Tressa Mae Waddingham
September 19, 1926 — July 4, 2011
Tressa Mae Waddingham
CLEAR LAKE - Tressa Mae Waddingham, age 84 of Clear Lake, died Monday, July 4, 2011 at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa in Mason City.
Funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at the United Methodist Church in Ventura with Pastor Rhonda Preston officiating. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 PM on Friday, July 8, 2011 at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel 160 East 4th Street in Garner and will continue and hour prior to service at the church.
Tressa Mae Waddingham, the daughter of James Lester and Lula Leona (Streeper) Tompkins was born September 19 1926 on the family farm northwest of Ventura, in Ellington Township. She attended the rural schools of Ellington Township and then graduated from Ventura High School in 1944. On September 24, 1944, she was married to Ardell Timothy Waddingham at the United Methodist Church in Klemme. They lived on the Waddingham home farm until 1947, when they moved northwest of Ventura to Tressa's home farm. They farmed for a total of 50 years before retiring. She lost Ardell in 200l. Tressa sold the farm home in 2010 and moved to an apartment at Oakwood Assisted Living Center in Clear Lake. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Ventura, UMW and the Christian Women's Club in Clear Lake. Tressa enjoyed cooking, baking, entertaining, cross stitching and gardening.
Survivors include three daughters, Kathy Payne (Tom) of Vancouver, British Columbia, and their two children, Tiffany K. Payne (Matt) of CO, and Judd T. Payne (Sherami) of CO and their two children, Kaelyn and Kody; second daughter, Iris Alt (Jerry) of Earlham, IA and third daughter, Valerie Hasbrouck and her two daughters, Vanessa Hasbrouck, who with her partner, Jason Schultz have a new daughter, Aubrey Kay Hasbrouck, and Natalie Hasbrouck, who is a student at Forest City High School; a niece, Bonnie Betts of MN; a nephew, Barry Orcutt of WI and the Waddingham clan of nieces and nephews in Southern Iowa.
She was predeceased by her husband, Ardell on February 2, 2001, a son, Gary Waddingham in 1983, her parents, James in 1968 and Lula in 1967 and a sister, Violet Otis.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be directed to the Ventura United Methodist Church Memorial Fund in her memory.
Funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at the United Methodist Church in Ventura with Pastor Rhonda Preston officiating. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 PM on Friday, July 8, 2011 at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel 160 East 4th Street in Garner and will continue and hour prior to service at the church.
Tressa Mae Waddingham, the daughter of James Lester and Lula Leona (Streeper) Tompkins was born September 19 1926 on the family farm northwest of Ventura, in Ellington Township. She attended the rural schools of Ellington Township and then graduated from Ventura High School in 1944. On September 24, 1944, she was married to Ardell Timothy Waddingham at the United Methodist Church in Klemme. They lived on the Waddingham home farm until 1947, when they moved northwest of Ventura to Tressa's home farm. They farmed for a total of 50 years before retiring. She lost Ardell in 200l. Tressa sold the farm home in 2010 and moved to an apartment at Oakwood Assisted Living Center in Clear Lake. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Ventura, UMW and the Christian Women's Club in Clear Lake. Tressa enjoyed cooking, baking, entertaining, cross stitching and gardening.
Survivors include three daughters, Kathy Payne (Tom) of Vancouver, British Columbia, and their two children, Tiffany K. Payne (Matt) of CO, and Judd T. Payne (Sherami) of CO and their two children, Kaelyn and Kody; second daughter, Iris Alt (Jerry) of Earlham, IA and third daughter, Valerie Hasbrouck and her two daughters, Vanessa Hasbrouck, who with her partner, Jason Schultz have a new daughter, Aubrey Kay Hasbrouck, and Natalie Hasbrouck, who is a student at Forest City High School; a niece, Bonnie Betts of MN; a nephew, Barry Orcutt of WI and the Waddingham clan of nieces and nephews in Southern Iowa.
She was predeceased by her husband, Ardell on February 2, 2001, a son, Gary Waddingham in 1983, her parents, James in 1968 and Lula in 1967 and a sister, Violet Otis.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be directed to the Ventura United Methodist Church Memorial Fund in her memory.
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