IMOGENE NIXON
Funeral services for Imogene M. Nixon, 85,
will be Monday, February 22, 2010, at 2:00 P.M., at the First Baptist
Church in Storm Lake with Pastor Tom Hinshaw officiating. Visitation
will be at the church one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers
a memorial fund has been established. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia
is in charge of arrangements.
Imogene died Thursday, February 18, 2010, at
the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake, Iowa.
Imogene M. Andersen was born November 17,
1924, the daughter of Neils and Helga (Larsen) Andersen in Corely, Iowa.
She attended thirteen different schools around the Harlan area before
her graduation there in 1942. On July 3, 1943 Imogene married Paul Nixon
at Dakota City, Nebraska. They lived in Storm Lake where she was
employed at Tiny to Teen, Janssen’s Fabric Store, Renshaw Plumbing as
the bookkeeper, and at the canning factory. She retired in 1980. Imogene
was a member of the First Baptist Church where she served as Sunday
school secretary, and was a member of circles and guilds. She enjoyed
sewing, needlepoint, counted cross stitch, crocheting, knitting, and
other hand crafts. She was a resident of Methodist Manor in Storm Lake.
After the death of her husband Paul, Imogene
met widower Verne Bartlett and they became special friends, residing
winters in Texas, and when not traveling they spent summers in Saginaw,
Michigan. Verne passed away on April 23, 2003, and Imogene then moved
back to Storm Lake.
Preceding Imogene in death were
her parents and her husband Paul on December 7, 1986.
Survivors include two daughters, Linda and
her husband Lloyd Myers of Aurelia, IA, and Paula and her husband Mark
Phillips of Onia, AR, six grandchildren, Blake and his wife Noelani Uhl
of Palmyra, PA, Molli and her husband Doug Jones of North Liberty, IA,
Mitch and his wife Amanda Myers of Polk City, IA, Nick and his wife
Melissa Phillips of Springdale, AR, Matt and his wife Beverly Phillips
of Whitestown, IN, and Lydia Phillips of Conway, AR, and eight
great-grandchildren, Dakota and Jessica Uhl, Simon Jones, Ava Myers,
Molly Phillips, and John, Madison, and Cassandra Phillips. Also
surviving are one brother, Roger and his wife Joan Andersen of Ames, IA,
four nieces and one nephew, and Verne Bartlett’s three sons and their
families, Bruce Bartlett of Irving, TX, Neil Bartlett of Findley, OH,
and Al Bartlett of St. Joseph, MI.
