hildren, Jessica Johnson, Nathan Rector and wife Jayme, Teri Johnson, Leah Hotop and husband Kory and Andy Rector and wife Jessie, nineteen great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Besides her husband she was also preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, LouElla Booth and Oletha St. Clair. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday at the Vigen Memorial Home in Keokuk with Pastor Nathan Rector and Pastor Andy Rector officiating. Burial will be in the Keokuk National Cemetery. Visitation will be held after 1 p.m., Wednesday at Vigen Memorial Home with the family meeting with friends from 6 - 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to Sunny Brook Assisted Living or Great River Hospice. To read the full obituary, please click here: http://www.vigenmemorialhome.com/obituaries/Ethel-Irene-Ames?obId=2931208#/obituaryInfo