OBITUARY: Arlynn Mendell, 1930-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa

Originally Posted on www.mcpress.com June 15, 2005 -- Edited by IaGenWeb





                              Arlynn Mendell

Arlynn Mendell, age 75, of 988 Mink Lane in rural Boone, and formerly of
Osage, Iowa, died Friday, June 3, 2005 of heart failure at the Boone County
Hospital.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 7, 2005 at the First United
Methodist Church in Boone where Rev. Jessica Johnston officiated. Burial
was in the Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone.

Arlynn was born on January 15, 1930 in Dows, Iowa; the son of Stanley and
Gwendoline (Johnson) Mendell.

He married Sharon Fink; the couple later divorced.

As a youth, he attended school in Jewell. Arlynn attended Grandview College
in Des Moines and then graduated in the early 1950's from Iowa State
University with a degree in horticulture. After graduating, he lived in
Osage, Iowa and worked for Lundberg's Greenhouse. In 1965, he moved to
Boone and was employed at Boesen's Boone Greenhouses for over 25 years.

He presently was employed at Boone Wal-Mart in the garden department. For
over 40 years, he delivered the Des Moines Register in rural Boone and Pilot
Mound. He taught ballroom dancing for the adult education class at Iowa
State University. He was a member of First United Methodist Church,
Toastmasters, Indian Guides and a dance club.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Virginia Mendell; and
a nephew David Longnecker.

He is survived by two sons: Steve Mendell and wife Gwen of Eaton, Colorado,
and Kevin Mendell of Boone, Iowa; two daughters Kimberly Barrett and husband
John and Julie Burge and husband Mike all of Boone; his twin sister Arleta
Longnecker and husband David of Palisade, Colo.; 12 grandchildren Jennifer
Bass, Jason, Nathan, and Kylie Barrett, Ryan, Aaron, Rachel, Myles, and
Mason Mendell, and Nicholas, Andrew, and Marisa Burge, and four great-
grandchildren.

Schroeder Memorial Chapel at Sixth and Marshall in Boone, Iowa, was in
charge of arrangements.



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