Carl Lee Von Stein

Carl Lee Von Stein obituary

Carl Lee Von Stein

Carl Von Stein Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Powers Funeral Home - Creston on Jul. 1, 2025.

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Carl Lee Von Stein, 86, of Creston, died Tuesday, July 1, 2025,

at Creston Specialty Care in Creston.

A Celebration of Life Service will be at 2 p.m. Wed. July 9, 2025, at

Powers Funeral Home 601 New York Avenue in Creston.

Pastor Jodi Rushing will officiate the service.

The burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery of Afton and

burial at 10 a.m. Friday, July 11fth at the Mitchellville Cemetery in Mitchellville, Iowa

Open visitation with family receiving friends from 12 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, at

Powers Funeral Home in Creston.

A memorial service in Mitchellville Iowa will be at

11 a.m. Friday, July 11, 2025, at the Mitchellville Community Center.

Memorials are kindly suggested to the family of Carl Von Stein.

Online condolences can be given at www.powersfh.com.

Carl Lee Von Stein, son of Walter Monroe Von Stein and Eleanor Rose (Anderson) Von Stein, was born on June 27, 1939, in Bondurant, Iowa. He was educated in the Bondurant schools and graduated with the class of 1957.

Lee was united in marriage to Loretta May Kinney in 1957. They later divorced.

In 1988, Lee was united in marriage to Ellen Mae McFee at the Bondurant Christian Church.

Lee worked at Armstrong Tire Company for four years and the Bondurant Co-op for two years. Following that, he started farming and doing custom work. He did this for 30 years and soldout in 1993. He then started working as a manager at a manufactured home park and sold the homes, too.

Lee was a member of the Bondurant Christian Church, was the President of Jaycees in Mitchellville, Iowa, and served on the Board of the Mitchellville Co-op Elevator.

Lee is survived by his daughters, Teresa Von Stein-Hon of Altoona, Iowa and step-daughter, Carrie Stevens of Creston; two sons, Ken Von Stein., and Scott Von Stein both of Des Moines; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother, Steve (wife Marlys) Von Stein of Bondurant; and sisters, Jeane Zelensky of Scottsdale, Arizona and Jeri (husband Homer) Brumley of Warsaw, Missouri.; and many other extended family members.

Lee was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Ellen in 2013; a son, Bob Von Stein, a sister, Joann in infancy; brothers, Leon (wife Joan) Von Stein and Dean (wife Cheryl) Von Stein; daughter-in-law, Sheila Von Stein; and brother-in-law, Ed Zelenksy.

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