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D. Tillie Turner, 78, Nichols
Obituaries · January 07, 2016



D. Tillie Turner, 78, of Nichols died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Funeral services were Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, at the West Liberty Community Center. Visitation was Sunday at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty. Burial was in the Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell, Iowa. Memorials may be made to the Nichols First Responders or West Liberty Rescue Unit. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com.

Darlene Matilda Freeborn was born July 9, 1937, in Montezuma, Iowa the daughter of Loyd and Cora (Clinkenbeard) Freeborn. She was a graduate of Montezuma High School in the Class of 1955. In 1957, she was united in marriage to Don Turner in Montezuma, they later divorced and remained friends.

Tillie had been employed at West Liberty Foods for 42 years. She enjoyed the outdoors; her dogs, horses, boating and camping, also enjoyed traveling abroad with a friend, sewing, cooking, dancing and her frog collection.

She is survived by her two daughters: Kim Turner of Nichols and Karla Ehrler of Davenport; sister Eloise Lender of Rockford, Ill., and the father of her children, Don Turner of West Liberty.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Eugene and Russell Freeborn; sister Virginia Blackwell; and a son in law Steve Ehrler.