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MAST, Elaine E. Driver (Thies) 1919-2012

MAST, THIES, KAY, DRIVER, LEVINE, JONES, CARSKADON, BOHLEN, CHRISTIANSEN, CONNELL

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 3/11/2014 at 23:21:37

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Wednesday, November 14, 2012]

Elaine Driver Mast was born June 14, 1919. She was the fifth child of seven, born to William and Minnie (Kay) Thies of Shelby. The family business was a large farm with the entire family pitching in to make it a success. She spent a lot of time at the hospital during her teens, caring for her beloved grandmother, leaving Elaine with the desire to become a nurse. She graduated from Jennie Edmundson Hospital School of Nursing in Council Bluffs. After graduation she accepted a position at Allen Hospital in Waterloo to begin the Allen Hospital School of Nursing.

She married Dr. Richard Warren Driver on June 10, 1943, who died in 1974. After his death, she married Frederick William Mast on Feb. 14, 1976, who died June 4, 2009.

In her life she was active with Women’s Medical Auxiliary, American Red Cross, UNICEF, her church affiliations and PEO Chapter IX. Her favorite activities included her adult study groups, reading nonfiction and traveling the world. She set high principles and standards for herself, her family and everyone she encountered.

Survived by four children, Craig (Carol) of Waterloo, Fred of Buffalo, N.Y., Cheryl Levine of Dallas and Warren (Randa) of Scottsdale, Ariz.; as well as five stepchildren, Bob (Marilyn Lamont) Mast of Tacoma, Wash., Janet (Jim) Jones of Sequim, Wash., Sue (Bill) Carskadon of Onalaska, Wis., Linda (Bill) Bohlen of Evansville, Ind., and Terri (Charlie) Connell of Prairie du Chien, Wis.; eight Driver grandchildren, Scott (Ariel), Jeff (Gyobanna), Steve, Todd and McLain Driver and Ellen (Kevin) Allen, Charlotte Elaine (Josh) Backens and Kerry Levine; nine Mast grandchildren, Eric (Mary), Andy and Chris (Joanne Ringen) Jones, Wendy (Andy) Peak, Ted (Karen Stettler) and Mike (Jennie Hill) Wilson, Sarah and Will (Christy) Bohlen and Valerie Connell (Seth Johnson); and 19 great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by two husbands, Richard Driver and Fred Mast; four brothers, Sherman, Willard, Craig and Bill Thies; and two sisters, Eldean Thies and Marion Christiansen.

Visitation will be Thursday 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. with a Vigil Service at 6 p.m. at Locke Funeral Home led by St. Edward Catholic Church. Funeral services with be at the First Congregational Church of Christ at 1:30 p.m. on Friday with burial afterward in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the Northeast Iowa Food Bank.

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Obit doesn't mention date of death. Locke Funeral Home has:
Elaine E. Driver Mast
Nov 10, 2012

Services: Friday November 16, 2012 at 1:30 PM at First Congregational United Church of Christ
Visitation: 3:30 to 6:30 PM, Thursday at Locke Funeral Home with a 6:00 Vigil Service led by St. Edward Catholic Church.


 

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