1910
Grace
2007
Grace Maddux
October 21, 1910 — February 8, 2007
Grace F. Maddux, 96, of Grundy Center, Iowa, died from natural causes on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Grundy Center. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Monday, February 12 at the First Baptist Church in Grundy Center with Pastor David Moore officiating. Burial will follow at Washington Township Cemetery south of Morrison, Iowa. Visitation is from 4 pm to 6 pm on Sunday at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center.
Grace was born October 21, 1910 near Grundy Center, daughter of Charles and Jurena (Bakker) Petersen. She graduated from Grundy Center High School in 1930 then attended Grundy College for a short time. She graduated from Evangelical Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Marshalltown, Iowa in 1933 and then worked there as a registered nurse. On June 21, 1934 Grace was united in marriage to Ray William Maddux in St. Joseph, Missouri. They farmed in Grundy County until retirement.
She was a 65 year member of the First Baptist Church in Grundy Center. She enjoyed being a farm wife and also loved gardening, reading (especially her Bible), playing the piano, and fishing. She enjoyed watching her grandchildren play, even though they rode the three-wheeler a little too fast to suit her.
She is survived by her sons, Dean (Joyce) Maddux of Grundy Center and Gale (Jean) Maddux of Waterloo; three grandchildren, David (Michele) Maddux of Grundy Center, Martin (Mindy) Maddux of Des Moines, and Andrew (Kristen) Maddux of Largo, Florida; two step-grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray on January 1, 1980; an infant sister; brother, Manna Petersen; and sister, Henrietta Niehaus.
Grace was born October 21, 1910 near Grundy Center, daughter of Charles and Jurena (Bakker) Petersen. She graduated from Grundy Center High School in 1930 then attended Grundy College for a short time. She graduated from Evangelical Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Marshalltown, Iowa in 1933 and then worked there as a registered nurse. On June 21, 1934 Grace was united in marriage to Ray William Maddux in St. Joseph, Missouri. They farmed in Grundy County until retirement.
She was a 65 year member of the First Baptist Church in Grundy Center. She enjoyed being a farm wife and also loved gardening, reading (especially her Bible), playing the piano, and fishing. She enjoyed watching her grandchildren play, even though they rode the three-wheeler a little too fast to suit her.
She is survived by her sons, Dean (Joyce) Maddux of Grundy Center and Gale (Jean) Maddux of Waterloo; three grandchildren, David (Michele) Maddux of Grundy Center, Martin (Mindy) Maddux of Des Moines, and Andrew (Kristen) Maddux of Largo, Florida; two step-grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray on January 1, 1980; an infant sister; brother, Manna Petersen; and sister, Henrietta Niehaus.
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