Jennine Fellom

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday June 24, at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church in Perry. Burial will be in the Violet Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry after noon on Tuesday, with the family present from 6:00 until 8:00 pm. Burial in Violet Hill Cemetery. Jeannine Elizabeth Fellom, daughter of Albert Johnnie Wink and Anna Elizabeth Kathleen Bottjen Wink, was born August 13, 1940 on the family farm near Movillle, IA and died June 19, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, IA, surrounded by her loving family. Jeannine was 74 years old. She graduated from Moville High School in 1959 and went to work for Iowa Public Service as a receptionist and cashier. On February 4, 1962, she married Gary Fellom at the Moville Trinity Lutheran Church and they were blessed with four children, Sheri, Troy, Trent, and Darin. Jeannine and Gary moved to Denison for a time before moving to Perry in October 1962 where they made their home and raised their children. Jeannine began her banking career in February 1963 as a teller and retired in 2010 as a loan officer, completing a very successful 47 year life of serving and helping her many customers. In addition to working at the same bank all those years, she cared for her husband and children, always being an active part of their lives. That beautiful trait carried on for Jeannine's grandchildren, never missing their many activities. Jeannine and Gary found time for family vacations and two trips together to Hawaii. After Gary's death in 1998, she continued the love of Hawaii, traveling five more times with her friends or even alone. Perhaps that love of Hawaii was partly because of her passion for the water and the beach. In her 40's she "got up" for the first time in slalom water skiing and continued to water ski into her 60's. Jeannine even parasailed in Hawaii and thoughts of sky diving had crossed her mind. Her love of travel also took her to Alaska, Europe, the Mediterranean, following the Apostle Paul's Journey, and enjoying cruises with her friends. Jeannine enjoyed flower gardening, was a sports enthusiast, and even played the accordion in earlier days. Her membership at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church played a huge part in her life. She was always very active in the choir and church council, serving as treasurer for many years. Jeannine was a member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood Chapter OK in Perry and served on the board of the Perry Lutheran Home. She was preceded in death by her parents Albert and Anna Wink; husband Gary; sister Shirley Conry and her husband Don; sister-in-law Merlene Mayberry; mother-in-law Garnet Townsend and step-father-in-law Glen Townsend. Jeannine will be lovingly remembered by her daughter Sheri Meinecke and her husband Robert of Jamaica, IA; sons Troy Fellom of Wausau, WI; Trent Fellom and his wife Carrie of Perry, IA; and Darin Fellom and his wife Michelle of Chippewa Falls, WI; and her adored grandchildren: Adam Meinecke; Alexander Fellom; Sarah Meinecke and her fianc Taylor Burkhardt; Nathan Fellom; Kory Fellom; Nicholas Fellom; Conner Meinecke; and Miranda Fellom. Jeannine is also survived by her sister Elaine Johnson and her husband Ray of Moville, IA; brother Dean Wink and his wife Joan of Howes, SD; and; nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many, many friends. Memorials in Jeannine's name may be left at Hastings Funeral Home for later distribution by her family.