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Ivah Earlene Root

Ivah Earlene Root[1, 2]

Female 1930 - 2019  (89 years)

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  • Name Ivah Earlene Root 
    Born 22 Jan 1930  Chivington, Kiowa County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 2 Nov 2019  Hollister, Taney County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I37466  Family
    Last Modified 30 May 2020 

    Father David Earley Root,   b. CA 1898, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1978, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizonia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Ossie Charlotte Peck,   b. CA 1903, Iola, Allen County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1984, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizonia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Family ID F13495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Glen Hodges 
    Children 
     1. Ivan Hodges
     2. Rick Hodges
     3. Lawnetta Hodges
    Last Modified 30 May 2024 
    Family ID F13498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S4210] Arizona Republic, Ossie Charlotte Root; obituary; 24 January 1984; Ossie Charlotte Root; 29 May 2020.

    2. [S4214] 1940 Census for Howell County, Missouri, 46-3; p. 4B, line 43; dwelling 75; D. Earley Root; 30 May 2020.
      Year: 1940; Census Place: Chapel, Howell, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02113; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 46-3

    3. [S4215] Batesville Inc. - Stumpff, 30 May 2020; Ivah Earlene Hodges.
      Ivah's Obituary

      Ivah Earlene Hodges, Hollister, MO, daughter of David and Osie (Peck) Root, was born January 22, 1930 in Chivington, CO and departed the life on November 2, 2019 at the age of 89.
       
      Earlene was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Glen Hodges; one brother, Charlie Root; three sisters, Elvira Skinner, Mary Helen Lakrone and Clara Faye Seals.
       
      Survivors include: two sons, Ivan Hodges of MO and Rick Hodges and wife, Debbie of Hollister, MO; one daughter, Lawnetta Barker and husband, Ray of Green Forest, AR; one brother, Larry Root of Phoenix, AR; one sister, Lola Mae Kelly of Tahlequah, OK; nine grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; one great great grandchild and a host of other family and friends.
       
      Following are exerts Earlene had written about herself not long ago:
      “Yes, I will soon be 90!  I’ve lived a life full of family, friends, love, a wonderful marriage, but first and foremost…the love of my Lord Jesus!  I met my husband, Glen in church at age 16.  He borrowed his Dad’s car for our first date driving out to the country with a sack of fireworks.  And for 60 years the fireworks remained in our hearts.  I grew up in a happy home full of children…3 older and 3 younger than me.  My favorite memory is skating through the neighborhood, and getting a Shirley Temple doll for Christmas at age 9.
       
      As our family grew, my husband, Glen worked for Boeing Aircraft, and later was a pastor for various churches, while I pursued my talent for cooking.  Working for a high school in Phoenix, I cooked for 1,000 students and staff each day.  We enjoyed working for the churches playing music and singing our favorite gospel songs.  A special talent I had was embroidering which I learned in a one room schoolhouse in the 4th grade.  My favorite food?  Homemade banana ice cream.  Most important thing I learned?  To trust in the Lord with all my heart!  My favorite Bible verse?  John 3:16!”
       
      No service is planned at this time.  Cremation was under the direction of Stumpff Funeral Home Kimberling City, MO