Marlene Joyce Shivers

January 25, 2012

Marlene Joyce Shivers

Service Details

Marlene Joyce Shivers, 69, departed this life on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, January 28, 2012, at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon Street, Des Moines, Iowa. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.

Marlene was born on May 7, 1942, to the union of Harry and Helen (Longmire) Woods in Hannibal, Missouri.

Later in life, Marlene and her family moved to Des Moines, Iowa. She attended East High School. Shortly after graduation, she moved to Los Angeles, California, and was united in marriage to husband, Sam Shivers. To this union was born a daughter, Carla. Marlene eventually moved back to Des Moines, attended college, and utilized her previous banking and administrative experience to secure a position with Northwestern Bell Telephone Company as a Trainer/Administrator.

Marlene Shivers was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and attended the Union Park Congregation.

Marlene loved reading the Bible, attending congregation meetings and conducting Bible studies. She enjoyed doing crossword puzzles and shopping. She looked forward to seeing her resurrected loved ones in the new Paradise on earth.

Marlene was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Helen Woods; brothers, Edward L. Bundy, Sr., and Harry C. Woods, Jr.; and sisters, Mary Helen Houston, and Sarah Virginia Houston.

She leaves to cherish her memories, daughter, Carla Shivers and granddaughter Konner Shivers, of Des Moines, Iowa; brother, James L. Woods (Lavieta) of Corona, California; sisters, Dorothy Clark (Roy) and Charlotte L. Bueford of Des Moines, Iowa, and Barbara Jean Parker of Dayton, Ohio; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

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