Meryle DeVolder

November 27, 2020

Meryle DeVolder, 100, formerly of Storm Lake, Iowa passed away in a nursing home in Bismarck, North Dakota from complications of COVID-19 on November 27, 2020. Memorial Services will be Monday, August 9, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake, Iowa. Burial will be at the St. Mary's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials for St. Mary’s School Tuition Assistance Fund. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements. Meryle was born to Henry and Mary (Dietz) Brimmer in South Dakota on April 27, 1920. She married James W. Smith in 1946. To this union, a daughter, Jamie, was born. Jim passed away in 1958. In 1962, she married Paul DeVolder. Paul passed away in 2012. Meryle was employed in the offices of Iowa Public Service Co. and Dr. T.E. Shea. She was a member of St. Mary’s church and Guild, Catholic Daughters of America, and volunteered at the BVRMC coffee and gift shops. Meryle was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Raymond, Kenneth, and twin, Earl Brimmer, sister Leona Hoffman. She is survived by her daughter, Jamie (Smith) McKenna and her husband Michael G. McKenna of Bismarck, North Dakota; grandson, Shawn (Jerrica) McKenna and great-grandson, Nolan McKenna of Bismarck, North Dakota; grandson, LTC Casey (Heidi) McKenna and great-grandsons, Mason and Brayden of West Point, New York; sisters-in-law: Joan Miller of Storm Lake, Iowa; JoAnn DeVolder of Alexandria, Minnesota; and many nieces and nephews.