BURKHEIMER, Marlys (PETTY)

PETTY, BURKHEIMER, WILLIS, TESDALL, HARRISON, SHEEHAN, BUCK

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/30/2016 at 11:44:10

Obituary ~ Marlys (Petty) Burkheimer
May 24, 1937 ~ June 30, 2012

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
July 3, 2012

PAYSON, Ariz. — Marlys Burkheimer, 75, of Payson, Ariz., formerly of Boone, Iowa, passed away at Villa Hospice, in Mesa, Ariz., due to respiratory complications on Saturday afternoon, June 30, 2012, with a son by her side.

She was born on May 24, 1937, in Boone, the daughter of Fred and Vivian (Willis) Petty.

Marlys was a 1955 graduate of Boone High School. She worked at the Iowa Physics Lab at Iowa State University in Ames. Marlys and her second husband, Ivan Burkheimer, owned and operated many businesses including the Fairview Motel in Marshalltown, Red Rooster Grill in Iowa Falls, and the Stein Inn Supper Club in Mason City, Iowa.

She was also a graduate of Hamilton Business College in Mason City, Iowa where she worked at Iowa Rewind.

Marlys moved to Tempe, Ariz., where she worked in the Admissions Office for athletics at Arizona State University before retiring temporarily to Boone, later moving to Payson, Arizona, where she lived for the past 12 years.

Marlys enjoyed watching the Arizona Cardinals with her son, and kept up on all Iowa college sports, as well as the Phoenix Suns from her home in Payson. She loved birds, her dog Oreo, as well as talking to her many friends on the phone. Her outgoing, lively, loquacious personality will be missed by many.

Her parents; sister, Barbara Jean Tesdall; and aunt, Betty Harrison, preceded her in death.

Survivors include her three sons: Joseph Sheehan of Sioux Falls, S.D., Kelly Sheehan of Tempe, Ariz., and Kerry Sheehan of Omaha, Neb.; a granddaughter, Erin Sheehan; a brother, Fred Petty of Auburn, Ala.; one niece; four nephews; a sister-in-law, Ruth Buck of Montgomery, Ala.; a brother-in-law, Eugene Tesdall of Story City; first husband Joseph Sheehan of Sun City, Ariz.; and her second husband Ivan Burkheimer of Mason City.

Following her wishes, the body has been cremated.

Graveside services and interment were held on Saturday morning, July 28, at 11 a.m. at the Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone, Iowa, with the Rev. Sara Duffel officiating.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.starkwelin.com.

Stark-Welin Funeral Directors in Boone is in charge of arrangements.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2016