Relf, Maxine

Maxine Relf, 99, died Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, at Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab in Vinton, just one week short of her 100th birthday. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at the First Christian Church in Vinton, with the Rev. Connie Wacht officiating. Interment will be held at the Garrison Cemetery. Friends may call at the Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. Sixth St., Vinton, from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

A memorial fund has been established.

Maxine was born Aug. 23, 1913, in Benton County, the first of 15 siblings to Walter and Leta Faye (Cumberland) Hepker. On March 2, 1937, she was united in marriage to Roy W. Relf in Cedar Rapids. Roy preceded her in death on Feb. 24, 1979.

Maxine and Roy farmed in Benton County and she also worked as a supervisor at Vinton Produce for a number of years. She later worked in the laundry at Virginia Gay Hospital for 17 years. She was an active member of the First Christian Church in Vinton.

She is survived by her son, Jim Relf of Fairbank; her daughter-in-law, Donna Relf of Shellsburg; her son-in-law, John Coonrad (Karen Meese) of Strawberry Point; five grandchildren, Cary Dean (Rose) Relf of Shellsburg, Chris Relf (Brian Brummer) of Shellsburg, Rick (Linda) Coonrad of Phoenix, Ariz., Frank Coonrad (Laurie Maker) of Strawberry Point, and Kim (Mike) Dahling of Strawberry Point; nine great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents and husband, Maxine was preceded in death by her daughter, Judy Coonrad on May 14, 2002; her son, Gary Relf on Jan. 19, 2003; eight brothers, Robert, Leonard, Vern, Herman, Ralph, Theron, Lloyd and Jim Hepker; and six sisters, Dora Hepker, Dorothy Schmitz, Norma Cook, Geraldine Frey, Mary Helen Zieser and Delores Winn.

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Published in The Gazette Aug. 20, 2013.