E. Jeanette Gage, 102, of Belle Plaine, Iowa celebrated her arrival in Heaven Christmas morning. Mrs. Gage was able to live in her own home until earlier this year. Mrs. Gage's grandparents settled in Iowa territory after one of their daughters died in the Montana frontier. Mrs. Gage was born in Guthrie Center and lived her entire life in Iowa including Graettinger, Esterville, Blairstown and Belle Plaine. Survivors include two sons and a daughter, Gary Duncan, of Summerville, South Carolina; Garlinda Gage Hyde of Colorado Springs, Colorado and Brian Gage of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Mrs. Gage had six grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. In her life time she grew up using horse and buggy, witness the birth of flight, and developments which included indoor plumbing, mechanized agriculture and television. At her 100th Birthday celebration she commented that "the strangest thing she had seen was talking to her grandchildren on the other side of the world through a picture frame [iPad]." Mrs. Gage was preceded in death by her parents Ben F. and Gertrude Reeves; her husband, Garland Gage; six brothers; and one sister. Although widowed for forty-seven years, Mrs. Gage was active in community and church activities; she also enjoyed painting, writing and traveling. Viewing will take place at Hrabak Funeral Home in Belle Plaine, Iowa on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. December 28th, with a family burial following at Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Blairstown, Iowa. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Words of Life Ministries in care of Church of Glad Tidings. P.O. Box 1630, Yuba City, CA 95992. (www.churchofgladtidings.com) This ministry helping poor and orphaned children in Cambodia is run by one of her grandsons.