Clyda Ellistene Carpenter
March 12, 1926 — January 21, 2015
Clyda Ellistene Carpenter, 88, of Monticello, died Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at the Monticello Nursing & Rehab Center, Monticello, Iowa. Services will be at a later date.
Clyda was born March 12, 1926, to her parents, Ellis and Eva (Heald) Stanley, in Whittier, Iowa.
She graduated from Olney Friends School, Barnesville, Ohio, and became a fabricator for Rockwell. She married Howard Carpenter on November 11, 1944.
She is survived by her husband, Howard; their children, Alan (Leslie Parker) Carpenter and Paul (Belinda Drtirna) Carpenter, all of Washington state, Amy (Chuck) Carpenter Wilcox and David (Kandi Kahl) Carpenter, all of Anamosa, Iowa; a daughter-in-law Diona Carpenter; and five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her son, Stanley Carpenter, a granddaughter, Lori, and her sisters, Lorene, Irma, Hazel and Wilma.
Clyda was born March 12, 1926, to her parents, Ellis and Eva (Heald) Stanley, in Whittier, Iowa.
She graduated from Olney Friends School, Barnesville, Ohio, and became a fabricator for Rockwell. She married Howard Carpenter on November 11, 1944.
She is survived by her husband, Howard; their children, Alan (Leslie Parker) Carpenter and Paul (Belinda Drtirna) Carpenter, all of Washington state, Amy (Chuck) Carpenter Wilcox and David (Kandi Kahl) Carpenter, all of Anamosa, Iowa; a daughter-in-law Diona Carpenter; and five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her son, Stanley Carpenter, a granddaughter, Lori, and her sisters, Lorene, Irma, Hazel and Wilma.
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