Myrle Sondag

Myrle Sondag
August 15, 1919 - January 14, 2009
Keota, Iowa
Visitation: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. January 18, 2009 at Powell Funeral Home - Keota
Funeral Service: 2:00 p.m. January 18, 2009 at Powell Funeral Home - Keota
Interment: January 18, 2009 at Bethel Cemetery - rural Sigourney, Iowa
KEOTA-Myrle M. Sondag, age 89, of Iowa City, formerly of Keota, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness. Myrle was born August 15, 1919, near South English, Iowa, to Frederick and Nelle (Price Harris) Knox. She grew up in the South English area and graduated from South English High School. On December 20, 1947 she married Willard Frank Sondag in Sigourney. The couple made their home in Keota, where Myrle worked as a clerk in the variety store in Keota for ten years. She also worked in housekeeping at Maplewood Manor for 14 years, retiring in 1986. Myrle, Edna and Pat Sanders shared a home in Iowa City since 2004. Myrle was a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary for several years and the Birthday Club. She is survived by a nephew: Ronald (Cecilia) Neis of Cedar Rapids; special friends: Edna and Pat Sanders of Iowa City and Tim (Diane) Sanders and family of North Liberty and brother-in-law: Frank (Evelyn) Sondag of Washington . She was preceded in death by her parents; husband: Willard in 1974 and sister: Imo Neis in 1976. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 18, 2009, at the Powell Funeral Home in Keota, with Rev. Dennis Hopes officiating. Burial will be at Bethel Cemetery in rural Sigourney. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until service time on Sunday at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established for the American Heart Association. Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Keota is caring for Myrle and her family. Condolences may be e-mailed at www.powellfuneralhomes.com under obituaries.