OBITUARY: Alta (Julius) Counsell, 1934-2004, Mitchell County, Iowa

[adapted from the Mitchell County Press-News online, Dec. 8, 2004]




                            Alta Counsell

Funeral services for Alta Counsell, age 70, of Little Cedar, Iowa, were
held on Wednesday, December 8, 2004, at the Little Cedar United Methodist
Church, with Rev. Jay Amundson officiating.   Burial was in the Little
Cedar Cemetery.

Alta died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, at her home. 

Alta was born on June 17, 1934, in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, the
daughter of Wright and Dora (Gross) Julius. Alta was united in marriage
to Robert Counsell on July 27, 1952, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Osage.
She graduated from Little Cedar High School. Alta worked at Fox River
Mills on Main Street. She ran the Little Cedar Post Office from her
home for 25 years.

She was brought up in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Osage. She later
joined the United Methodist Church in Little Cedar, where she belonged
to the United Methodist Women and the Disciple Bible Study Group. Her
interests in life were her family, her church family, friends, gardening,
and making latch rugs. She was also involved in the Birthday Party Club.

Alta was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert Counsell
on December 30, 1999, her sister Verla, two nieces, Charlene and Lynette
and one nephew Kim.

Alta is survived by three daughters: Debra Conrad and her husband Dennis
of Little Cedar, Darla Kelley and her husband Darrell of Belmond, Donna
Hanson and her husband Raymond of Little Cedar; five grandchildren, Lonnie
Conrad and special friend Leslie, Christina Noah, Crystal Jacobs, Michael
Hanson and Robyn Campbell, Jason Hanson; two great-grandchildren, MaKayla
and Jacob Noah; two step-great-grandchildren, Nicholas and Natasha Duryee.

Arrangements made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, (641-732-3706).



     Copyright 2004, K.L. Kittleson