KEYSTONE: Miriam Scott Hellwig, 93, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone. from complications of old age.

     Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, September 2, 2011 at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone with Rev. Richard Osslund officiating.  Interment will be held at the Keystone Cemetery.  Friends may register at the church from 9 a.m. until service time on Friday.  A memorial fund has been established for the Keystone Nursing Care Center, St. John Lutheran Church or St. Luke's Hospice.

     Miriam was born November 28, 1917 at Boone to Joshua and Matilda (Foes) Scott and graduated from the Boone High School and then from the American Institute of Business.  She was employed at Holst Publishing in Boone and the Ordinance Plant in Ankeny and later as a Teller at Keystone Savings Bank.

     On August 29, 1942 she was united in marriage o Roland A. Hellwig at Boone and the couple made their home in Keystone.  Roland preceded her in death on February 17, 2010. Miriam was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone where she enjoyed singing in the Choir.  In her leisure she enjoyed needle point, cross-stitching and golfing.  She was an avid Hawkeye Sports fan and her greatest pleasure came from caring for her nieces and nephew.

     She is survived by her sister, Corinne (Stanley) Barber of Iowa City; her nieces, Jay (Tim) Feuerbach of Keystone and Ann Doyle of Coralville; and her nephew, Scott Barber of Fort Collins, CO.

     In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her brother, Maurice Scott.