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Edna Maxine Lemley

October 28, 2015 — October 28, 2015

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EDNA MAXINE LEMLEY

BORN
March 2, 1927
Sigourney, Iowa

PASSED AWAY
October 28, 2015
Sanborn, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
10:30 A.M. Monday, November 2, 2015
United Church of Primghar; Primghar, Iowa
Rev. Kristina Mullen Officiating

Visitation with the family present will be from 3 to 5 P.M. Sunday
at the Eldridge Family Funeral Home in Primghar.

CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
How Great Thou Art
Amazing Grace
Organist: LaNan Eldridge

CASKET BEARERS
Stewart Strubbe Shawn Strubbe
Shane Strubbe Lynn Kleve

FINAL RESTING PLACE
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Primghar, Iowa

After the graveside service relatives and friends are invited
to join the family in the fellowship hall of the church.

Arrangements under the care of the
Eldridge Family Funeral Home; Primghar, Iowa

EDNA MAXINE LEMLEY

Edna Maxine Lemley, the daughter of David Henry and Jessie (Bensmiller) Homan was born March 2, 1927 in Sigourney, Iowa. She attended school in Sigourney before graduating from high school in Thornburg, Iowa. On September 1, 1946, she was united in marriage to Floyd L. Lemley in Sigourney, Iowa. The couple from 1952 to 1953 were administrators of the Davis County Care Facility in Bloomfield, Iowa. The couple moved to Primghar in 1954, where they served as administrators of the OBrien Care Facility for 32 years retiring in 1986. After their retirement the couple made their home in Primghar. Maxine started Maxs Unique Shop which she operated for several years. Her husband preceded her in death on October 25, 2001 in Primghar. She remained in Primghar and moved with her daughter to Minnesota for a short time before moving back to Iowa and made her home at Fieldcrest Assisted Living in Sheldon. On October 17, 2014, she became a resident of the Prairie View Retirement Home in Sanborn. She passed away at Prairie View on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 reaching the age of 88 years, 7 months and 26 days.
She was a member of the United Church of Primghar and enjoyed sewing.
Maxine is survived by her daughter, Linda Strubbe of Sanborn, Iowa; three grandsons and their wives, Stewart and Stephanie Strubbe of Sanborn, Iowa; Shawn and Dannelle Strubbe of Paullina, Iowa and Shane and Rebecca Strubbe of Conway, Missouri; nine great grandchildren, Jordan, Sydney, Payton, Alyssa, Ethan, Dylan, Camryn, Grace and Emily; one brother, Richard Homan of Keswick, Iowa; one sister, Marjorie Thrasher of Staples, Minnesota; also other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two brothers, Edward and Dale Homan.
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