Marlene Phelps

Marlene J. Phelps, the only child of Albert Edgar and Elsie Josephine (Hall) Johnson was born at Malvern, IA on June 30, 1931. She grew up in the Malvern area and graduated from Malvern High School in 1948. Marlene then attended Iowa State College for the fall quarter before she and Charles Eugene Phelps were married on January 23, 1949 in Malvern.
They made their first home near Carlisle, IA where Charles farmed and raised cattle. Their marriage was blessed with four children John Charles and Thomas Jesse while living at Carlisle and Joseph Lawrence and Ruth Anne after Marlene and Charles moved to Charles' home farm north of Hastings, IA in 1955.
Marlene was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Malvern until its merger with the Methodist Church where she remained a member. She was a homemaker and enjoyed reading, bowling, golfing, and spending time with her grandchildren.
Marlene and Charles had been married for 53 years when Marlene died on June 16, 2002 at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak at the age of 70 years, 11 months, and 17 days. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sons Thomas and Joseph and a daughter Ruth.
Marlene is survived by her husband Charles of Hastings, IA; son John Phelps and his wife Peg of Malvern; grandchildren Jess Phelps, Katelyn Phelps, and Molly Phelps all of Malvern; brothers-in-law Dan Phelps and his wife Barbara of Red Oak, IA and Bill Phelps and his wife Myrna of Fairmont, MN; sister-in-law Marilyn Rock and her husband Jim of Fairmont, MN; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.