CISNE, Neva (MARKEN)

CISNE, MARKEN, HANNAH, DOSTER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/10/2016 at 14:44:32

Obituary ~ Neva (Marken) Cisne
November 16, 1901 ~ May 31, 1995

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
June 02, 1995

Mrs. Elmer W. (Neva N.) Cisne, 93, of 302 Second St. N.E., Mason City, died Wednesday (May 31, 1995) at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., with the Rev. Paul Boostrom of First Christian Church officiating. There will be no public visitation.

Following cremation, interment will be in Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge.

Neva (nee) Marken Cisne was born Nov. 16, 1901, in Ortonville, Minn., to Daniel Marken and Elizabeth (Hannah) Marken. On March 23, 1921, she was married to Elmer W. Cisne in the Church of Christ, Mason City, by her brother, the Rev. DeLoss I. Marken. She was a member of the First Christian Church. For many years, she was a secretary/bookkeeper and later a partner of Bracken Insurance Agency, Mason City.

She is survived by a sister-in-law, Helen Marken of Atlanta, Ga.; a niece, June Marken Doster, Atlanta, Ga.; a nephew, Robert Marken of Milner, Ga.; and several grandnieces and grandnephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Elmer, who died July 3, 1984; a sister, Edith Marken; and two brothers, the Rev. Roy Marken and the Rev. DeLoss I. Marken.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2016