MONA GAYLENE  BOOTH, 83, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away peacefully, Tuesday evening, November 13, 2018 at Accura Healthcare in Cherokee.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 17 ^th , at 11 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jonathan Riggert will officiate. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Aurelia, Iowa. Visitation will be held on Saturday morning from 10 a.m. until service time at the church. The Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com It was Gaylene's request that memorials be made to the Trinity Lutheran Church.

Gaylene was born August 13, 1935 at Aurelia, Iowa to Walter & Florence (Ruebsam) Matzdorff. She grew up on a farm near Aurelia. She graduated from Aurelia High School in 1953 and then attended Buena Vista College for one year. Gaylene was married to Lyle W. Booth on September 12, 1953 at Jackson, Minnesota.

Gaylene had worked at the Cherokee Mental Health Institute, Lundell Manufacturing, Miller-Mac Insurance Co., Loughlin Law Firm, Mid-Step Services and assisted her husband with Booth Electric and Booth Sound. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee. She had been a resident of Cherokee the past 65 years.

Gaylene enjoyed sewing, bowling, spending time with her friends, and working with her husband at the county fairs and concerts with their sound business.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Lyle on October 12, 1997.

She is survived by several cousins, nieces and nephews, including Laverne Gano of Cherokee, Iowa, and many friends.