Mary Ann (BUCHELE) JENSEN WHITESELL

BUCHELE, JENSEN, WHITESELL, LIONBERGER, COCCARELLI, GIGSTAD, BRATRUD, KOSTERMAN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/29/2011 at 11:28:46

Obituary - Mary Ann (Buchele) Jensen Whitesell

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
October of 1999

MESA, Ariz. -- Mary Ann WHITSELL, formerly of Mason City, died Friday (Oct. 8, 1999) at her home.

Mary Ann WHITESELL was born March 31, 1930, at Mason City, the daughter of Roy and Cordula BUECHELE of Grafton. After graduating from Grafton High School, she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., from 1949 to 1950, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., in 1951, and graduated in elementary education from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, in 1952.

Mary Ann married Vernon JENSEN on July 13, 1952, who preceded her in death on September 11, 1961.

Mary Ann married Hugh WHITESELL on Sept. 28, 1974, in Mason City, and moved to Mesa, Ariz., in 1976.

She is survived by her husband, Hugh, of Mesa, Ariz.; daughters Mary Jane LIONBERGER and Jennifer COCCARELLI, both of Phoenix, Ariz.; a son, Joe JENSEN, of West Des Moines; step-daughters, Sheryl GIGSTAD, of Washburn, Wis., and Susan BRATRUD of Mesa, Ariz.; step-son, John WHITESELL, of Marshalltown; grandchildren, Michelle and Renee JENSEN, Heather and Caleb LIONBERGER; step-granchildren, Shad, Daniel and Jill WHITESELL, Erick GIGSTAD, Kristin (GIGSTAD) KOSTERMAN; Rebekah, Lara and Kathtryn BRATRUD; and step-great-grandchildren, Alysa and Christopher WHITESELL.

She was an active member of P.E.O. for 35 years and a member of Naomi Circle at Victory Lutheran Church in Mesa, Ariz.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, 1999, at Victory Lutheran Church in Mesa, Ariz. Interment will be in the Garden Columbarium at the Christ Lutheran Church, Sedona, Ariz.

Memorials may be given to the LHS Home and Community Care Hospice, 1325 N. FIesta Blvd, Suite One, Gilbert, Ariz. 85233.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2011