Juanita V. Crouthers, 81, of Iola died Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, at Allen County Hospital.
She was born Sept. 28, 1928, in Allen County, to Rudolph Fred and Ellen Florence (Smoot) Scheer. She attended school in Gas.
On June 20, 1952, she married Paul E. Crouthers. They made their home in Iola. She worked several years for the Middleton Market. He died April 21, 1991.
In 1995, she moved to the Townhouse East where she lived until moving to Windsor Place when her health failed.
She was a life member of the LaHarpe Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Moran American Legion Auxiliary and served on the Veterans Day Committee. She enjoyed bingo, gardening and making peanut brittle.
She is survived by a brother, Floyd Scheer and his wife, Shirley, Iola; and a number of nieces and nephews.
A son, Ronnie Lee, three brothers, Glen, Bob “Bobby” and Franklin “Jack” Scheer, and a sister, Maxine Trester, died earlier.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapels in Iola where the family will receive friends prior to the service. Burial will be in LaHarpe Cemetery.
Online condolences for the family may be left at iolafuneral.com.
Juanita Crouthers
