Pauline Pestotnik

April 4, 1923 - July 30, 2008

Pauline Pestotnik, 85, of 1416 Union Street in Boone, passed away at the Boone County Hospital in Boone on Saturday morning, July 26, 2008 She was born on April 4, 1923 in Boone, Iowa the daughter of Carl Henry and Clara Marie (Carlson) Thorngren. On September 6, 1947, she married Charles A. “Chuck” Pestotnik at the Evangelical Free Church in Boone. Pauline graduated from Boone High School and attended John Fletcher College in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She had been employed in the bookkeeping department at Boone State Bank and Trust in Boone in earlier years. Pauline enjoyed music and loved to play the piano and organ. Pauline and Chuck enjoyed traveling in Europe, making numerous trips to visit relatives. She was a member of the Evangelical Free Church in Boone. Her parents, husband Charles “Chuck” in March of 2008, son Mark in August of 1993, a sister Jane Statton and her husband Dan, and a brother John Thorngren and his wife Joyce preceded her in death. Survivors include a grandson Ryan Pestotnik and his wife Ann of Boone; 3 great-grandsons Seth, Dylan and Joseph Pestotnik all of Boone; a step-grandson Tim Knapp of Bellingham, Washington; a brother Carl Thorngren and his wife Bonnie of Boone; a sister Ruth Thorngren of the Evangelical Free Church Home in Boone; a brother-in-law Dick Pestotnik and his wife Bonnie of Boone; a sister-in-law Maxine Hartung of Bettendorf, Iowa; nieces and nephews. The body was cremated. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday afternoon, July 30th at 2:00 p.m. at the Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone with Don Howard officiating. Interment will be in the Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone. Friends may call at the Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone on Wednesday afternoon from Noon until the time of service. In lieu of flowers, those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their memorial to the Evangelical Free Church in Boone.