Judy J. Bell

Judy J. Bell, 69, of Spencer, Iowa, formerly of Sioux City, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007, at her home.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel, with the Rev. Matt Conover from St. James United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Judy was born Dec. 6, 1937, in Spencer, the daughter of Elmer and Beatrice (Hughes) Franker. She graduated from Marathon High School in 1956.

She married Harvey E. Bell on Nov. 25, 1957, in Jackson, Minn. She was a housewife until her children were all in school. She sold Avon part time and worked as a cashier at Laurence's Super Market and Economy Market until retiring in 1998. Judy then moved back to Spencer, Iowa. She was a member of the Women of the Moose.

Survivors include two daughters, Dawn and her husband, Gerald Johannsen of Rogers, Ark., and Wendy and her husband, Brent Ewoldt of Lewisville, Texas; two sons, Michael Bell and his partner, Mike of Sacramento, Calif., and Tracy and his wife, Angie Bell of Pensacola, Fla.; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harvey; a daughter, Pamela; and a granddaughter, Katie.