Obituary of Arlene B. Sell

Arlene Sell, 95, died Thursday, February 16, 2017, at her residence in Iowa City. Funeral Services will be at 10:30 am Monday, February 20, 2017, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Iowa City. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the services. Graveside services will be held at 2:30 Monday afternoon at Grace Lutheran Cemetery in Tripoli, IA. Memorial donations can be made in her memory to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Iowa City. To share a memory, thought or condolence please go to the funeral home website @ www.gayandciha.com. Arlene Bany Sell, born August 31, 1921, in Tripoli, IA, to Edwin and Amanda (Quade) Bany. She was baptized September 25, 1921, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Tripoli, IA, and confirmed June 9, 1935, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, in Independence, IA. She graduated from Tripoli High School. She married Lorenz Sell, July 10, 1941. The couple had one daughter, Kaye. Over the years, they made their home in Tripoli, Clarion, Ellsworth, and West Liberty, IA. Lorenz passed away August 10, 1971. Arlene worked for Westinghouse Information Services until retiring in December 1983. She then worked for NCS part-time until 1988. Arlene moved to Ecumenical Towers in Iowa City, in 1995. She was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, and was one of the "Friday Folders" at Our Redeemer. She taught Sunday School & Bible School at the various churches she was a member of. He family includes her daughter, Kaye (Dave) Stoklasa, of Cedar Rapids; affectionately known as Granny to granddaughter, Melinda (Kevin) Dauber, of North Liberty; grandson, Scott (Carrie) Swart of Cedar Rapids; 6 great-grandchildren, Courtney, Blake, and Brady Dauber of North Liberty, Zach Vaughn, and Cadance Swart of Cedar Rapids; Arlene's two sisters, Josephine Myers of Sioux City, IA, and Sandra Regel, of Spokane, WA; and four nephews. Preceding Arlene in death were her husband, Lorenz; parents, brothers-in-law, Richard Regel and George Myers; mother and father-in-law, William and Ella Sell; step brothers-in-law, Roy Soles, and his wife, Iola and Earl Kuker, and his wife, Lee.