64185_Juanita M._Floden
MASON CITY | Juanita M. Floden, 85, of Mason City, formerly of Mount Vernon, died Friday (March 14) 2014 at Hospice of North Iowa, Mason City.
A visitation will be held Tuesday March 18, 2014, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., Mason City.
A private family funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. A private graveside will also be held in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, IA.
Please send memorial donations to the family in Juanita’s honor.
Surviving Juanita is her son Louis Jr. (Carol) Floden, Pella; daughter Drs. Betty (Timothy) Cross, Mason City, son Drs. Thomas (Linda) Floden, Mason City, and 8 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Preceding Juanita in death were her husband Louis Sr., infant son Rodney, parents Arnold and Lilias Powers, brother Kenneth, brother Donald, and sister Dorothy.
Juanita Mae Powers was born March 6, 1929, in Oelwein, Iowa, the daughter of Arnold and Lilias Cocum Powers. Born in 1929, the year of the Crash, Juanita grew up during the Great Depression. Her father worked for the Great Western Railroad. Her mother, originally from England, came to the United States alone at the age of 14.
Juanita left high school her junior year at the age of 17 to marry the love of her life, Louis L. Floden (Lou), on August 12, 1946, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. They were married 65 years.
The first few years of their marriage were spent on the farm with Louie Jr. and their dog Blackie. She loved the farm and hated to leave it, but a job opportunity for Lou led them to move into town, Oelwein. In 1965 another job transfer for Lou took them to Mount Vernon where they lived until 2012, the year of Lou’s death. Juanita spent the last days of her life living in Mason City near her children and grandchildren.
Juanita was a homemaker all her life. She loved her home. She and Lou built their ranch style home in Mount Vernon in 1968 with Lou doing a lot of the construction and she the decorating. She was very proud of all of her children finished college. She herself went back at the age of 51 and earned her high school diploma through Kirkwood College.
She was a good cook and will be remembered for her big holiday dinners of turkey or ham, homemade ice cream, pies, cakes, cookies, cinnamon rolls, and kolaches.
Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., 641-423-2372, ColonialChapels.com.