Sarah Lavee Hollingsworth was Hairdressing Business.
3 Uneral services for Sarah Misner, age 84, formerly of Kent who died October 5, 2011, in Osceola, Iowa will be held Monday, October 10, 2011, at 10:00 AM at the Roland-Ritchie Funeral Home in Corning. Visitation will be held Sunday from 1 to 4 with the family greeting friends from 2 to 4. Interment will be held at the Oakland Cemetery in Quincy. Memorials may be given in Sarah's name. Memories may be shared at www.ritchiefuneralhome.com. The Roland-Ritchie Funeral Home of Corning was entrusted with the arrangements.
Sarah LaVee Misner (nee Hollingsworth) was born on May 22, 1927 in Ridgefarm, Illinois, the third child of Ura and Alice (nee Garrison) Hollingsworth. She graduated from Ridgefarm High School and then completed further school to become a beautician. She met the 'love of her life', John Owen Misner on a blind date and married him on his birthday, August 1, 1947. Sarah and John produced a family of 9 children: Dennis, Martin (Marty), Larry, Teresa, Ruby, William (Billy), Sandra (Sandy), Johnny and Laura (deceased).
Sarah started out her married life on a farm and later moved into Collison, Illinois when John started his carpentry career. Here, Sarah was able to start her own hairdressing business while raising 6 young children. John and Sarah decided to move their young family to greener pastures in California, but a snow storm forced them back to family in Creston, Iowa where they decided to settle. They eventually bought a small home in Kent, Iowa and here she added three more children to her brood of 6.
Throughout her life Sarah continued to dabble in hairdressing, but most of her time was spent raising her 8 children. She worked side by side for many years with her husband, John, building houses across many states and became very proficient with the use of a drop saw. As life progressed, Sarah took on a job as a cook at the Shamrock restaurant in Creston, Iowa. She later moved to work as a cook at the Windrow restaurant where her craft in making pies, sweet rolls and soups became well known and enjoyed by many.
In all the years that she had these various jobs, she managed to harvest a very large garden, cooking and canning. Her tomato juice, grape juice, corn, green beans, beets, grape jelly, blackberry jams and pickles were enjoyed all year round. When her children came home for visits they always left her home with an armful of canned goods.
Sarah was a hard working woman, who never gave up or complained. She had a strong quiet will and provided her family with an over abundance of love. She had an infectious sense of humor that followed her throughout her life and she was known to be quite "cheeky", keeping her audience giggling at her quick, short funny remarks. Everyone who came to know Sarah described her as a "sweetie" and enjoyed her company.
Some of the things that we remember about our Mom:
? Her nickname when she was a teenager was 'Tommie" as she was considered a tomboy.
? She had a sweet-tooth that stood the test of time.
? She loved her flowers and garden, instead of just a green thumb, we think her whole body must have been green because anything and everything grew for her.
? She loved playing "farkel" and was known to be quite ruthless, winning many of the games .
? She loved her dogs. She kept a pet cemetery for her dogs and her children's dogs. She would collect the old wreaths from Dad's grave at the end of a season, pull them apart and place something on each of the doggie graves.
? She found her 'soul mate' in John and they worked together through good and hard times to raise their family the best they could.
? Her house was always open and anyone visiting was always greeted with: 'Are you hungry?'
? She was known as "Miss Sarah" by those who took care of her these past 2 years.
? She loved 'gospel' and 'country western' music.
? She was a good friend to many and the best Mom we could ever have, we were very blessed indeed-THANKS MOM!