Marie Kinnick
KINNICK, MARCHANT, WHITE, SHEER, SPLITER, BENNETT, MONROE, GARDNER, MALONE, WOODS, LEE
Posted By: Bill Smith (email)
Date: 12/23/2002 at 21:30:01
Marie Kinnick, 80, Funeral services held.
[Coon Rapids Enterprise, 27 Dec 2001]
Services for Marie Kinnick were Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Bayard.
Reverend Charles Thompson officiated the services. Interment will be held at a later date in the Highland Township Cemetery in Bayard.
Honorary Casketbearers were Marie's grandchildren: Greg White, Chris White, J.J. Sheer, Nick Kinnick, Dustin Kinnick, Gordan Kinnick and Heather Spliter.
Marie Kinnick
Eva Marie, daughter of Aaron and Zola Bennett Marchant, was born March 31, 1921, at home in Greene County. She attended Bayard grade school and after her father became ill, worked at various jobs as a housemaid for the elderly.
On November 5, 1947, Marie was united in marriage with Lyle Aldreth Kinnick at Corydon. Marie and Lyle raised four children which included Lyle's son and three children born to this union. Marie and Lyle first made their home at Taopi, Minnesota. They then moved back to Guthrie County and lived on the Goat Ranch. In 1967 they moved into their home in Bayard.
Marie was a member of the United Methodist Church in Bayard, the Rebekah Lodge and American Legion Auxillary. She enjoyed doing yardwork, quilting and reading.
Marie had battled cancer for three years and on Friday, December 21, 2001, she passed away at University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. She was 80 years, 8 months and 20 days of age.
Besides her parents, Marie was preceded in death by two brothers, Lindsay Marchant and Rex Marchant, and two sisters Jenith Marchant and Zelda Monroe.
Marie is survived by her husband Lyle Kinnick of Bayard; three children Robert Aaron Kinnick of Scranton; Allen Edward Kinnick of Bayard; Diana and her husband John Sheer of Bayard; a stepson Ray Alden Kinnick and his wife Ruth Ann of Bakersfield, CA; seven grandchildren Greg White, Chris White, J.J. Sheer, Nick Kinnick, Dustin Kinnick, Gordan Kinnick and Heather Spliter; three great-grandchildren Madelyn Sue Kinnick, Cody Gardner and Chado Malone; four sisters Belle Marchant of Des Moines; Cleta Marchant of Adel; Betty and her husband John Woods of Taopi, MN; Thelma and her husband Eugene Lee of Seward, NE; a brother Melvin Marchant of North Platte, NE; a sister-in-law Mildred Marchant of Panora; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
[Transribed by Bill Smith, smithwil@emporia.edu , appreciate hearing from anyone connected with Marie or any Kinnick.]
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