OBITUARY: Roberta M. (Smith) Pelleymounter, 1925-2004, Mitchell Co., Iowa
 
[From Mitchell County-Press-News online (Edited); Posted June 2, 2004] 
 


 
                      Roberta M. Pelleymounter

Mass of Christian Burial for Roberta M. Pelleymounter, age 78, of
Osage, Iowa, was held Saturday, May 29, 2004 at the Sacred Heart
Catholic Church in Osage with Rev. Mark Reasoner officiating.

Interment was in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Osage.  Roberta
died Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at the Mitchell County Regional Health
Center-Hospice Unit in Osage.

Roberta was born October 7, 1925, in Colwell, the daughter Leo and
Minnie (Herzog) Smith.  She graduated from Immaculate Conception
High School in Charles City.

On June 17, 1946, she was united in marriage to Robert Pelleymounter
in Charles City.  They lived in Osage their entire married life.
Robert died in 1989.  Roberta was employed at Salsbury in Charles City,
then Pfaltzgraff Plumbing and Heating in Osage and for 27 years as a
radio dispatcher for the Osage Police Department and then the Mitchell
County Communications Center, retiring in 1999.  Roberta was a member
of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, the Ladies Guild and the Covenant
Choir.  She belonged to the Osage American Legion Auxiliary and the
Osage V.F.W. Auxiliary.  Roberta was very active in her church and
had a strong faith.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband Robert
Pelleymounter in 1989.

Roberta is survived by four daughters, Ann (Joe) Longo of Jacksonville,
Florida, Carol Newton of Osage, Julie (Jeff) Voaklander of Osage
and Dawn (Bill) Johanns of New Haven; two sons, Gregory (Vandy)
Pelleymounter of Venice, Florida, and Charles (Cindy) Pelleymounter
of Madison, Wis.; 17 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; four
sisters, Bernadette Madsen of Long Beach, Calif., Betty Marth of
Charles City, Sharon (Alan) Davidson of Charles City, Jan Pull of
Colorado Springs, Colo., and her twin brother Bob Smith of Osage.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, 641-732-3706 was in charge
of arrangements.



     Copyright 2004, K. L. Kittleson