Zenas Vane Altman

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Zenas Vane9 Altman (Samuel Absalom8, Absalom7, Andrew6, Andrew5, Johann Peter (John)4, Johann Jacob3, Johannes2, Hans Wilhelm1), born 28 Feb 1894 in Richland, Keokuk Co., IA; died Jan 1975 in Fairfield, Jefferson Co., IA; buried in Memorial Lawn, Fairfield, Jefferson Co., IA. He married Letha M. McMullen, born 14 Apr 1899 in What Cheer, Keokuk Co., IA; died 1 Jul 1998 in Fairfield, Jefferson Co., IA; buried in Memorial Lawn, Fairfield, Jefferson Co., IA. Notes for Zenas Vane Altman In 1940 Vane farmed in Black Hawk, Jefferson Co., IA with wife Letha and 3 children. Notes for Letha M. McMullen Letha Altman-Heston FAIRFIELD--Letha M. Altman-Heston, 99, Nelson Nursing Home, Fairfield died 2:12 p.m. July 1, 1998, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield. She was born April 14, 1899, in What Cheer to Clarence and Iva Pence McMullen. She married Z. Vane Altman on August 6, 1919, in Ollie. He died Jan. 7, 1975. She then married Sylman Heston on December 31, 1976, in Fairfield. He died Feb. 28, 1986. She had lived all her life in the Fairfield area. She started teaching in a one-room school house at age 14 in Iowa. She taught for three years and then married. She then started teaching again in 1949, she taught for 21 years and retired from full-time teaching at the age of 65; and continued as a substitute teacher for seven more years. She was a member of First Christian Church in Fairfield. She was a member of American Legion Auxiliary, VFW Auxiliary, Retired Teachers, Sew n' Sew Club and Christian Women Fellowship of Fairfield. She is survived by a son, Kenneth Leon of Altman, Calif.; a daughter, Phyllis Lee Hall, Temple City, Calif.; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and sister, Leona Baker of Ames. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Frances Pirtle; two sisters, Lillian Toyne and Ruth Shearer; and a brother, Glen McMullen. The service will be 2 p.m. Monday at Behner Funeral Home, the Rev. Robert Gates officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will begin Sunday morning with the family present from 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home in Fairfield. Memorials may be made to First Christian Church or American Cancer Society. Ottumwa Courier clipping Children of Zenas Vane Altman and Letha M. McMullen were as follows: 365 i Kenneth Leon10 Altman, born 25 Apr 1920 in Ollie, Keokuk Co., IA; died 3 Aug 2007 in Garden Grove, Orange Co., CA. + 366 ii Mary Francis10 Altman, born 1 May 1923 in Packwood, Jefferson Co., IA; died 4 Oct 1994 in Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA; buried in Memorial Lawn, Fairfield, Jefferson Co., IA. She married Wendell Dale Pirtle. 367 iii Phyllis10 Altman, born 1929/30 in Keokuk Co., IA.