car accident, just outside of Dayton, Iowa. [Velma's son, David Don Castenson also died in the same accident, which was caused by another driver failing to yield for a stop sign, striking their vehicle, and fatally injuring Velma and her son].
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Southeast Valley Middle School, Burnside with Rev. Dale Harlow and Rev. Arhiana Shek officiating. Burial will follow at Lost Grove Township Cemetery, Harcourt. Friends may call after 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Southeast Valley Middle School, Burnside. Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie is serving the family.
Survivors include her daughter, Barbara and her husband Lonny Cummins of Fort Dodge; daughter-in-law, Kristi Castenson of Harcourt; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; brothers, Virvel (Rosemary) Chase of Pahrump, NV; Vearl (Marilyn) Chase of Oxnard, CA; Vernon (Merna) Chase of Lincoln, CA; sisters, Vera Hrabak of Topeka, KS; and Vivian Jacobson of Basehor, KS.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald; parents, Elijah and Lillian (Dobson) Chase; son, David Castenson; brother, Victor Chase and sister, Verna, Florea.
Velma Chase was born northeast of Gowrie, Iowa. She attended grade school at the Clay Township Country School in Webster County. Velma started high school in Burnside but then moved with her folks in 1945 to the Harcourt Lanyon area, graduating from Lanyon High School in 1948. Velma was baptized and confirmed in the Harcourt Methodist Church in 1946.
She joined the Harcourt Lutheran Church in 1957, where she married Donald Castenson at that time. The couple made their home on the family farm by Harcourt for 26 years before retiring and moving into the town of Harcourt in 1984. Donald died in 1991. Velma then moved to Dayton in 2001 and was active in the Dayton Lutheran Church. She enjoyed reading, doing cross word puzzles, playing bridge, and doing her daily devotions to God. Love of God and family were her life.
Posted on line, 10 May 2015, by Palmer & Swank Funeral Home, Gowrie, Iowa.
http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Velma-Castenson-102456842.
Velma June Castenson, 85, of Dayton went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines as result of a car accident, just outside of Dayton, Iowa. [Velma's son, David Don Castenson also died in the same accident, which was caused by another driver failing to yield for a stop sign, striking their vehicle, and fatally injuring Velma and her son].
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Southeast Valley Middle School, Burnside with Rev. Dale Harlow and Rev. Arhiana Shek officiating. Burial will follow at Lost Grove Township Cemetery, Harcourt. Friends may call after 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Southeast Valley Middle School, Burnside. Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie is serving the family.
Survivors include her daughter, Barbara and her husband Lonny Cummins of Fort Dodge; daughter-in-law, Kristi Castenson of Harcourt; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; brothers, Virvel (Rosemary) Chase of Pahrump, NV; Vearl (Marilyn) Chase of Oxnard, CA; Vernon (Merna) Chase of Lincoln, CA; sisters, Vera Hrabak of Topeka, KS; and Vivian Jacobson of Basehor, KS.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald; parents, Elijah and Lillian (Dobson) Chase; son, David Castenson; brother, Victor Chase and sister, Verna, Florea.
Velma Chase was born northeast of Gowrie, Iowa. She attended grade school at the Clay Township Country School in Webster County. Velma started high school in Burnside but then moved with her folks in 1945 to the Harcourt Lanyon area, graduating from Lanyon High School in 1948. Velma was baptized and confirmed in the Harcourt Methodist Church in 1946.
She joined the Harcourt Lutheran Church in 1957, where she married Donald Castenson at that time. The couple made their home on the family farm by Harcourt for 26 years before retiring and moving into the town of Harcourt in 1984. Donald died in 1991. Velma then moved to Dayton in 2001 and was active in the Dayton Lutheran Church. She enjoyed reading, doing cross word puzzles, playing bridge, and doing her daily devotions to God. Love of God and family were her life.
Posted on line, 10 May 2015, by Palmer & Swank Funeral Home, Gowrie, Iowa.
http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Velma-Castenson-102456842.
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