Tharon Haltom

Services for Tharon Haltom, 87, will be Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Chariton. Family will receive friends beginning at 9:00 a.m. prior to the service. Interment will be at the Norwood Cemetery. Memorials are requested to the Norwood United Methodist Church or to Karen Banse to support Southern Hills Activities. Tharon Haltom the only daughter of Ruth Mildred Thompson and Albert Evan Wignall was born May 10, 1927 in Hynes, Iowa. She attended the United Brethren Church and accepted Christ as her savior when she was young. Her early education was in Lucas and Monroe Counties and graduated from Eddyville High School in 1946. Following high school, she earned her teaching degree from William Penn College. On April 12, 1947, she married Glenn Haltom and moved to the family farm in Pukerbrush, a small community in northwest Lucas County. To this union four children were born: Kathy, Karen, Janice, and Steve. Tharon was a homemaker and helped worked the farm for 52 years. After the death of her husband, Glenn, she moved to Chariton, Iowa where she lived until 2010. She enjoyed gardening, especially her flowers. The family will always remember her beef and noodles, crème puffs, banana crème pie, and raspberry pie. Tharon was a gentle soft spoken woman, always very respectful and the best mother-in-law in the world. Tharon is survived by her children: Kathy (Jerry) Rouse of Lucas, Karen (Tom) Banse of Waukee, Janice (Pat) Dulin of Lindale, TX, and Steve Haltom of Chariton; grandchildren: Stuart (Jayne) Rouse, Brent (Andrea) Rouse, Nathan (Jodi) Banse, Zachary Banse, Whitney (Seth) Riggs, Aaron (Sabre) Gnade, Garrett (Brittany) Gnade, Janice (Randy) Orr, and Ginger (Brad) Fryrear. Tharon also enjoyed her nineteen great grandchildren. Also surviving are her brothers: Bill (Margaret) Wignall of Ottumwa and Jim (Yong OK) Wignall of Denton, TX, a sister-in-law, Sue Wignall of Glenn Saint Mary, FL, and a brother-in-law, John Penick of Milo. Tharon passed away November 29, 2014 at the Southern Hills Specialty Care Center in Osceola. Preceding her in death were her parents: Albert Evan and Ruth Mildred (Thompson) Wignall; her husband, Glenn; brother, David Wignall; brother-in-law, Raymond Haltom and wife, Daleth; brother-in-law, Everett Haltom and wife Thelma; and sister-in-law, Jaunita Penick.