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Nellie Stromer Heald
1916 - 1997
- Nellie Heald
1916 - 1997
Funeral services for Nellie Anna Stromer Heald, 81, of Ames, formerly of
Klemme, who died Wednesday, July 30, 1997, at Northcrest Care Center in
Ames, were held Monday, Aug. 4, 10 a.m. at Collegiate Presbyterian Church
in Ames with Rev. Margaret Desmond of Collegiate Presbyterian Church and
Rev. John S. Anderson of Northcrest officiating.
Inurnment was at Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, with Adams Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Nellie Anna Stromer, the daughter of Herman Richard and Mary (Katter)
Stromer, was born March 1, 1916, in Klemme. She graduated from Iowa State
in Home Economics. Her particular area of expertise was in Foods and
Nutrition. She taught high school as a home economist for 3 years in
Minnesota and Iowa and for one year at Crystal Lake.
October 11, 1941, she married George N. Heald in Klemme. The couple
resided in Rolfe until 1954 when they moved to Ames.
She was a member of the Collegiate Presbyterian Church, Ames Women's Club,
HEIH (Home Economics in Homemaking), a member of Friends of International
Students Assn., served as a 4-H leader and as a judge at the local, county
and state levels.
She enjoyed traveling, cooking and sewing.
She is survived by her husband, George N. Heald of Ames, two daughters,
Joyce Ann Heald Simpson of Quincy, IL., and Betty Elaine Heald Johnson of
Columbia, MD., and three grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and three brothers, Aaron, Vern
and Harold Stromer.
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- source: Leader & Signal, Garner, Iowa, 6 Aug 1997, page 6, column 1
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- Nellie Anna Stromer Heald, 81, of Ames died of heart
ailment Wednesday at Northcrest Care Center there. Services will be at 10
a.m. Monday at Collegiate Presbyterian Church in Ames, of which she was a
member. Burial will be in Ames Municipal Cemetery.
Mrs. Heald was born in Klemme and had lived in Ames since 1954. She was a
former home economist and also taught school for a short time in Crystal
Lake. She was a member of Ames Women's Club, Home Economics in Homemaking
and Friends of International Students Association. She had served as a 4-H
leader and as a judge at the local, county and state levels.
Surviving are her husband, George; two daughters, Joyce Heald Simpson of
Quincy, Ill., and Betty Heald Johnson of Columbia, Md.; and three
grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Adams Funeral Home in Ames.
Memorial contributions may be made to Northcrest Retirement Community.
- source: Register, Des Moines, Iowa, 2 Aug 1997, 2nd ed, page 29
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Nellie Stromer Heald: born 1 Mar 1916 - died
30 Jul 1997at Ames, Story County, Iowa
Grave marker at Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames,
Story County, Iowa
Daughter of Herman R. Stromer, born 1876 -
died 1967 and Mary Elizabeth Katter, born 1883 - died 1973
Wife of George Norman Heald, born 1917 - died
2002
Sister of:
Aaron Arthur Stromer (1905 - 1988)
Verner August Stromer (1908 - 1971)
Harold William Stromer (1911 - 1987)
- source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 119684184
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