GEORGINE D. CARNES , 91, of rural Cherokee, Iowa, passed away suddenly Saturday evening, May 23, 2020, in the Good Samaritan Society of Holstein, Iowa.

Private family services will be held at the Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Quimby, Iowa. Burial will be in the Pilot Township Cemetery, rural Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor David Doellinger will officiate. Visitation for the public will be on Friday, May 29 ^th from1 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. During the visitation only 10 people at a time will be allowed in the funeral home and please practice social distancing. The family will not be present during the visitation. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to a fund that is being established in Georgine's name.

Georgine was born on October 5, 1928 to George and Helen (Wiley) Greene in Charter Oak, Iowa. She graduated from Charter Oak High School. She was married to Hosea Carnes Jr. on March 22, 1951 at Biloxi, Mississippi. After their marriage they moved back to Iowa and farmed in the areas of Moville and Holstein. In 1968, Hosea and Georgine bought a farm four miles northeast of Quimby in Pilot Township.

Georgine taught country school for a short time and then helped her husband on the farm, driving tractor and wherever else she was needed. She worked at Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital (CRMC) as a nurse's aide.

She was a member of the Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Quimby, Iowa. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She was a member of the Naomi Society. She enjoyed the craft classes at the Quimby Library. Georgine loved spending time with her family, going camping, and birdwatching, especially cardinals. She enjoyed spending winters in Florida, traveling in the motorhome, visiting every state except for Hawaii. She loved crocheting different projects, and gardening flowers. She loved watching sports, going to garage sales and flea markets, and playing Bingo.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Hosea on February 7, 2012, a sister Patricia Bowen, two sisters-in-law Marie Carnes, Marvel Clover and her husband Thomas, two brothers-in-law Frank Carnes and Bob Carnes.

She is survived by her three children: Becky Todd and her husband David of Quimby, Iowa; Steve Carnes of Adel, Iowa; Scott Carnes and his wife Mary of Cherokee, Iowa; 6 grandchildren: Jennifer (Kyle) Schimmer of Galva, Iowa; Terri (Orin) Cheever of Holstein, Iowa; Matthew (Jessica) Todd of Cleghorn, Iowa; Sarah Carnes of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Katie Carnes (Michael Noltner) of Cherokee, Iowa; Erica Carnes of Des Moines, Iowa; 8 great grandchildren: Jacob, Elizabeth & Caleb Schimmer, Brianna & Logan Cheever, Gracie Todd, Emma Todd and Kenzie Todd; two sisters-in-law Dorothy Carnes of Sioux City, Iowa; Virginia Carnes of Sioux City, Iowa; brother in law: Bob Bowen of Ida Grove, Iowa.