Laurel B. Condit, age 97, of Elmwood, formerly of Arkansaw, died Friday, Aug. 13, 1999, at the Heritage of Elmwood Nursing Home in Elmwood.
She was born June 23, 1902, in Arkansaw, the daughter of Archie and Rosabel (Taylor) Dunbar, and grew up in that community.
She graduated from Arkansaw High School, attended UW-Stout and graduated from Drake University with a Bachelor's Degree in Education.
She married Willis Condit Jan. 23, 1926. After marriage, they farmed in the Rock Elm community until 1950, when they moved to Des Moines, Ia. She taught school in Des Moines until 1967, when they moved to Arkansaw. He died in 1970 and, in 1990, she became a resident of the Heritage of Elmwood Nursing Home, where she has remained the rest of her life.
She is survived by: her son, Dr. Elroy Condit of Huntington Beach, Calif.; two grandsons, Dr. Randall (Karen) Condit, M.D. of La Crosse and Gary (Sharon) Condit of Chanhassen, Minn.; and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by: her parents; her husband; a brother, Austin Dunbar; two sisters, Ferol Sandow and Winifred Cowell.
Funeral services were Tuesday, Aug. 17, at the United Methodist Church-Rock Elm, rural Elmwood, with Rev. Joel Certa-Werner officiating. Burial was in the Poplar Hill Cemetery-Rock Elm.
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She was born June 23, 1902, in Arkansaw, the daughter of Archie and Rosabel (Taylor) Dunbar, and grew up in that community.
She graduated from Arkansaw High School, attended UW-Stout and graduated from Drake University with a Bachelor's Degree in Education.
She married Willis Condit Jan. 23, 1926. After marriage, they farmed in the Rock Elm community until 1950, when they moved to Des Moines, Ia. She taught school in Des Moines until 1967, when they moved to Arkansaw. He died in 1970 and, in 1990, she became a resident of the Heritage of Elmwood Nursing Home, where she has remained the rest of her life.
She is survived by: her son, Dr. Elroy Condit of Huntington Beach, Calif.; two grandsons, Dr. Randall (Karen) Condit, M.D. of La Crosse and Gary (Sharon) Condit of Chanhassen, Minn.; and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by: her parents; her husband; a brother, Austin Dunbar; two sisters, Ferol Sandow and Winifred Cowell.
Funeral services were Tuesday, Aug. 17, at the United Methodist Church-Rock Elm, rural Elmwood, with Rev. Joel Certa-Werner officiating. Burial was in the Poplar Hill Cemetery-Rock Elm.
Rhiel's Funeral Service obituary
From WJH #47946896
Laurel B. Condit, age 97, of Elmwood, formerly of Arkansaw, died Friday, Aug. 13, 1999, at the Heritage of Elmwood Nursing Home in Elmwood.
She was born June 23, 1902, in Arkansaw, the daughter of Archie and Rosabel (Taylor) Dunbar, and grew up in that community.
She graduated from Arkansaw High School, attended UW-Stout and graduated from Drake University with a Bachelor's Degree in Education.
She married Willis Condit Jan. 23, 1926. After marriage, they farmed in the Rock Elm community until 1950, when they moved to Des Moines, Ia. She taught school in Des Moines until 1967, when they moved to Arkansaw. He died in 1970 and, in 1990, she became a resident of the Heritage of Elmwood Nursing Home, where she has remained the rest of her life.
She is survived by: her son, Dr. Elroy Condit of Huntington Beach, Calif.; two grandsons, Dr. Randall (Karen) Condit, M.D. of La Crosse and Gary (Sharon) Condit of Chanhassen, Minn.; and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by: her parents; her husband; a brother, Austin Dunbar; two sisters, Ferol Sandow and Winifred Cowell.
Funeral services were Tuesday, Aug. 17, at the United Methodist Church-Rock Elm, rural Elmwood, with Rev. Joel Certa-Werner officiating. Burial was in the Poplar Hill Cemetery-Rock Elm.
Rhiel's Funeral Service obituary
From WJH #47946896
She was born June 23, 1902, in Arkansaw, the daughter of Archie and Rosabel (Taylor) Dunbar, and grew up in that community.
She graduated from Arkansaw High School, attended UW-Stout and graduated from Drake University with a Bachelor's Degree in Education.
She married Willis Condit Jan. 23, 1926. After marriage, they farmed in the Rock Elm community until 1950, when they moved to Des Moines, Ia. She taught school in Des Moines until 1967, when they moved to Arkansaw. He died in 1970 and, in 1990, she became a resident of the Heritage of Elmwood Nursing Home, where she has remained the rest of her life.
She is survived by: her son, Dr. Elroy Condit of Huntington Beach, Calif.; two grandsons, Dr. Randall (Karen) Condit, M.D. of La Crosse and Gary (Sharon) Condit of Chanhassen, Minn.; and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by: her parents; her husband; a brother, Austin Dunbar; two sisters, Ferol Sandow and Winifred Cowell.
Funeral services were Tuesday, Aug. 17, at the United Methodist Church-Rock Elm, rural Elmwood, with Rev. Joel Certa-Werner officiating. Burial was in the Poplar Hill Cemetery-Rock Elm.
Rhiel's Funeral Service obituary
From WJH #47946896
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