Kellogg Our Silent City CemeteryJasper County, IowaUploaded 8/6/2007 by
Janelle
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Born: February 5, 1915 in rural Diagonal, Iowa
Died: June 10, 2001 at Nelson Manor Nursing Home in Newton
Parents: Hugh and Fern Bailey Lightner
Veva P. Lightner
Born: April 4, 1918 in rural Diagonal, Iowa
Died: October 29, 2002 in Rochester, Minnesota
Parents: Kenneth and Bertha Yashack Parkins
Eldon M. Lightner married Veva Parkins on December 24, 1936 in Creston, Iowa
Children: A son, Gayland and a daughter, Suzanne Schutte.
They both attended and graduated from Diagonal High School.
Eldon had moved to Des Moines from Diagonal and then back to Diagonal before moving to Kellogg in 1936. He worked for Midwest Manufacturing in Kellogg for forty four years as a Tool and Die Maker and retired in 1980.
Veva Lightner was a clerk at Midwest Metal Stamping in Kellogg for 25 years and later worked for DeLongs Mfg. in Grinnell. She was a member of Moose Lodge. She and her husband enjoyed dancing. After her husband died, she moved to Rochester, Minnesota.
Buried in Block 2 Lot LB1