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Anita L. Corn age 77, of Fremont
Died Monday September 28, 2015 at Nye Legacy Health and Rehab.
Anita was born January 5, 1938 to her parents George and Etta Downing of Oto, Iowa. She attended all 13 years of her education in the Oto Public Schools and graduated in 1956. She attended Wayne State Teachers College for two years. She started teaching in Quinby, Iowa. She later returned to Wayne State and graduated with her B.A. Degree in August 1971. She taught in Quinby, Hartley, Washta, Mapleton, Everly and Moorhead, Iowa. She also taught in Decatur, NE. and retired after 35 years in 1995. She met and married Eugene Corn, also a teacher, in Onawa, Iowa on August 12, 1960.
Before moving to Fremont, NE. in 1990, Anita and Eugene had operated the Green Lantern restaurant in Decatur, Nebraska. After retirement she worked in her and her son's café (Nifty Fifties) until her health failed. She has resided at Nye Legacy Health and Rehab since 2010.
Survivors:
Sons – Craig (Jill) Corn of Fremont
Jason (Wendy) Corn of Moorhead, Iowa
Daughter – Audra (Joe) Vornbrock of Lincoln
5 grandchildren and several great grandchildren
Sister – Lily Mae Ronfeldt of Sioux City, IA.
Brother – Charles O. Downing of Bronson, IA.
nieces and nephews
Anita was preceded in death by her husband Eugene, grandson, parents, six sisters Frances, Maxine, Georgetta, Mary, Marguerite and Emma; and two brothers Roy and one in infancy.
The funeral will be 10:00am Friday at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel in Fremont. Burial will follow in the Oto Cemetery, Oto, Iowa. Visitation will be Thursday from 3pm to 8pm with the family receiving friends from 6pm to 8pm at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel.
Online guestbook at www.Ludvigsenmortuary.com
Died Monday September 28, 2015 at Nye Legacy Health and Rehab.
Anita was born January 5, 1938 to her parents George and Etta Downing of Oto, Iowa. She attended all 13 years of her education in the Oto Public Schools and graduated in 1956. She attended Wayne State Teachers College for two years. She started teaching in Quinby, Iowa. She later returned to Wayne State and graduated with her B.A. Degree in August 1971. She taught in Quinby, Hartley, Washta, Mapleton, Everly and Moorhead, Iowa. She also taught in Decatur, NE. and retired after 35 years in 1995. She met and married Eugene Corn, also a teacher, in Onawa, Iowa on August 12, 1960.
Before moving to Fremont, NE. in 1990, Anita and Eugene had operated the Green Lantern restaurant in Decatur, Nebraska. After retirement she worked in her and her son's café (Nifty Fifties) until her health failed. She has resided at Nye Legacy Health and Rehab since 2010.
Survivors:
Sons – Craig (Jill) Corn of Fremont
Jason (Wendy) Corn of Moorhead, Iowa
Daughter – Audra (Joe) Vornbrock of Lincoln
5 grandchildren and several great grandchildren
Sister – Lily Mae Ronfeldt of Sioux City, IA.
Brother – Charles O. Downing of Bronson, IA.
nieces and nephews
Anita was preceded in death by her husband Eugene, grandson, parents, six sisters Frances, Maxine, Georgetta, Mary, Marguerite and Emma; and two brothers Roy and one in infancy.
The funeral will be 10:00am Friday at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel in Fremont. Burial will follow in the Oto Cemetery, Oto, Iowa. Visitation will be Thursday from 3pm to 8pm with the family receiving friends from 6pm to 8pm at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel.
Online guestbook at www.Ludvigsenmortuary.com