OBITUARY: A. Genevieve West, Worth County, Iowa

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                            A. Genevieve West

A. Genevieve West, 94, of Northwood, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2002, at the
Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood.

Funeral services were. Tuesday the Bolan United Methodist Church, with Rev.
Robert Cumings officiating.  Burial was in the Sunset Rest Cemetery in
Northwood.

The family of Genevieve West has requested that memorial contributions be
made to the United Methodist Church in Bolan, or to the Northwood Senior
Citizen Center in her memory.

Genevieve West was born on April 21, 1907, in Blue Springs, NE, the daughter
of Elmer and Jessie (Bickell) West.  She attended and received her education
in the Barnston, NE school system, graduating from Barnston High School.
Genevieve lived and worked in Des Moines for 40 years as a seamstress,
until moving to Northwood in 1984.

She enjoyed fishing, knitting, needlepoint, and reading. She was a member of
the United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women's circle in Bolan.

Left to cherish her memory are two nephews, Larry West and his wife Joan, of
Forest City, Terry West and his wife Jean of Clear Lake; two nieces, Aleta
Lee and special friend, Vern Tinsley of Redondo Beach, CA, and Marlys West
of Des Moines; several great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and
nephews; her extended family in Des Moines; and all her Bolan friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Claude West, a
sister-in-law, LaVern West, a sister, Cuma Thomas, and a special friend,
Laura Lock.





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