IDLER, Mary Eleanor (Cagley) 1922-2010

CAGLEY, IDLER, MILLER

Posted By: Merikay Mestad
Date: 2/11/2010 at 16:18:06

Mary E. Idler

Visitation:
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Hauser Funeral Home
1205 South Main St.
Charles City, Iowa

Service:
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church
200 South Main St.
Charles City, Iowa

Mary E. Idler, 87, of Mt. Vernon, Indiana, and formerly of Ionia, Iowa, died on February 8, 2010, at the Mt. Vernon Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Mt. Vernon.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church, with Pastor David Werges officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City.

Mary Eleanor Cagley was born March 27, 1922, in Deerfield Township, the daughter of Earl S. and Bertha (Miller) Cagley. She attended Chickasaw County rural schools. In 1947, she was united in marriage to Melvin Idler in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Mary and Melvin owned and operated Idler Brothers’ farm drainage company. She was a member of the Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Historical Society and Moose Lodge. Her interests included bingo, cooking, baking and spending time with her grandchildren.

Living family members include her son, David (Alicia) Idler of Mt. Vernon, Ind.; four grandchildren, Amanda (David) Mastinson, Jacob (Lindsay) Idler, Steven (Karrin) Connors and Diane (Douglas) Jackson; six great grandchildren; and son-in-law, Steven Connors of Minneapolis, Minn.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Delores Connors; one sister and one brother.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church Scholarship Fund, 200 S. Main St. Charles City, IA 50616.

Hauser Funeral Home obituary, 2/11/2010