Edna Margaret Huff passed away peacefully on February 17, 2016, at Twilight Acres Care Center in Wall Lake, IA. Edna was born May 7, 1921, on the family farm South of Wall Lake to Charles Johnson and Anna Zimmerman Johnson. She was baptized in the Wall Lake Methodist Church and completed 8th grade in country school.
On August 26, 1936, Edna married John (Jack) Huff in Sedalia, MO. They made their home in Odebolt, IA until the start of WWII when they moved to Jackson, MI where Jack worked in a war factory. After the war, they returned to Odebolt and in 1952, they moved to the Johnson family home place South of Wall Lake. In 1996, they moved to Lake View. Jack passed away in 2001 and she lived there until October of 2014 when she entered Twilight Acres Care Center in Wall Lake where she enjoyed all the activities until the last few days before her death.
Her children and all her grandchildren were all very special to her. She enjoyed their visits and always encouraged and supported them, as well as their friends who often came out to the farm with the grandkids to visit.
Edna loved caring for, cooking and baking for her family. She was known for her good bread and pies. She had a green thumb and raised beautiful gardens and flowers. She loved quilting and finishing antiques. She was also a talented painter. She loved the poetry and the writings of Robert Frost and also wrote and easily recited poetry of her own. She was an avid reader of all types of literature as well as the daily newspapers.
Edna was a Charter member of the Wall Lake Lions Club, had been a member of the American Home section of the Wall Lake Women’s Club, a member of the Care Review Committee at Twilight Acres, and an Elder and active member of the UPW at Wheatland Presbyterian Church. Prior to moving to Twilight Acres, she was a member of the Lake View Library Poetry Club.
Survivors include her two children: Dennis (Edie) Huff of Monroe, WA and Joyce (Ronald) Bettin of Lake View, IA; five grandchildren: Gary (Karin) Huff of Anita, IA, Tami Huff of Tacoma, WA, Mark Huff of WA, Janelle (Wade) Reed of Bagley, IA, and John Huff of WA; great-grandchildren Aaron Divis of Columbus, NE, Jill Huff of Omaha, NE, Drew Davis of Ames, IA, Alex Davis of Minnetonka, MN, Nick Davis of Cedar Falls, IA, Sierra Huff of Monroe, WA, and Ashley Porsch of Indianola, IA: three great-great grandchildren: Liam Davis, Jordan Divis, and Kylar Lavallee; numerous nieces and nephews; extended family members; and all of those kids who loved her and knew her as Grandma Huff as well.
Edna was preceded in death by her parents; husband Jack; brothers: Lloyd, Edwin, and Nolan; sisters: Bernice (Gerkie) Jansen and Mina (Laurence) Brinker; granddaughter Sherry Lynn Huff; grandson Frank Bettin; and stepsons: Gordon Huff and Sidney Huff.
Services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 5th, 2016, at the Wheatland Presbyterian Church of rural Breda, IA. Visitation will be from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. prior to the Memorial Service. The Rev. Don Gibson will officiate. Inurnment will be in the South Wall Lake Cemetery under the direction of the Farber & Otteman Funeral Home.
