Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Mayor-elect of Iowa town dies before taking office

Mayor-elect of Iowa town dies before taking office
December 26, 2011 09:45 EST

SHELLSBURG, Iowa (AP) -- The mayor-elect of a small town in

eastern Iowa has died just days before she was set to take office.

The Gazette (http://bit.ly/uzCotW ) reports that 70-year-old

Joyce Pence died at her home in Shellsburg on Friday.

Cedar Memorial Park & Funeral Home confirmed the death Monday,

but said it had no information on the cause.

Pence was elected mayor for a two-year term in the November

election, and was going to take office during the city council's

next meeting in January.

She was a retired vice president at United Security Bank who

founded the Shellsburg Farmers Market in 2007.

A service celebrating her life is scheduled for Friday at the

Wildcat Golf Course Clubhouse.

Shellsburg is a town of 1,000 people about 20 miles west of

Cedar Rapids.

Information from: The Gazette, http://www.gazetteonline.com/

Source: http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/37b87814-www.kgan.com.shtml

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