Frances Scheel

Frances Helen Scheel, one of ten children of Ferdinand Karl and Meta Minna Magdalena (Kruse) Miller, was born on the family farm south of Mineola, Iowa on October 21, 1916. France's worked along side her eight sisters on the farm and attended the Everham Country School through the 8th grade.
On December 14, 1937, Frances married Donald Scheel at her parent's Mills County home. They made their home in Mineola, Iowa and were blessed with two daughters Jeannette and Constance. Frances enjoyed being a farm wife and doing bookwork for Don's radio, TV, appliance sales and service business. The couple had been married for 38 years when Donald died on August 23, 1975. Frances continued to live at her Mineola home until July of 1999 when her health forced her to move to the Bethany Lutheran Home in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Frances was a lifetime member of the St. John Lutheran Church in Mineola, where she enjoyed an active role in the quilting group and Ladies Aid. She was also a member of the neighborhood woman's club. She enjoyed quilting, embroidery work, reading, and sharing stories about farm life.
Frances died at the Woodlands Rehabilitation Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa on October 14, 2004, having attained the age of 87 years, 11 months, and 24 days. She was preceded in death by her parents, infant brother Emil Miller, four year old sister Eunice Miller, and sisters Leona Schoening and Lillie Scheel.
Frances is survived by her daughters Jeannette Rath and husband Darrell of Treynor, IA., and Connie Vanecek and husband Robert of Council Bluffs, IA.; sisters Alma Leu of Hastings, IA. Arlene Scheel, Marvel Kruse, and Alice Rohrberg all of Glenwood, IA., and Linda Deacon of Creston, IA., five grandsons, seven great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.