Waneta Gwinnup Obituary (1918

H. Waneta "Jeri" Gwinnup, age 89 of Keosauqua died Tuesday morning October 30, 2007 at the Good Samaritan Center in Keosauqua. Memorial services will be held Sunday, November 4th at 2:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Keosauqua with a luncheon preceding the service at 12:30p.m in the Fellowship Hall and coffee after the services. Graveside services will be held at a later date. The Raymond Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Born Hazel Waneta Syverson, March 30, 1918 in Miner County, South Dakota, she was the daughter of Theodore and Julia Guttormson Syverson. She attended and received degrees from Wessington Springs College in South Dakota and Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant. In November, 1944 she was united in marriage with Donald Garth Gwinnup in Paris, Texas. Waneta taught school in South Dakota, Pittsburg, Fairfield, Libertyville and Keosauqua, Iowa and also in California. She is survived by her daughter, Donna O''Neill (J.C.), Burbank, California; two sons, Roger Gwinnup (Donna) of Oxford, Iowa, and Dennis Gwinnup (Connie) of Keosauqua, grandchildren Aaron, Sarah; Katharine and Alex; four step-grandchildren Tracy, Tony, Tracy and Terry and ten step-great grandchildren, extended family and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Donald Garth Gwinnup on March 15, 1967; an infant brother, Burdette; twin brothers, Milton and Milo Syverson and a sister, Beulah Ramsell. ***