Thelma 'Peg' Wasson

IN MEMORY OF

THELMA “PEG” WASSON

BORN
October 13, 1909
Omaha, Nebraska

PASSED AWAY
January 19, 2013
Spirit Lake, Iowa


FUNERAL SERVICE
10:30 A.M. Friday, January 25, 2013
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home; Sheldon, Iowa
Rev. Craig Nissen ~ Officiating

There will Be No Visitation.

CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“Amazing Grace”
“It Is Well With My Soul”
Organist: Darlene Petitt

CASKET BEARERS
Jason Solsma Rodd Mooney
Brandon Solsma Jacob Solsma

FINAL RESTING PLACE
Private Graveside Service
East Lawn Cemetery
Sheldon, Iowa

After today’s service relatives and friends
are invited to join the family in the fellowship hall of
St. Paul Lutheran Church 1405 Pleasant Court in Sheldon

Arrangements under the care of the:
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home ~ Sheldon, Iowa

THELMA “PEG” WASSON
Thelma “Peg” Charlotte Wasson was born to parents Emilie and Fritz Liibbe on October 13, 1909. Peg grew up and attended school in Omaha, NE where she lived with her parents and 3 younger siblings. She took on the name “Peg” when she worked in business office where there were two other people with the name “Thelma” and that name is what she went by for the rest of her life. Peg was united in marriage to Lionel Wasson on June 6, 1935 at the St. Paul Episcopal Church in Des Moines, IA. They also lived in Seattle, WA, Hollywood, CA and Burlington, IA. Two children were born to them while they were living in Burlington, IA in the mid-40’s. Lionel moved to Sheldon in 1950 to run the Iowa Theatre and Peg and the children joined him in 1951. The family lived in the manager’s apartment above the theatre. Peg worked for the Sheldon Hospital and then for Harold Diekevers for several years. Lionel passed away in 1969 and soon after Peg’s mother came to live with her in Sheldon and did so until she had a stroke at the age of 92 and passed away at the age of 94. Peg lived a long and healthy life, living independently until November of 2011 when she spent a short time at Sanford Senior Care in Sheldon, IA and it was decided that assisted living was necessary. She then lived several months at the Bee Hive Assisted Living, also in Sheldon. She was moved to the Hilltop Care Center in Spirit Lake in the summer of 2012 and that is where she passed away. Losing her independence was hard for Peg as she was always a very strong and dignified woman. She didn’t like to leave the house without “putting on her face” and always had neatly filed and painted fingernails. She liked to stay busy with church groups such as the Eastern Star and doing things like painting ceramics, going on walks and out to eat with friends. Peg was a beautiful woman, inside and out. She was smart and funny and never ever looked her age. She loved butterflies and any shade of purple. She made the best Italian spaghetti sauce and lemon meringue pie. “Grandma Wasson” loved her grandchildren and they loved spending time at her house while growing up – spending many nights watching Lawrence Welk, taking trips to A&W or the Dairy Dandy, and making Orange Julius’s or root beer floats. She loved to play bridge with friends and to knit and to read and did all of those until she just couldn’t any longer. She passed away on January 19, 2013 at the Hilltop Care Center in Spirit Lake, Iowa reaching the age of 103 years, 3 months and 6 days.
Peg is survived by her two children and their spouses, her three grandchildren and their families: Jeff and Kathy Wasson (Cohutta, GA); Pam and Virg Solsma (Hospers); Jason Solsma (Hospers) and his children Brandon and Jacob; Stacy and Rodd Mooney (Humboldt) and their children, Isaiah, Quinn, and Samson; Stephanie and Palmer Boyle (Ankeny) and their children Jackson, Faith, and Jillian.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her three younger siblings; Herbert Liibbe, Elmer Liibbe, and Evelyn Vogel.
Peg was a very important person to her family and was a very loving, caring and proud mother and played a tremendous part in her grandchildren’s lives. From the day they were born she loved them unconditionally and her impact on them cannot be put into words. They will forever be grateful for being blessed to have her as their Grandmother and for having had their children know her as well.