Shea L. Woollums

Shea Lynn Woollums, 43, of Creston, departed this life much too soon on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.

A visitation will be held at Armstrong Funeral Home in Mount Ayr from 12 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, with the family present from 4 to 6 p.m. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18, at the funeral home. Burial will follow in the Maple Row Cemetery in Kellerton. The family requests casual attire at his services.

Memorials are to the family to be decided.

Shea was born July 24, 1980, at the Decatur County Hospital in Leon to parents Garey Lynn Woollums and Sheila Lynn (Vanderflute) Nauman. Shea welcomed into the family brother Travis Lee in 1982 and sister Kelly Jo in 1984.

Growing up, Shea’s family moved several times, living in Ringgold, Decatur and Union counties, as well as Hatfield, Missouri. He started elementary school at Grand Valley Community School and later attended Central Decatur County Schools.

In 2004, Shea became a manager of chicken barns in southern Iowa for Bill Ehm. He left the chicken barn job to work as a millwright on grain elevators for Scott Ablidtrup.

It was during this time Shea met and married Lindsey Frey. In 2004, they welcomed Halden Leon, followed by Hoffman Paul in 2006. The family settled in Creston where Shea started working in maintenance at CF Processing. Shea went to work for Swine Graphics in Murray as a barn manager and remained there until he took a job doing concrete construction for Jim Shelton out of Osceola. His latest employment was with Dana Frey for Midwest Construction, assembling and installing all-season home additions.

Shea was always available, helpful and supportive of family and friends whenever possible. He could be counted on to help with any project, big or small, and was pretty good at nearly anything he put his mind to - whether it was building a motorcycle from the ground up or perfecting his moonshining craft. And per-fect that he did!

He loved riding his motorcycle solo and with many of his good friends.

Those large and very tattooed arms also gave the most enormous and genuine hugs. Everyone loved Shea’s sense of humor and his warmth. His presence was missed when he wasn’t able to be at the family events. His presence will be missed every day from this day forward. He was loved by all, will be missed by all and he will live on in our hearts and our memories forever.

Shea is preceded in death by his grandfather Perry Woollums, grandfather Larry Vanderflute, uncle Larry Alan Vanderflute and family friend Hank Yoder.

Left to cherish his memory are children: Halden and Hoffman; parents: Garey and Rhonda (Johnston) Woollums, Sheila (Vanderflute) Nauman; brothers: Travis (Trisha) Woollums, Wesley (Dee) Gregg and Christopher (Jamie) Woollums; sister, Kelly (Scott) Woollums; nephews: Keegan (Katrina) Aschan, Daysen (Tiffany) Gregg; great-nephew Ezra Ascha; nieces: Hailley (Keegan) Brown, Brylea Woollums, Aryana Woollums, Cayleigh Woollums, Charlee Woollums, Hadlee Woollums and Hayzlee Woollums; grandparents: Pauline Woollums, Ivan and Janice (Vanderflute) Deemer and Ron and Evelyn Johnston; family friend, Ashley Walker; a large number of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.