Private Family Only Funeral Services for 93-year-old Lenore Mikkelsen of Guthrie Center will be at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Guthrie Center. No Visitation will be held. Burial will be at the Union Cemetery in Guthrie Center. The Twigg Funeral Home in Guthrie Center is in charge of arrangements.
Lenore L (Bailey) Mikkelsen of Guthrie Center, daughter of Forrest and Nina Bailey, was born at her parent’s farm home on July 5, 1927, and passed away at the New Homestead in Guthrie Center on November 24, 2020, at the age of 93. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Guthrie Center High School in 1944. She was united in marriage to Wilson Mikkelsen on May 1, 1947, at the Christian Church in Guthrie Center. They were blessed with four children, Timothy Bruce, Cynthia Ann, Nancy Sue, and Paul Kevin. They farmed for a few years and moved to Guthrie Center in 1954. They tragically lost Timmy in 1956.
Wilson and Lenore owned and operated “Wilson’s Clothing and Shoes,” a retail store in downtown Guthrie Center from 1960-1975. Lenore was the bookkeeper for Wilson’s Clothing After they sold the store, Lenore worked for the Guthrie County Hospital as a bookkeeper and payroll officer until her retirement.
Lenore loved her family dearly and enjoyed cooking for them, making quilts for them and spending time together whenever possible. She loved all kinds of flowers, was an avid reader, consummate card and game player, enjoyed her computer, putting puzzles together, bird watching, and canning and preserving the produce from Wilson’s prized gardens.
Lenore was a long time member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Guthrie Center. She loved her church family and enjoyed her “Out to Lunch Bunch, being a member of the Deborah Society and participating in Bible studies. She was a member of the Guthrie Center Women’s Club for several decades. She was a good neighbor in thought, word and deed to all she knew. Her life truly embodied her favorite Bible verse: So these three things remain forever: faith, hope and love. And the greatest of these is love.” 1Corinthians, 13:13.
Lenore is survived by her daughters, Cindy McCarty of Panora, Nancy (Jim) Kite of Auburn, NE, Son, Paul (Lynelle) Mikkelsen, of Adel, grandchildren: Emi (Steve) Swope of Adel, Jess (Kylie) McCarty of Adel, Kaleb (Remember) McCarty of Sarasota, FL, Cassia (Tim) Jagear of Sarasota, FL, Jake (Cheris) Kite of Omaha, NE, Bailey Mikkelsen of Destin, FL, Maddie Mikkelsen, Lauren Mikkelsen and Claíre Mikkelsen all of lowa City, great-grandchildren: Aubrey McCarty of Tampa, FL, Bennett, Presley & Beckett Swope, Kennedy, Kendrick & Karter McCarty, Kelbee Kite and Jett & Nina Jaeger, niece Judy (Jeff) Lyall, nephews Ken(Diane) Slater and Keith McGlothlen and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Wilson, and son, Timothy, sisters Maxine Bailey, Irene (Bailey) Slater and Pauline (Bailey) McGlothlen, her in-laws, Mike and Katie Mikkelsen, brother-in-law Alvin Mikkelsen, sisters-in-law Mildred Swanson and Ramona King nieces Sandy Wilkinson and Ginger Sommer and nephews Murray McGlothlen and Jerry Slater.
