Elaine Dykes

BLOOMFIELD:  Elaine Dykes, 75, of Bloomfield, Iowa died July 31, 2009 at the Hospice House in Ottumwa, Iowa.  Elaine was born August 12, 1933 in Des Moines, Iowa to Morris R. and Inez M. Owen Longnecker. She married Ray Dykes on June 16, 1953 in New York City, New York on the Bride and Groom Show. She taught school for 44 years in the communities of Maxwell, Sheldahl, Ankeny and Ottumwa, Iowa.

 

Elaine was a member of the Iowa State Education Assoc., Wapello Co. Retired School Personnel, Retread Motorcycle club, American Trike Association, Farm Bureau, and Cattleman's Assoc. Elaine and Ray enjoyed many motorcycle road trips and rallies throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. They also were actively involved in a cow-calf farming operation.

 

She is survived by a son Darvin (Kim) Dykes of Bloomfield, Iowa; a daughter Dixie (Fred) Hickcox of Ogden, Iowa; grandchildren Clint Markley, Brock Dykes and Kyla Dykes Kelley and great granddaughters Alanna Markley, Kaydence Markley, and Kylee Kelley: brother Richard (Linda) Longnecker, and sister-in-law Martha Longnecker.

 

She was preceded in death by her husband, two infant daughters, her parents, and two brothers, Keith and Billy.

The family will be at the Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield, Iowa on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 from 5-7pm for a celebration of life gathering.  Memorials have been established to Hospice of Wapello and Davis Counties, and to the Living Hope Bible Church in Eldon, Iowa.