Mollie Tibbetts

Brooklyn - Mass of the Resurrection for Mollie Tibbetts, age 20 
of Brooklyn, will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, August 26, 2018 
in the gymnasium of the BGM High School in Brooklyn with Bishop 
Thomas R. Zinkula presiding and Fr. Corey Close as the Homilist. 
The family will receive friends following the service for a 
reception and continued fellowship.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be designated to 
the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, mailed 
in care of the Smith Funeral Home, PO Box 368, Grinnell, Iowa 
50112. Memories and condolences may be shared with Mollie's 
family online at www.smithfh.com.

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born the daughter of Robert and 
Laura (Calderwood) Tibbetts on May 8, 1998 in San Francisco, 
California. She was raised in San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa 
respectively and graduated from BGM High School in Brooklyn with 
the class of 2017. She attended the University of Iowa in Iowa 
City, Iowa and was majoring in psychology.

Mollie loved life. Her passion for it radiated from those 
beautiful brown eyes and the smile that she was so quick to 
share with everyone she met. She excelled in writing and speech 
where she shared her thoughts on some very difficult and complex 
subjects, mental health and self-esteem. Her talents were 
rewarded when she was invited to perform them three years at the 
Iowa All State competition. From her first musical appearance, 
she was hooked on theatre and enjoyed acting in the school 
plays. Mollie pushed herself in cross country and made running a 
part of her everyday life. Children are also something Mollie 
loved dearly. She began babysitting at an early age and worked 
the last two summers at the GRMC Day Camp where the kids adored 
her ability to make them laugh and the way she made them feel 
love. She was attending the University of Iowa to become a child 
psychologist to be able to work with children dealing with 
mental health issues. Dance Marathon, choir and singing were 
things she also loved participating in. But what Mollie did best 
was making friends everywhere she went.

Mollie is survived by her father, Robert Tibbetts of Lafayette 
and Fresno, California; her mother, Laura Calderwood of 
Brooklyn, Iowa; two brothers Jacob and Scott Tibbetts of 
Brooklyn; maternal grandparent, Judy Calderwood of Brooklyn. 
Maternal family includes her Aunt Kim Calderwood and Chris 
Sellers of Brooklyn, Uncle Erick Calderwood and Billie Jo 
Calderwood of Brooklyn, and Aunt Deb Column-Calderwood of 
Washington DC. Maternal cousins of Brooklyn include Morgan and 
Christian Calderwood and Vaughn and Joseph Irlbeck. Also 
included are Kelsie Sheets of Oskaloosa, IA and Kiegan Watts of 
Altoona, IA, Gabe Sellers of Rochester, MN and Sammie Sellers of 
Des Moines. Paternal aunts include Meg Tibbetts Williams of Des 
Moines, Iowa, Julie Tibbetts Eaton and Jeff Eaton of Denver, 
CO., Clare Tibbetts Faulkner and Matthew Faulkner of Long Beach, 
CA, and Laurie Craig of Des Moines. Paternal nieces and nephews 
along with families include Shaun Williams of Des Moines, Nicole 
and Ryan Mikluscak and children Lily and Maeve of Omaha, NE., 
Jonathan and Brittany Eaton of Denver along with sons Patrick 
and William, Annie and Brian Wagner along with daughter Margot 
Maeve of Ann Arbor, MI., Joseph Faulkner of Brooklyn, NY, and 
Emma Faulkner of Denver Colorado, Emily and Tim Heaston and 
family Clare, Cate and Teddie, along with Jack Craig, all of Des 
Moines. Also included are very much-loved step-mother, Kasey 
Auston-Tibbetts and her children Mallory and Scott along with 
grandchildren Zackeria Lovick and Pierce Carlson along with 
their extended family members. Most importantly, Mollie is 
survived by the love of her life, Dalton Jack and his family.

Mollie was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, 
Charles Calderwood; and paternal grandparents, Robert Tibbetts 
and Clare Meng Tibbetts.

Published in Des Moines Register from Aug. 24 to Aug. 29, 2018

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