Millie E. Kiesel Chipman
January 18, 1916 — December 15, 2010
Millie Kiesel-Chipman was born on January 18, 1916, in Kirkman, Iowa, to Robert and Esther (Tangeman) Bailey. She was raised by her paternal grandparents and she had one sister Dorothy.
Millie was married to Ernest Kiesel on October 17, 1933, in Shelby, Iowa. The raised four children: Robert, Paul, Dennis and Marsha. The family enjoyed going to the dances in Avoca and doing the Jitterbug. Together the family would make trips to the Iowa State Fair, sometimes staying for a week at a time.
Millie loved her bulldog she had in her childhood and she also loved cats. She enjoyed gardening and canning fruits and vegetables; however, one of her greatest joys was helping others. Millie always wanted to be a nurse, but instead became a nurses aid. She worked at Jenny Edmudson Hospital, as well as many nursing homes, throughout her lifetime.
Ernest died in September of 1962 at age 54. Millie continued to help others. She joined a group of women that helped out during WWII by learning things like First Aid.
On December 3, 1983, she was united in marriage to Millard Chipman in Shelby, Iowa. Millie and Millard made their home in Shelby. Later, after declining health, they entered into the Dunlap Nursing Home together. After Millard’s death, Millie continued to live in the Dunlap facility where she especially enjoyed eating her favorite meals that included fried chicken and sweets. She was known to not only eat her dessert at mealtimes, but everyone else’s as well.
Millie enjoyed her time at the Dunlap Nursing Home and this is where she died on Wednesday, December 15, 2010, having attained the age of ninety-four years, ten months, and twenty-seven days. She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, and her sister.
She is survived by her sons Robert Kiesel and his wife Juanita of Omaha, Nebraska, Paul Kiesel of Apopka, Florida, and Dennis Kiesel of Hollister, Missouri, and daughter Marsha Truell of Grand Island, Nebraska; step-children Galen Chipman and his wife Anita of Des Moines, Iowa, Vivian and her husband Richard Dau of Oakland, Iowa, and Marian Nielsen of Omaha, Nebraska; ten grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; other family members and friends.
Pastor Orris Drake officiated the 2:00 P.M. funeral service on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca, Iowa. Interment was held in the Shelby Cemetery with Craig Kiesel, Jeff Kiesel, Daniel Kiesel, Paschal McPhillips, James Marx and Jonathan Truell serving as casket bearers
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Millie was married to Ernest Kiesel on October 17, 1933, in Shelby, Iowa. The raised four children: Robert, Paul, Dennis and Marsha. The family enjoyed going to the dances in Avoca and doing the Jitterbug. Together the family would make trips to the Iowa State Fair, sometimes staying for a week at a time.
Millie loved her bulldog she had in her childhood and she also loved cats. She enjoyed gardening and canning fruits and vegetables; however, one of her greatest joys was helping others. Millie always wanted to be a nurse, but instead became a nurses aid. She worked at Jenny Edmudson Hospital, as well as many nursing homes, throughout her lifetime.
Ernest died in September of 1962 at age 54. Millie continued to help others. She joined a group of women that helped out during WWII by learning things like First Aid.
On December 3, 1983, she was united in marriage to Millard Chipman in Shelby, Iowa. Millie and Millard made their home in Shelby. Later, after declining health, they entered into the Dunlap Nursing Home together. After Millard’s death, Millie continued to live in the Dunlap facility where she especially enjoyed eating her favorite meals that included fried chicken and sweets. She was known to not only eat her dessert at mealtimes, but everyone else’s as well.
Millie enjoyed her time at the Dunlap Nursing Home and this is where she died on Wednesday, December 15, 2010, having attained the age of ninety-four years, ten months, and twenty-seven days. She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, and her sister.
She is survived by her sons Robert Kiesel and his wife Juanita of Omaha, Nebraska, Paul Kiesel of Apopka, Florida, and Dennis Kiesel of Hollister, Missouri, and daughter Marsha Truell of Grand Island, Nebraska; step-children Galen Chipman and his wife Anita of Des Moines, Iowa, Vivian and her husband Richard Dau of Oakland, Iowa, and Marian Nielsen of Omaha, Nebraska; ten grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; other family members and friends.
Pastor Orris Drake officiated the 2:00 P.M. funeral service on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca, Iowa. Interment was held in the Shelby Cemetery with Craig Kiesel, Jeff Kiesel, Daniel Kiesel, Paschal McPhillips, James Marx and Jonathan Truell serving as casket bearers
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