Cleone Podey
August 18, 1935 — November 10, 2018
Cleone Faye (Schroeder) Podey was born on August 18, 1935 in Westside, Iowa to Herbert and Leona (Grimm) Schroeder. She grew up on a farm near Manning, where she graduated from high school. Cleone was baptized and confirmed at the Presbyterian Church in Manning. On November 28, 1954, she married Freddie Podey and the two resided on a farm northwest of Vail, where they raised five children who kept them busy with school, church, and 4-H activities.
Along came 1970 and a “Help Wanted” ad. Cleone applied to The Observer newspaper. It was just her, the desk, a typewriter, and the telephone in her office. She was a “busy little bee of a small town.” Cleone loved attending any sort of activity, whether it was a ballgame, Breakfast in the Park, Pony Show Days, or dancing. She was an avid Polka Party listener and Molly B Polka Show viewer. She loved that old time music with her favorite being the Driftwood Waltz. Cleone loved the entertainment as well as the social aspect of “things happening” in Vail. She was an elder for the Vail United Presbyterian Church, on the board that built the new community building in Vail, and was also on the cemetery board. She was always one to keep moving and finding things to do whether it be working at The Observer, canning, gardening, or spending time with her family that she loved so dearly. One of her favorite activities was going to the grocery store. Cleone could talk to anyone and she knew at least one person wherever she went, and the grocery store was a great place to interact with people. With her job, family, and friends, Cleone also had many pictures. The number of photos Cleone has with people shows how loved she was by everyone she came in contact with. One of her biggest pet peeves, though, was having pictures on a phone and not a physical copy of them. In 2003 after 33 years at The Observer, Cleone retired but still kept attending social events with her friends and family.
On Saturday November 10, 2018, Cleone began her dance in Heaven as she passed away at her home in Vail at the age of 83. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Freddie Podey; brother, Wayne Schroeder; brother-in-law, Dale Jons; sister-in-law Phyllis Lundell and her husband Warren; and sister-in-law Lois Eckerman and her husband Gus.
Those left to cherish her memory are her children: Lyle Podey and his wife Sheryl of Westside, Iowa, Lucinda “Liz” Crichton and her husband Monte of Vail, Iowa, Sandra “Sam” Podey of Vail, Iowa, Roger Podey of Denison, Iowa, and Donna Buren and her husband Brad of Vail, Iowa; 9 grandchildren; 3 step-grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-granddaughter; her sister, Marilyn Jons of Manilla, Iowa; sister-in-law, Lila Schroeder of Manning, Iowa; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Along came 1970 and a “Help Wanted” ad. Cleone applied to The Observer newspaper. It was just her, the desk, a typewriter, and the telephone in her office. She was a “busy little bee of a small town.” Cleone loved attending any sort of activity, whether it was a ballgame, Breakfast in the Park, Pony Show Days, or dancing. She was an avid Polka Party listener and Molly B Polka Show viewer. She loved that old time music with her favorite being the Driftwood Waltz. Cleone loved the entertainment as well as the social aspect of “things happening” in Vail. She was an elder for the Vail United Presbyterian Church, on the board that built the new community building in Vail, and was also on the cemetery board. She was always one to keep moving and finding things to do whether it be working at The Observer, canning, gardening, or spending time with her family that she loved so dearly. One of her favorite activities was going to the grocery store. Cleone could talk to anyone and she knew at least one person wherever she went, and the grocery store was a great place to interact with people. With her job, family, and friends, Cleone also had many pictures. The number of photos Cleone has with people shows how loved she was by everyone she came in contact with. One of her biggest pet peeves, though, was having pictures on a phone and not a physical copy of them. In 2003 after 33 years at The Observer, Cleone retired but still kept attending social events with her friends and family.
On Saturday November 10, 2018, Cleone began her dance in Heaven as she passed away at her home in Vail at the age of 83. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Freddie Podey; brother, Wayne Schroeder; brother-in-law, Dale Jons; sister-in-law Phyllis Lundell and her husband Warren; and sister-in-law Lois Eckerman and her husband Gus.
Those left to cherish her memory are her children: Lyle Podey and his wife Sheryl of Westside, Iowa, Lucinda “Liz” Crichton and her husband Monte of Vail, Iowa, Sandra “Sam” Podey of Vail, Iowa, Roger Podey of Denison, Iowa, and Donna Buren and her husband Brad of Vail, Iowa; 9 grandchildren; 3 step-grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-granddaughter; her sister, Marilyn Jons of Manilla, Iowa; sister-in-law, Lila Schroeder of Manning, Iowa; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
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