Jean Henrichs New Virginia

Lydia Jean Henrichs, 93, of New Virginia died May 3, 2016, at Clarke County Hospital in Osceola.

Services were held 10 a.m. Monday, May 9, at Kale Funeral Home, 301 S. Main St., in Osceola, with the Rev. Julie M. Poore officiating. Family greeted friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 8, at the funeral home. Interment was in Jamison Cemetery. Online condolences may be left at www.kalefuneralhome.com.

Jean Barnard Henrichs, daughter of Merton and Floy Cellman Barnard, was born April 2, 1923, in Clarke County. She attended rural schools in Clarke County and received her high school diploma from New Virginia Consolidated Schools. She graduated from Osceola Junior College, and later from Drake University in 1969.

On July 4, 1948, Jean married Ivan Henrichs in Osceola. She was a teacher for more than 25 years, primarily teaching kindergarten at the New Virginia center of Interstate 35 Schools.

Jean is survived by her daughter Martha Jane Henrichs of Des Moines; son Barry (Lori) Henrichs of New Virginia; son Mark Henrichs of New Virginia; grandsons, Kurt Henrichs of New Virginia and Lance Henrichs of New Virginia; brother Eldon (Marian) Barnard of New Virginia; sister Marion Akes of Osceola; sister Margaret Moore of Omaha, Nebraska; other relatives and a host of friends.

Jean was preceded in death by her husband Ivan in 2001 and brother Frank Barnard in 2012.