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Lily Lucille Jones Sterling

Birth: 18 Nov 1934
Scott Township, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
Death: 14 Aug 2019 (aged 84)
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Burial: Graceland Cemetery

Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 202155616 View Source

Lily Lucille Sterling, age 84, of Knoxville, Iowa, passed away on August 14, 2019 at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines.

Lily was born on November 18, 1934 in Mahaska County, Iowa, the daughter of John Jonathan Jones and Tressa Altheo Shilling. She was united in marriage to Richard L. "Dick" Sterling on January 7, 1956 in Ottumwa, Iowa.

Lily is survived by her husband, Dick Sterling; daughter, Vicki (Richard) Tonda; son, D. Ross (Susan) Sterling; six grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; son-in-law, Randy Jones; sisters, Lucretia Spaur and Louretta Redding; brother-in-law, Hubert Parker; also many nieces and nephews.

Lily is preceded in death by her daughter, Gwen Jones; her first husband, Donald Van Loon; her parents; four brothers and five sisters.

Winfield Funeral Home Website

Lily Lucille Sterling, age 84, of Knoxville, Iowa, passed away on August 14, 2019 at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines.

Lily was born on November 18, 1934 in Mahaska County, Iowa, the daughter of John Jonathan Jones and Tressa Altheo Shilling. She was united in marriage to Richard L. "Dick" Sterling on January 7, 1956 in Ottumwa, Iowa.

Lily is survived by her husband, Dick Sterling; daughter, Vicki (Richard) Tonda; son, D. Ross (Susan) Sterling; six grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; son-in-law, Randy Jones; sisters, Lucretia Spaur and Louretta Redding; brother-in-law, Hubert Parker; also many nieces and nephews.

Lily is preceded in death by her daughter, Gwen Jones; her first husband, Donald Van Loon; her parents; four brothers and five sisters.

Winfield Funeral Home Website

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202155616/lily_lucille-sterling: accessed ), memorial page for Lily Lucille Jones Sterling (18 Nov 1934–14 Aug 2019), Find a Grave Memorial ID 202155616, citing Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Ron Steenhoek (contributor 48226184).

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