Ellen G. Dunaway, 94, of Monroe died the evening of Nov. 8, 2012, at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines.

A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12, at the Monroe United Methodist Church.  

Ellen G. Horman Dunaway was the second of 10 children born to Edward and Marie (Koorevaar) Horman on August 10, 1918, in rural Marion County, Iowa. She attended grade schools at Union Valley country school west of Monroe and Oak Grove country school east of Monroe. Because of the hard times during the Great Depression, Ellen’s education ended in the eighth grade and she worked for neighboring families to help support her family.