Maymie Luers

Maymie Ruth Luers, age 88, of Washington, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at Parkview Nursing Home in Wellman. Celebration of life services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Marion Avenue Baptist Church in Washington with Pastor Joseph Brown officiating. Visitation will begin 3:00 p.m. Friday, March 20, 2015, at the Jones & Eden Funeral Home where the family will be present to receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 Friday evening. Interment will take place at Yankee Point Cemetery in rural North English. A memorial has been established for Marion Avenue Baptist Church Mission Programs. Online condolences may be sent for Maymie’s family through the web at www.jonesfh.com. Maymie was born January 29, 1927 in Laquey, Missouri, the third child of Emory and Dorothy (Barrett) Burkett. She attended school in Kinross, Iowa while her parents farmed in Greene Township, Iowa County, and graduated from North English High School in 1945. In 1946 she married Glenn D. Garringer of rural Parnell, a veteran who just returned from war. Glenn passed away in 1985. She and Glenn resided in Iowa County where they farmed, and later moved to the Coralville/Iowa City area. The family resided there until moving to Orlando, Florida in the early 1960’s. They returned to Iowa while the three older boys served in the Vietnam War. They lived in the Tipton, North English, Keswick and Washington areas. Maymie was a homemaker, assisted her husband in the family farm operations, and was a waitress, cook, and restaurant manager. Later in life, she was a nurse’s aide for nineteen years at the Washington County Hospital Long Term Care Unit. On February 19, 1994, Maymie was united in marriage to Dean W. Luers of rural Washington, where they lived and farmed until moving to Washington in 2005. Maymie was a member of the HJ neighborhood club for many years. She was a faithful member of the Marion Avenue Baptist Church, joining shortly after its founding. There, she was a member of the Jolly 60’s, and she and Dean visited the elderly each week. Maymie is survived by her husband, Dean W. Luers of Washington, Iowa; five sons: Dale E. (Jennifer) Garringer of Busan, South Korea; Laurance D. (Evelyn) Garringer of Osceola, Missouri; Joseph L. Garringer of Iowa City, Iowa; Glenn H. (Janet) Garringer of Farmington, Iowa; Benton L. (Quembee) Garringer of Marshalltown, Iowa; daughter, Teresa R. Garringer and fiance Dan of Muscatine, Iowa; step-children: Eldon W. (Sue) Luers of Elizabeth, Colorado; Shirley A. (Ronald) Nebel of Washington, Iowa; many grandchildren, step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; brother, Bill Burkett of Coralville, Iowa; sister, Lucille Hamby of Greenville, South Carolina; sister, Betty Veenker of Iowa City, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Glenn, in 1985; son, John David, in 2012; an infant daughter in 1951; sisters: Mildred Tinkle and Elsie Gorsuch; and brother, Eugene Burkett.

Maymie Luers

January 29, 1927 - March 17, 2015