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Myrtle Brown Loomis

Myrtle Brown Loomis

  • March 11, 1919 - February 12, 2012
  • Creston, Iowa
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“Oh we miss you so much. Love you mom. ”
1 of 13 | Posted by: Rick & Janet - Creston, IA

“So sorry to hear of your loss. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Classmate (Barbara (Stalcup) Foreman. ”
2 of 13 | Posted by: Barbara (Stalcup) Foreman - IA

“I already miss you dearly but it feels so good to know your not in pain anymore. Say hi to dad. Love ”
3 of 13 | Posted by: MLBEH

“Rest in peace "sweet lady". ”
4 of 13 | Posted by: Joyce Young - Creston, IA

“love u and miss u ”
5 of 13 | Posted by: hezekiah

“The grief of Daddy's passing is still so fresh , and I feel your loss and your sorrow. Knowing that he is better now helps some, as it will with...Read More » ”
6 of 13 | Posted by: Caroline - Vinton, IA

“Thinking of you at this time of sorrow. Just remember God and friends are there for you to lean on. ”
7 of 13 | Posted by: Karen Denney - Mt. Ayr, IA

“You will be missed by all grandma ”
8 of 13 | Posted by: Lexi - Perry, IA

“I am so sorry for her passing. However, Heaven is a much better place to be. ”
9 of 13 | Posted by: Jerry and Beverly Davis/Beverly Dickson - IA

“You will always be loved & missed by all of us grandma! ”
10 of 13 | Posted by: Chelle Murray - perry, IA

“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family. Reunions will not be the same with all the Smith kids now gone. Daddy (Clifford) was blessed to be...Read More » ”
11 of 13 | Posted by: Janet (Smith) Falkenstein - IA

“We will miss you. Love always ”
12 of 13 | Posted by: Deborah Weathers - Perry, IA

“You will be missed. You were the last blood aunt I had in Dad's family. I remember the times I stayed with you for my summer weeks vacations. I...Read More » ”
13 of 13 | Posted by: Dianna Parker - Panora, IA


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Myrtle V. Brown Loomis, 92, of Creston, died Sunday, February 12, 2012 at the Creston Nursing and Rehab Center in Creston. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 at the Powers Funeral Home junction of highways 34 and 25 in Creston. Pastor Chuck Spindler will officiate. Burial will be at the Murray Cemetery. Visitation with family receiving friends from 1-2:00 p.m. services time Friday, at the Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Memorials may be made in Myrtle's Name. Online condolences may be made under the obituary category at www.powersfh.com.
Myrtle Velva (Smith) Loomis, daughter of Robert Jeremiah Smith and Elva Leona (Boswell) Smith, was born March 11, 1919 in Decatur County, Iowa. She was educated in Ringgold County schools. On Nov. 30, 1940, Myrtle married Leland C. Brown in Creston, Iowa. They first settled in Decatur County. They later lived and worked in Clarke County in the 1940's, moving to Thayer in the late 40's. They continued to live on a farm south of Thayer until 1981, when they moved to Creston. Myrtle worked as a cook at the Leisure Manor from 1974 to 1979 in Osceola. Later, she worked as a cook for the Creston Nursing and Rehab Center from 1979 to 1984. Leland died in August of 1983. On Nov. 9, 1991, Myrtle married Clarence Loomis in Ellston. They made their home in Creston. Clarence died in 1993. Myrtle was a member of the Crest Baptist Church in Creston.

Survivors include two daughters, Mary Anderson of Bovey, Minn. and Margaret Hawxby of Des Moines; two sons, Don (wife Jotie) Brown of Mt. Pleasant and Richard (wife Janet) Brown of Creston; step-daughter, Leola (husband Ivan) Dolecheck of Mt. Ayr; 13 grandchildren, Ed (wife Lynn) Anderson, Tressa (husband Kyle) Vrieze, Susanna (husband Duglas) Sanchez, Ezekial (wife Toni) Eggers, Deborah Weathers, Hezekiah and Rebekah Eggers, Josh (wife Jennifer) Brown, Sarah (husband Steve) Epperson, Bethany and Jordon Brown, Kelly Stull and Patrick Brown; 26 great-grandchildren; 6 great-great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Oma Smith of Panora and Gladys Smith of Cedar Rapids.

Myrtle was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Leland Brown, and Clarence Loomis, two sons-in-laws, Alfred Anderson and Larry Hawxby, a step-son, Don Loomis, five sisters, six brothers, and two grandsons-in-law, Jeff Weathers and Steve Carpenter.

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