Arlene Scheel

Arlene Lucy Scheel, one of ten children of Meta Minnie Magdelina (Kruse) Miller and Ferdinand Carl Miller, was born on her parent's farm near Glenwood, Iowa on May 3, 1915. Arlene was baptized on September 19, 1915 and confirmed on October 20, 1929 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mineola, Iowa. She attended Evernham country school through the eighth grade and then helped her parents at home.

Arlene and Harold Julius Scheel were married at the Miller farm home on September 11, 1935. They made their home on the Scheel farm and were blessed with two children, their infant son, Marlen Harold, who died at birth, and their daughter, Susan Jolene. Arlene enjoyed being a farm wife, mother and homemaker. She was an active member of St. John Lutheran Church and the Ladies Aid. She also enjoyed gardening, taking care of her chickens, ducks, geese, and helping Harold around the farm.

Harold retired from farming in 1979. He and Arlene continued to live on their farm until March of 1993, and then moved to a home in Glenwood. They had been married 58 years when Harold died on November 22, 1993. Arlene continued to live at her home until 2004, when her health forced her to move to the Glen Haven Home in Glenwood.

Arlene passed away at Glen Haven on November 10, 2008 at the age of 93 years, 6 months, and 7 days. She was preceded in death by her parents; infant son Marlen Scheel; husband Harold Scheel; infant brother Emil and four year old sister Eunice; sisters Leona Schoening and husband Earl, Lillie Scheel and husband Roy, Frances Scheel and husband Donald, Marvel Kruse and husband Robert, Alma Leu and husband Edwin; brothers-in-law Myron Rohrberg and Robert Deacon.

Arlene is survived by her daughter Susan Carnahan and her husband Rodney of Glenwood; grandson Ryan Carnahan of Glenwood and fiancA(c)e Joy Hines of Omaha, NE; sisters Alice Rohrberg of Glenwood and Linda Deacon of Creston, Iowa; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.

Memorials suggested to:
St. John Lutheran Church, Mineola, IA
Glen Haven Home in Glenwood, IA
Hospice With Heart, Council Bluffs, IA

Interment in the Mineola Cemetery.