Maxine Herold, 75

Dec. 13, 1944 —

March 23, 2020

 

CRESCO - Maxine F. Herold, age 75, of Cresco, Iowa, died on Monday, March 23, 2020 at home.

Visitation will be held from 2:30-4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020 at Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home in Cresco. A private family graveside service will be held with Father Jacob Rouse officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Cresco.

Maxine Faye Timmerman was born in Cresco on Dec. 13, 1944 to Emil and Emma (Fye) Timmerman. She married Leonard Jordan on Dec. 28, 1963, and to this union two children were born, Timothy and Teresa. They later divorced. 

On Feb. 5, 1994, she was united in marriage to David Herold at Notre Dame Catholic Church in Cresco. Maxine worked as a tax accountant for Lynn Potter at Potter’s Accounting, as a bookkeeper at Don Gooder Motors, as a bookkeeper at the Cresco Sale Barn and as secretary at Assumption Church for several years. She also worked at Donaldson Company in Cresco for 21 years, retiring in 2009. 

Maxine enjoyed antiquing, shopping and travelling, especially her trip to Italy. She also loved to cook for her grandkids at holidays, making their favorite chocolate sundae pie.

Maxine is survived by her husband, David; son, Timothy Jordan of Ames, Iowa; daughter, Teresa (Richard) McGee of Cresco; grandchildren, Kevin (Emily) McGee of Monroe, Wis., Jessica McGee of Cresco and Lucas McGee of Cresco; sisters, Arlene (Don) Lienhard of Waterloo, Iowa, Lois (Tony) Hoppenworth of Winter Haven, Fla. and Janet (Mike) Schaefer of Waterloo; sisters-in-law, Judy Engleman of Anchorage, Alaska, Carol Boeshart, Dianna Theilen, Dixie Spencer and Debra Hanson; brothers-in-law, Steve (Janet) Jordan and Doug (Twyla) Herold; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband Leonard Jordan in 2007; three brothers, Duane, Merlin and Marvin Timmerman; and sisters-in-law, Jane Timmerman, Mildred (Leonard) Fairbanks and JoAnn (Robert) Rink.