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Muriel L. Hankes, 94, of Waverly, formerly of Charles City, died Thursday, November 24, 2011 at Bartels Lutheran Home, Waverly.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First Congregational Church, Charles City with Rev. Forrest Cornelius officiating. Burial will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens, rural Charles City with Arlyn Hankes, Dennis Hankes, David Hankes, Arthur Simpson, Jeffrey Simpson, and Brian McVey serving as pallbearers.

Friends may call 5-7 p.m. Monday at Hauser Funeral Home, Charles City and Tuesday at the church an hour prior to the service.

Muriel Lucille Hankes was born November 2, 1917, in Belmond, the daughter of Frederick and Henrietta (Smidt) Gartz. She attended rural country school. On December 7, 1940 in Dubuque, she was united in marriage to Charles Edward Hankes. To this union, four children were born. Charles served in WW II, and upon returning the family made their home in Clarion for ten years. Charles' work took the family to Charles City where they made their home. Charles died in 1979.

In 2007, Muriel moved to Waverly. Muriel was very active in the community. She was a deacon at the First Congregational Church, served on the Prudential Board, and was a past president of the Women's fellowship. She was past president of the American Legion Auxiliary, past worthy High Priestess of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, past Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, and past president of the Charles City Women's Club. She also held memberships in the Pythian Sisters, the Floyd County Hospital Auxiliary, and was an active volunteer at Comprehensive Systems.

Living family members include four children, Arlyn (Connie) Hankes of Mead, NE, Dennis (Linda) Hankes of Kesley, David (Margaret) Hankes of Waterloo, and Karen (Arthur) Simpson of Waverly; six grandchildren, Pamela (Mike) Boyajian of Ariz., Kathryn (Randy) Atkinson of Cedar Rapids, Gina (Rick) Gerke of Holland, Theresa Hankes of Waterloo, Robin (Shannon) Conaway of Waterloo, and Jeffrey Simpson of Waverly; six great grandchildren; two sisters, Leota Talley of Stillwater, Okla., Maxine McVey-Whitty of Belmond; two sisters-in-law, Dolly Gartz of Leavenworth, Kans., and Benita Gartz of Schertz, Tex.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles in 1979; three brothers, Leo Smith, William Gartz, Gary Gartz; and a sister, Dorothy Gartz.


source: Find-A-Grave #81131042

 

Muriel Lucille Gartz Hankes: born 2 Nov 1917, Belmond, Wright County, Iowa - died 24 Nov 2011, Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa

Grave marker at Sunnyside Memory Gardens, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa - Plot Veterans 074-A-2

Husband of: Charles Edward Hankes, born 1915 - died 1979
 

Mother of:

Arlyn D. Hankes (1929–2018)