Mary Ann (CARTER) MARSTON BEEHNER

CARTER, MARSTON, BEEHNER, PHINNEY, DANIELS, RICHARDS, ORBAKER, PARK, MULDER, KEMMERER, SAVOY, FRERICHS, GUNDERSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/17/2011 at 15:26:11

Obituary - Mary Ann (Carter) Marston Beehner

Mary Ann BEEHNER, 85, of Clear Lake, Iowa died Tuesday Oct. 28, 2008 at the Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake, Iowa.

Memorial services will be Saturday 10:30a.m. Nov. 1, 2008 at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, Iowa with Mark DOEBEL officiating. Inurnment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa. Visitation will be one hour before the service.. Family suggests memorials to the Mary Ann BEEHNER Memorial fund.

Mary was born August 28, 1923 in Williston, North Dakota the daughter of Maurice and Maude (PHINNEY) CARTER. She graduated from Williston High School.

She married William (Bud) MARSTON in 1942. He died in 1943 during WW II. She worked in the shipyards in Oregon as a welder during the war. In 1945 she married William R. BEEHNER at Tillimoke, Oregon. They moved to Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959.

Mary worked at Jensen Foods and the Iowa State Liquor Store in Clear Lake.

She enjoyed golfing, fishing, camping, crafts and playing cards. She was a life member of the Clear Lake V.F.W. Auxiliary.

Mary is survived by her two children: Terri DANIELS and her husband Ron, Clear Lake, Iowa and Douglas MARSTON and his wife Sandy, Deer River, Minnesota; five grandchildren, Stephanie RICHARDS and her husband Greg, Karen ORBAKER and her husband Tab, Noreen PARK and her husband Jeff, Nichole MULDER and her husband Larry and Douglas MARSTON and his wife Faith; four step-grandchildren Sue KEMMERER and her husband Kurt, Shelly SAVOY and her husband Henry, Shawn FRERICHS and her husband Scott and Tim DANIELS and his wife Danette; eleven great-grandchildren; 8 step-great-grandchildren; two step-great-great grandchildren; one sister Betty GUNDERSON, Stanley, North Dakota and one brother Dale CARTER and his wife Louise, Stanley, North Dakota.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, three sisters and three brothers.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, Iowa. 641-357-2193. www.colonialchapels.com.

SOURCE: www.funeralplan.com/colonialchapels/obits?id=147451

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2011

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