Ethel Lorraine Jewell

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 4:45 pm

Ethel Lorraine Jewell, 88, of Evansdale, died Monday, Feb. 4, at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center. Services are at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Queen of Peace Catholic Church with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, where there is a 4 p.m. Legion of Mary rosary and a 7 p.m. vigil service. Visitation continues at the church for an hour before services on Saturday.

She was born March 26, 1930, in Spring Grove, Minn., daughter of Henry and Olga Gaare Helgeson. She married Clarence E. Jewell, Jr. June 25, 1949, in Fort Riley, Kan. He died Sept. 7, 2007.

Ethel graduated from Decorah High School. She and her husband owned and operated Jewell’s Body Shop for 64 years. She was a charter member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church, where she was active in the Rosary Society and other church activities.

Survivors include three sons: Michael (Deborah) Jewell of Washington, Steven (DeAnn) Jewell of Waterloo and James (Julie) Jewell of Evansdale; two daughters, Kathryn (Timothy) Schoepske of Washburn and Karen (David) Broell of Waterloo; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Helen (Clair) Knutson of Decorah.

She was preceded in death by a grandson, Jesse Jewell; three brothers: Charles Helgeson, William (Marian) Helgeson and Nathan (Sandy) Helgeson; and a sister, Nellie (Jack) Streit.

Memorials may be directed to Queen of Peace Catholic Church or Cedar Valley Hospicedahlias.

Condolences may be left with hagartywaychoffgrarup.com.

Ethel loved her family, flower gardening, cooking, camping and visiting her childhood farm in Highlandville.