Lena M. Kreiss, daughter of Harvey and Eliza Cole Thomas, was born April 28, 1917 in the Pittsburg community and died the morning of Friday, April 17, 1987 at University Hospitals in Iowa City at the age of 69.
Lena lived her early life in Van Buren County and had lived a number of years in Mount Pleasant, where she was employed 35 years at the Mental Health Institute. She was a psychiatric aide and physical therapist. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, of Veterans of Foregin Wars Auxiliary No. 2561.
She married John Kreiss in 1961 at Kahoka, Mo. He survives, along with four children by a previous marriage, Donald D. Price, DeWitt and Larry L. Price, Patricia A. Marlow, and Susan K. Stairs, all of Mt. Pleasant. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, three sisters, Esther Ewing, Bonaparte, Josephine Guarnery, St. Louis, Mo., and Gladys Hayes, Wentzville, Mo., two brothers, Stanley Thomas, Fruita, Colo. and Sherman Thomas of Shingle Springs, Calif., other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 21, 1987, at 10:30 a.m. in First United Methodist Church, Mt. Pleasant with Rev. Ron Kramer officiating. Graveside services and interment were in Fellows Cemetery, Keosauqua, with Rev. Don Morrison officiating. A memorial was established for East Lake Park in Mt. Pleasant for which Lena chose the name. Memorials may be sent in care of Pedrick Funeral Home, Keosauqua, or Patricia Marlow, 700 East Monroe, Mt. Pleasant, 52641
The Van Buren County Register
April 23, 1987
Lena lived her early life in Van Buren County and had lived a number of years in Mount Pleasant, where she was employed 35 years at the Mental Health Institute. She was a psychiatric aide and physical therapist. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, of Veterans of Foregin Wars Auxiliary No. 2561.
She married John Kreiss in 1961 at Kahoka, Mo. He survives, along with four children by a previous marriage, Donald D. Price, DeWitt and Larry L. Price, Patricia A. Marlow, and Susan K. Stairs, all of Mt. Pleasant. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, three sisters, Esther Ewing, Bonaparte, Josephine Guarnery, St. Louis, Mo., and Gladys Hayes, Wentzville, Mo., two brothers, Stanley Thomas, Fruita, Colo. and Sherman Thomas of Shingle Springs, Calif., other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 21, 1987, at 10:30 a.m. in First United Methodist Church, Mt. Pleasant with Rev. Ron Kramer officiating. Graveside services and interment were in Fellows Cemetery, Keosauqua, with Rev. Don Morrison officiating. A memorial was established for East Lake Park in Mt. Pleasant for which Lena chose the name. Memorials may be sent in care of Pedrick Funeral Home, Keosauqua, or Patricia Marlow, 700 East Monroe, Mt. Pleasant, 52641
The Van Buren County Register
April 23, 1987
Lena M. Kreiss, daughter of Harvey and Eliza Cole Thomas, was born April 28, 1917 in the Pittsburg community and died the morning of Friday, April 17, 1987 at University Hospitals in Iowa City at the age of 69.
Lena lived her early life in Van Buren County and had lived a number of years in Mount Pleasant, where she was employed 35 years at the Mental Health Institute. She was a psychiatric aide and physical therapist. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, of Veterans of Foregin Wars Auxiliary No. 2561.
She married John Kreiss in 1961 at Kahoka, Mo. He survives, along with four children by a previous marriage, Donald D. Price, DeWitt and Larry L. Price, Patricia A. Marlow, and Susan K. Stairs, all of Mt. Pleasant. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, three sisters, Esther Ewing, Bonaparte, Josephine Guarnery, St. Louis, Mo., and Gladys Hayes, Wentzville, Mo., two brothers, Stanley Thomas, Fruita, Colo. and Sherman Thomas of Shingle Springs, Calif., other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 21, 1987, at 10:30 a.m. in First United Methodist Church, Mt. Pleasant with Rev. Ron Kramer officiating. Graveside services and interment were in Fellows Cemetery, Keosauqua, with Rev. Don Morrison officiating. A memorial was established for East Lake Park in Mt. Pleasant for which Lena chose the name. Memorials may be sent in care of Pedrick Funeral Home, Keosauqua, or Patricia Marlow, 700 East Monroe, Mt. Pleasant, 52641
The Van Buren County Register
April 23, 1987
Lena lived her early life in Van Buren County and had lived a number of years in Mount Pleasant, where she was employed 35 years at the Mental Health Institute. She was a psychiatric aide and physical therapist. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, of Veterans of Foregin Wars Auxiliary No. 2561.
She married John Kreiss in 1961 at Kahoka, Mo. He survives, along with four children by a previous marriage, Donald D. Price, DeWitt and Larry L. Price, Patricia A. Marlow, and Susan K. Stairs, all of Mt. Pleasant. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, three sisters, Esther Ewing, Bonaparte, Josephine Guarnery, St. Louis, Mo., and Gladys Hayes, Wentzville, Mo., two brothers, Stanley Thomas, Fruita, Colo. and Sherman Thomas of Shingle Springs, Calif., other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 21, 1987, at 10:30 a.m. in First United Methodist Church, Mt. Pleasant with Rev. Ron Kramer officiating. Graveside services and interment were in Fellows Cemetery, Keosauqua, with Rev. Don Morrison officiating. A memorial was established for East Lake Park in Mt. Pleasant for which Lena chose the name. Memorials may be sent in care of Pedrick Funeral Home, Keosauqua, or Patricia Marlow, 700 East Monroe, Mt. Pleasant, 52641
The Van Buren County Register
April 23, 1987
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