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| Nancy Emma Nan LaMotte, 88, the loving wife of Rev. Gerald LaMotte, went to live with her heavenly Father, June 22, 2009. Formerly of 1621 Linn Street in Boone, she passed away at her daughters home in New Sharon, Iowa, as were her wishes.
She was born on July 2, 1920 in Marvin, Missouri the daughter of Robert Frank and Lenora (Scott) Crane. Following graduation from Tama High School, Nancy attended Business School in Kansas City. On January 28, 1940, she married Gerald LaMotte at the United Methodist Church in Tama, Iowa. The couple lived in several locations where her husband served as minister for churches in Melcher-Dallas, Iowa, Acushnet, Massachusetts, Macedonia, Iowa, Epworth in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Boone, Iowa, and Waterloo, Iowa before retiring in 1981, moving to Oskaloosa for a year and then to Boone. She was a member of the United Methodist Church where she was active in numerous church groups including her Circle. Nancy enjoyed crocheting, quilting with the women at the Church, baking cookies and love spending time with her family. Her parents; husband Jerry in December of 2007; 3 children, baby girl LaMotte, Paul LaMotte, Beverly LaMotte Hupp; 1 granddaughter; 1 great-grandson; and 7 sisters preceded her in death. Survivors include 2 sons, Jerry LaMotte, III and wife Marcia of Imperial, Missouri, Robert M. LaMotte of Springfield, Illinois; 1 daughter, Connie L. Alexander and husband Gary of New Sharon, Iowa; 17 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren; 1 sister-in-law, Doris Devine of Tucson, Arizona; nieces, nephews, and friends. Services will be held on Friday afternoon, June 26th at 1:00 p.m. at the Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone with Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Following the funeral service, her body will be cremated with interment of her cremains at a later date in Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama, Iowa. Friends may call at the Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone on Friday from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service with the family present during that time to greet friends. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their gift to the LaMotte Educational Fund in care of the First United Methodist Church, 703 Arden Street, Boone, Iowa 50036. | ||