Visitation & Prayers
Sunday, July 5, 2009, Visitation after 3 PM Rosary at 4 PM Prayer Service at 7:30 PM Johnson & Woodhouse Funeral Home
Coon Rapids, Iowa
Mass of the Christian Burial
10:30 AM, Monday, July 6, 2009 Annunciation Church
Coon Rapids, Iowa
Father Anthony Pick, Celebrant
Louie Meiners, Deacon
Music
Diane Slater, Organist
John Wagner, Vocalist
Mass Servers
Mary & Rachel Tapps
Lector
Jim Mohr
Gift Bearers
Corinne’s Grandchildren
Casket Bearers
Charles Dawson Levi Dawson Joe Dawson Craig Rotert Chris Rotert Kyler South
Interment
Orange Township Cemetery
Coon Rapids, Iowa
Corinne C., daughter of Raymond and Naomi (Morgan) Truhe, was born May 3, 1940, at Carroll, Iowa. She grew up in Coon Rapids and graduated from Coon Rapids High School in 1958. Corinne then worked for Garst Seed.
On July 2, 1959, Corinne was united in marriage with Jerald J. South in St. Joseph, Missouri. Five children were born to this union. Corinne was first and foremost a mother and homemaker. For the last 20-plus years, she was the office manager for Harris Hess.
Corinne was a member of the Annunciation Church and was active in the Guild. She also held memberships in the CU TTT, Garden Club and was a hospice volunteer. Corinne was an excellent cook and baker and loved working with her hands. Many of the activities she enjoyed include: knitting, crocheting, sewing, woodworking, cake decorating and making stained glass, hollyhock dolls, Christmas decorations and gingerbread houses. Corinne strived to learn and would take classes to improve her skills, particularly computer business software applications. She seemed to do anything for anyone, and if you were hungry when you left her house it was your own fault.
On Tuesday, June 30, 2009, Corinne died at her home near Coon Rapids, Iowa, following a year-long battle with cancer. She was 69 years old.
Corinne is survived by her husband Jerald South; four daughters: Tonya Annear and husband Mike; Tamara Bonney and husband Denny; Toshia Garnes and husband Ivyl; Tia Vaux and husband Doug; a son Justin South and wife Randa; nine grandchildren: Kyler and wife Sara, Coby and wife Megan, Jessi, Zachery, Jimmy, Cassandra, Alex, Ely and Cooper; their “adopted” daughter Rhonda and her girls Courtney and Lauren; a great-granddaughter Summer; a great-grandson Peyton; three sisters: Charlotte Jacobsen and husband Jack; Rayoma Rotert and Linda Doran and husband Joe; a brother-in-law Tom South; and by other relatives and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a granddaughter Hayden South; and her brother-in-law Harry Rotert.
Jerald South
March 30, 1940 - January 17, 2015
Jerald J. South, age 74, of rural Coon Rapids passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2015 with his family near Coon Rapids.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at the First Christian Church in Coon Rapids with Pastor Ben Ramirez officiating. Organist for the service will be Laura Lee Ramirez. Visitation will be held at the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Coon Rapids from 5 - 7 P.M. on Tuesday evening. Burial will be in the Orange Township Cemetery south of Coon Rapids. There will be a riderless horse at the church and cemetery in memory of Jerald on the day of his funeral. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Coon Rapids and online condolences may be left for the family at www.dahnandwoodhouse.com
Born on March 30, 1940 in Carroll, he was the son of Orville and Bonnie (Bell) South. Jerald grew up on his family’s farm one mile north of Coon Rapids and graduated from Coon Rapids High School in 1958. He attended Iowa State University and then went to work with his father on the farm. He was married to Corinne Truhe on July 2, 1959 in St. Joseph, MO. Jerald was a livestock farmer near Coon Rapids. He raised Shetland Ponies, American Saddle Bred Horses, and registered Hereford Cattle. Jerald was a gifted heavy machine operator and he will always be remembered as a hard worker.
Jerald is survived by four daughters: Tonya Annear and her husband Mike of Memphis, TN, Tamara Bonney and her husband Dennis of Coon Rapids, Toshia Garnes of Perry, and Teresia Vaux and her husband Douglas of Coon Rapids; a son Justin South and his wife Randa of Denver, IA; an adopted daughter Rhonda Kimble of Urbandale; his good friends Darrell Whitehead and his wife Kay of Audubon; eleven grandchildren: Kyler South and his wife Sara of Coon Rapids, Coby Bonney and his wife Megan of Dedham, Jessica Harmon and her husband Joe of Baldwinsville, NY, Zachery Vaux and his fiancé Cassie of Monroe, WI, Jim Rose and his friend Chelle of Perry, Cassandra Rose of Perry, Alexandria Annear of Memphis, TN and Ely and Cooper South of Denver, IA; two adopted grandchildren: Courtney Richards and her husband Alex of Windsor Heights, IA and Lauren Kimble of Iowa City; nine great grandchildren: Summer, Peyton, Brynlee, Easton, Jace, Josie, Jett, Ava, and Tristan; a brother Thomas South of Boise, ID; and the following in-laws: Linda Doran and her husband Joe of Bagley, Charlotte Jacobson and her husband Jack of Truman, MN, Rayoma Rotert of Carroll, and Pat Freet and her husband Skip of Council Bluffs.
Jerald was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Corinne in 2009, a granddaughter Hayden South, a son-in-law Ivyl Garnes and a brother-in-law Harry Rotert.