Grinnell, Iowa
Thursday, 16 April 1998
Keith "Fire" Worthy, 73, of 9432 Park Street, Grinnell, died of congestive heart failure Monday, April 13, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.
A grave side service will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Hazelwood Cemetery, with the Rev. Judy Wadding, associate pastor of the Grinnell United Methodist Church officiating. Grave side rites will be conducted by the Grinnell Veterans Ceremonial Unit. The Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The family will be present at the funeral home from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday.
He was the son of Herbert E. and J. Ellen Brubaker Worthy and was born March 31, 1925, in Oskaloosa. The family moved to Grinnell, and he graduated from Grinnell High School in 1942. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater. Following the war, he returned to Grinnell and worked for various construction companies.
Surviving are one brother, Curtis of Burlington, and six sisters, Marjorie Cloyed of Ottumwa, Vivian Hance of Pella, Francene Sears of Grinnell, Charlotte Rudkin of Wichita, Kansas, Adah Hunziker of Sully, and Donna Holland of Galesburg, Illinois.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Robert, and twin sisters, Darlene and Arlene Worthy.
Grinnell, Iowa
Thursday, 16 April 1998
Keith "Fire" Worthy, 73, of 9432 Park Street, Grinnell, died of congestive heart failure Monday, April 13, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.
A grave side service will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Hazelwood Cemetery, with the Rev. Judy Wadding, associate pastor of the Grinnell United Methodist Church officiating. Grave side rites will be conducted by the Grinnell Veterans Ceremonial Unit. The Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The family will be present at the funeral home from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday.
He was the son of Herbert E. and J. Ellen Brubaker Worthy and was born March 31, 1925, in Oskaloosa. The family moved to Grinnell, and he graduated from Grinnell High School in 1942. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater. Following the war, he returned to Grinnell and worked for various construction companies.
Surviving are one brother, Curtis of Burlington, and six sisters, Marjorie Cloyed of Ottumwa, Vivian Hance of Pella, Francene Sears of Grinnell, Charlotte Rudkin of Wichita, Kansas, Adah Hunziker of Sully, and Donna Holland of Galesburg, Illinois.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Robert, and twin sisters, Darlene and Arlene Worthy.
Family Members
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Arlene Helen Worthy
1920–1920
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Darlene Ellen Worthy
1920–1920
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Marjorie Jean Worthy Cloyed
1921–2005
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Vivian Eileen Worthy Hance
1923–2006
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Francene Eleanor Worthy Sears
1924–2003
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Charlotte Ann Worthy Rudkin
1926–2011
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Curtis Eugene Worthy
1928–2008
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Adah Louise Worthy Hunziker
1930–2012
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Robert Gayle Worthy
1936–1958
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Donna Mae Worthy Holland
1938 – unknown
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