Ellsworth Wiley

ELLSWORTH WILEY Belle Plaine Ellsworth L. Wiley, 93, died Saturday, March 6, 2015, at Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, March 12, at the United Methodist Church in Elberon, with the Rev. Rose Calderon-Khan officiating. Interment will be at Walthman Cemetery near Elberon, with graveside military rites conducted by American Legion Post 226 of Elberon and Iowa Military Funeral Honors. Friends may register at the church from 10 a.m. until service time. A memorial fund has been established. Ellsworth was born June 16, 1921, in Elberon to Stanley and Luella (Mason) Wiley, and graduated from Elberon High School. During World War II he served his nation in the U.S. Army and was a member of the Elberon American Legion Post 226. On Dec. 4, 1945, he was united in marriage to Helen Howe in Elberon. Ellsworth farmed in the Elberon-Belle Plaine area and was later employed at Great Plains Lumber in Belle Plaine. He was a member of the Methodist Church in Elberon and in his leisure he enjoyed fishing and spending time in the outdoors. He is survived by Helen, his wife of 69 years, of Keystone; his son, Tommy Wiley of Albuquerque, N.M.; his daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Vic Koster of Blairstown; his grandchildren, Justin (Jacqueline) Koster of Ely, Jared (Justine) Koster of Blairstown and Megan (Trevor) Dursky of Kapolei, Hawaii; nine great-grandchildren; and his sister, Helen (David) Hydock of Tulsa, Okla. He was preceded in death by his parents. Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be left at www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com.