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Deborah L. Jameson, 71, of Fontanelle, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at her home. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 at The Gathering Place (formerly the Presbyterian Church) in Greenfield. Pastor Melinda Stonebraker will officiate the service. Refreshments and fellowship will follow in the basement. Burial will be in the Hebron Cemetery in rural Orient. An open visitation will be 2-7 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 at Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield.
Memorials may be directed to the Deb Jameson Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.
Deborah Lee Jameson was born April 9, 1951, the daughter of Howard and Rose Anne (Lee) Welch Meisenheimer, as well as Dean Meisenheimer, who she considered dad, in Greenfield. Deb spent her childhood in Greenfield and graduated from Greenfield High School.
She married Dale Jameson in 1971. They lived briefly in Des Moines and Bridgewater before moving to Massena and starting their family. They had three children: Angie, Jeff and Ben. They lived in Massena for a few years before moving to the Hebron area, and then to the house by the old lake outside of Greenfield. A few years after Dale died, Deb moved to Fontanelle.
When her family was young, most of her time was spent raising her children, though she did work part-time at Casey’s making donuts. She later worked at Eaton in Winterset. She went back to school at SWCC, earning her associate of science degree in 2001, and then worked in Adair County Health Systems as receptionist for 15 years, before retiring in 2018.
Deb was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church and acted as treasurer for many years as well as teaching Sunday School and Bible School. She was a Girl Scout troop leader and Cub Scout den mother when her kids were young. Deb was always working on various craft or sewing projects with the kids for school, 4-H or scouts. Often on nice days, she would just pack a quick picnic and take the kids to a park to explore and play. Pammel Park, Middle River Park and Bridgewater Lake were her favorite places to go.
Deb also really enjoyed baking and loved watching cooking shows and going through cookbooks of all sorts. She tried lots of different recipes over the years, but the family favorites included angel food cake, cinnamon rolls, decorated Christmas cookies and cream puffs, all of which she could make from memory.
She was preceded in death by her husband Dale in 2006; her parents; her parents-in-law Keith and Wilma Jameson; her great-granddaughter, Riley Blevins; her brother, Dean Alan Meisenheimer and sisters-in-law Susan Meisenheimer and Mickey Jameson.
She is survived by her three children, Angie of Rockville, Maryland, Jeff (Gina) Jameson of Brownwood, Texas, and Ben (Nina) Jameson of Anita; seven grandchildren: Dustin (Kari) Blevins, Ethan Blevins and Alle Jameson of Brownwood, Texas, Darcy Denney, Carter Denney, Becca Zacharias and Ada Jameson of Anita; three great-grandchildren: Chase, Kennedy and Hunter Blevins; sisters Kathy (Bruce) Hagen of Columbia Falls, Montana, Julie (Robert) Pernu of Polk City; Lori (Scott) Armstrong of Greenfield; brother Daryl (Jenny) Meisenheimer of Houston, Texas; two brothers-in-law, Duane Jameson of Willow Springs, Missouri, and Roger (Doris) Jameson of Fontanelle; sister-in-law Ronda (John) Huddleson of Fontanelle; other relatives and friends.