DAUB, Sharon Louise (Nixt) 1944-2015

DAUB, SCOFIELD, NIXT, SPIEKER, PETERSON, KNECHT, EVANS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/15/2015 at 21:27:41

Sharon Daub

Birth: August 22, 1944
Death: February 12, 2015

Service: Monday, February 16, 2015 at 10:30 a.m.
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Roseville, Iowa

Sharon Daub, 70, of Mason City, Iowa, died Thursday, February 12, 2015, at the Muse Norris Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

A funeral Mass for Sharon Daub will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday at Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Roseville, Floyd county, Iowa. Monsignor Walter Brunkan will celebrate the Mass. Burial will be in Saint Mary's Cemetery at Roseville.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday and at the church an hour prior to the service.

Sharon Louise Daub was born August 22, 1944, at Charles City, the daughter of Paul and Mary Lou (Scofield) Nixt. She graduated from Greene High School in 1962. On September 6, 1962, she was united in marriage to John Daub, Sr. For several years she worked at The Candle Shop in Greene as a Candle Party Demonstrator and designer. She also worked for a time as a bookkeeper for Klipto Printing in Mason City.

She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Mason City. Her interests included drawing, coloring, hand sewing, flower and vegetable gardening, playing cards, playing Scrabble and enjoying nature while taking walks. Sharon also looked forward to taking day trips with her family.

She will be remembered for her large collection of elephants. Family was always important to Sharon and she looked forward to being with them, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Living family members include her husband, John Daub, Sr.; four children: Lois Spieker and fiancé, Jon Peterson of Mason City, Julia (Steven) Knecht of Charles City, John W. (Jené) Daub, Jr. of Traer and Christine (Thad) Evans of Joice; son-in-law, David Hinrichs of Mason City; 17 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three brothers, George (Susan) Nixt of Greene, Stephen (Geri) Nixt of St. Michaels, Minnesota, and Michael (Ruth) Nixt of Greene; one sister Terry Menken of Marble Rock; and many nieces, nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three children, Stephen and Anthony Daub and Laura Hinrichs; granddaughter, Stephania Daub; brother, James Nixt; three stillborn siblings.

Source: Hauser Funeral Home website