Carol Banner, 79, of Iowa Falls, passed away Friday, June 16, 2023 at Independence Village in Waukee. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Iowa Falls. She will be laid to rest at the Alden Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 AM until service time on Tuesday at the church. Woodley Funeral Home of Iowa Falls is caring for Carol and her family.
Carol Jean Ulrich was born on December 24, 1943 to Emil and Dorothy (Whipple) Ulrich. On June 6, 1965 she was united in marriage to Robert Banner at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Alden, Iowa. Carol and Bob loved to travel and explore new places. Carol worked many years for ME Fort & Co and the Hardin County Township. In retirement she worked for Osweiler’s Women’s Fashions in Webster City as a bookkeeper and worked on the floor helping women choose clothing and even modeled items for the store. She spent time serving in her church, Immanuel Lutheran Church in Iowa Falls, in several capacities. Among other things, Carol was well known for her bread, pies and potato salad. She shared those treats, with love, to many people in her family and community. She was an avid houseplant keeper with her sunroom affectionately being called the ‘Jungle Room’ by family. Above all, she was of strong faith and loved her family and friends dearly.
Carol Banner is survived by her children, Robert Banner, Jr. of Des Moines, Iowa, Debra Evanson of Iowa Falls, Iowa, Scott Banner of Des Moines, Iowa and Tiffany Ensley of Clive, Iowa; ten grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one brother and two sisters. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert; one sister, two brothers and a grandson.
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