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Maxine M. Edwards
Maxine M. Edwards
August 11, 1922 - February 25, 2010
Lost Nation, Iowa

Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, February 28, 2010 at Lahey Funeral Home, Lost Nation
Funeral Service: 3:00 p.m. Monday, March 01, 2010 at Union Presbyterian Church, Lost Nation
Interment: Monday, March 01, 2010 at Lost Nation Cemetery, Lost Nation, Iowa

Maxine Marie Kankel was born August 11, 1922, in Lost Nation, Iowa, to Paul and Minta Isabella (Scroggie) Kankel. She graduated from Lost Nation High School. She married Clyde Edwin Edwards on August 12, 1940 in Dubuque, Iowa. He died on December 12, 1978. She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Lost Nation. She was a member of Union Presbyterian Church, Guys & Dolls, Presbyterian Womens Club. She enjoyed reading, getting together with friends for coffee and helping put the "Scoop" together.

Maxine is survived by one daughter, Marlene Dotterweich of Bettendorf; one son, Russell (Helen) Edwards of LeClaire; 3 grandchildren, Brenda Dotterweich & Scott (Lynn) Edwards, of Bettendorf, & Tonya (LT) Matheny of Pitts, GA; 4 great-grandchildren, Nick, Samantha & Joel Edwards, all of Bettendorf, and Ashleigh Matheny, Pitts, GA; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, one brother, James Kankel, and two sisters, Florence Browne & Mildred Walker.

Maxine M. Edwards, 87, of Lost Nation, Iowa, died Thursday, February 25, 2010, at Riverview Manor in Pleasant Valley, Iowa.

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