Olive Schakel Palmquist Terrell was born Nov. 30, 1907, on a farm near Leighton, Iowa to Luke L. and Lena Goemaat Schakel. She graduated from Pella Public High School with accreditation in normal training. She took courses at Central College in Pella and Drake University in Des Moines, then taught in rural schools in the Pella area, where she spent most of her life.
On June 17, 1930, she married Jennings Reuben Palmquist. They had six children: Evelyn, Greta, Karen, Roger, Eric who died at age 3, and Pauline who died at age 11. For several years, Olive was a flower designer. On Dec. 24, 1959, Jennings died. Olive then began working at the Rolscreen Co.
On March 4, 1967, she married Joseph Arnold Terrell in Pella. He died Dec. 14, 1989. Olive moved to the Center for Long Term Care in Norwalk in September 1998. She was a member of the Open Bible Church in Pella. She enjoyed visiting with friends and neighbors, doing handwork, reading and traveling. She wrote a history of the Amsterdam School near Pella, and a history of her family.
Olive, 94, of Pella, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001 at the Center for Long Term Care in Norwalk.
She is survived by her children and spouses: Evelyn and Pat Workman, Greta and Donald Van Hemert, all of Des Moines, Karen and Ronald Kingery of Monroe, Roger and Muriel Palmquist of San Antonio, Texas; two stepdaughters and spouses: Charlene and Richard Dusenberry of Oskaloosa and Rita and George Hodges of St. James, Mo.; 10 grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Eric Palmquist and a daughter, Pauline Palmquist; a grandson, Randy Kingery; both husbands; her parents; a sister, Joan McFall; and a brother, Leonard Schakel.
The Oskaloosa Herald, December 27, 2001
Olive Schakel Palmquist Terrell was born Nov. 30, 1907, on a farm near Leighton, Iowa to Luke L. and Lena Goemaat Schakel. She graduated from Pella Public High School with accreditation in normal training. She took courses at Central College in Pella and Drake University in Des Moines, then taught in rural schools in the Pella area, where she spent most of her life.
On June 17, 1930, she married Jennings Reuben Palmquist. They had six children: Evelyn, Greta, Karen, Roger, Eric who died at age 3, and Pauline who died at age 11. For several years, Olive was a flower designer. On Dec. 24, 1959, Jennings died. Olive then began working at the Rolscreen Co.
On March 4, 1967, she married Joseph Arnold Terrell in Pella. He died Dec. 14, 1989. Olive moved to the Center for Long Term Care in Norwalk in September 1998. She was a member of the Open Bible Church in Pella. She enjoyed visiting with friends and neighbors, doing handwork, reading and traveling. She wrote a history of the Amsterdam School near Pella, and a history of her family.
Olive, 94, of Pella, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001 at the Center for Long Term Care in Norwalk.
She is survived by her children and spouses: Evelyn and Pat Workman, Greta and Donald Van Hemert, all of Des Moines, Karen and Ronald Kingery of Monroe, Roger and Muriel Palmquist of San Antonio, Texas; two stepdaughters and spouses: Charlene and Richard Dusenberry of Oskaloosa and Rita and George Hodges of St. James, Mo.; 10 grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Eric Palmquist and a daughter, Pauline Palmquist; a grandson, Randy Kingery; both husbands; her parents; a sister, Joan McFall; and a brother, Leonard Schakel.
The Oskaloosa Herald, December 27, 2001
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