Zelma Arlene Motsick, 95, of Perry passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at the Lakeside Village in Panora, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 1, with visitation beginning at 9:30 a.m., at the Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home-Perry Chapel. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Linden, Iowa.
Zelma was born Jan. 30, 1930, in Lincoln Township, Dallas County, Iowa, to Elmer Corbin and Eva (Bennick) Snively.
She attended country school near Yale and graduated from Dawson High School in 1947.
On June 4, 1947, she was united in marriage to Lester Motsick at the Little Brown Church. Together they were blessed with three sons, Larry, Gary and Rick.
Zelma was a longtime member of the Yale United Methodist Church, Friends of Prairie Center and Friends of the Perry Public Library.
She found great joy in dancing, reading, and gardening.
She is survived by her sons, Larry (Gayle) Motsick of Rapid City, S.D., and Gary Motsick of Dawson; daughter-in-law, Lorrie Motsick of Panora; grandchildren, Tammy DeWolfe of Westwood, Massachusetts, Mindy Van Beek of Sioux Center, Matthew Motsick of Lafayette, Colorado, Tari Mason of Perry, Jason Motsick of Orange, California, and Tyler Motsick of Rapid City, S.D.; step-grandchildren, Lisa Uhre and Jeremy Livermont of Rapid City, S.D.; 11 great-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Eva Snively; her husband, Les Motsick; her son, Rick Motsick; and her sisters, Wilma Kastner and Mary Summy.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Midwest or the Perry Public Library. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.caldwellparrish.com.
