Cottrell, Fern Adaline Sellers – 1928-2012

ABRAHAMSON, CHASE, CHRISTENSEN, COTTRELL, HANES, HIXSON, HYMAN, JAMES, JOHNSON, KOTEWA, MUNOZ, PAIGE, PRINTY, PROUGH, SELLERS, TAYLOR, THOMAS

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/16/2024 at 11:45:18

Fern Adaline (Sellers) Cottrell, 83, of Chariton, Iowa passed away August 31, 2012 at her home in Chariton. Visitation for Fern will be Wednesday, September 5, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Chariton. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 5th at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home with Emery McDonald conducting the services. Burial will follow at the Russell Cemetery. Memorials are requested to the Legacy Lodge Hospice House, Parents of Galactosemic Children, or the Susie Tuttle Dialysis Unit in Corydon. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.pierschbacherfuneralhome.com .
Fern was born in Lucas County near Russell to Dewey and Nora (Hixson) Sellers on September 13, 1928. She married Dale Cottrell on February 14, 1947 in Russell, Iowa. She attended country schools and Chariton High School. She was a full time wife and mother to three girls. After her daughters were in school, she worked at Fullers General Store in Confidence. Raising chickens was a farm chore she enjoyed. A large garden was grown each year to preserve for her family, and she enjoyed sharing the bounty with friends and relatives. As a farm wife she was very active in the raising and care of the livestock, and participating in all phases of the farm operation. Family was very important for Fern as she always put them first in her life. Holidays at her home were always very special. She loved to cook and bake and always shared with family and neighbors. Her bread, cinnamon rolls, donuts, homemade pies, and handmade noodles could not be beat by anyone. She passed on her baking ability to her daughters and granddaughters.
Fern is survived by husband Dale Cottrell; daughters: Linda (Larry) Chase of Chariton, Joyce (Michael) Thomas of Centerville, and Janet (Dewey) Abrahamson of Rathbun; grandchildren: Michelle (Dave) Hyman of Keota, Iowa, Brenda (Brian) Kotewa of Moscow, Idaho, Anne Thomas of Seymour, Lisa (Michael) Taylor of Cincinnati, Ohio, Brian (Dottie) Abrahamson of Ankeny, Megan (Felix) Munoz of Hiawatha, and Sara (Josey) Hanes of Ankeny; great grandchildren: Cortney, Matthew & Branden Hyman; Julia & Gabriel Kotewa; Yesmina, Leah, Braxtyn Thomas & Giana Taylor; and Laura, Justin & Christopher Abrahamson. Also surviving are sisters: Wilma Johnson of Creston, Marilyn (Jack) James and Wretha Paige of Chariton; sister-in-laws: Dorothy Sellers, Ethel Printy and Doris (Ronald) Christensen of Chariton. Also many nieces and nephews and the great staff at the Susie Tuttle Dialysis Unit in Corydon who have become family over the last several years. Fern was preceded in death by her parents; her brother- Harold Sellers; and brother-in-laws: Junior Prough, Frank Johnson and Don Paige.
Published in Des Moines (IA) Register; Sunday, September 2, 2012, page 6B