Marcella Kiener was born on October 27, 1916 to William and Elizabeth Geers Kiener. She was born in Fort Madison, Iowa. Marcella is distantly related to Walt through the Wellman side of the family.

Marcella and her family lived in Fort Madison. She was the 5th child born to William and Elizabeth. Her father worked at a handle factory in 1920. The family lived on South Street. By 1930, they were living on Avenue E. Her eldest brother was working for the railroad and her sister was working for a florist. Two brothers were working for the newspaper.

Image shows a portion of the 1930 census for Fort Madison Iowa

In the 1940 census, Marcella was still living at home and working at Scheaffer Pen.

Marcella Kiener married Henry Denning on June 7, 1947 in Fort Madison. Henry was working at a paint factory. By 1950, their first child had been born. They had 3 more children.

Image show a marriage certificate for Henry E Denning and Marcella Kiener.

Marcella Kiener Denning died on January 7, 1996 in Fort Madison. I found her obituary from the Democrat.

Marcella is one of those very shirttail relations. One of her cousins, William Boeding married Mary Wellman. Mary was a daughter of Herman Wellman, Walt’s great, great uncle. I talked about another of Heman’s children just last week. I came across Marcella while researching the Boedings.