MATHIS, Edna (1920-2001)

MATHIS, OLSEN, VIKEN, TRAVIS, CAMPBELL, FISHER

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 3/11/2016 at 12:14:24

Edna Mathis, 1920-2001

April 4, 2001

Former Garner resident, L. Edna Mathis, of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, died on Thursday, March 29, 2001, at her home. She was 80.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday, April 3, at the United Methodist Church in Mount Pleasant. Services will also be held 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, April 5, at the Cataldo Funeral Home in Garner. The Rev. Kermit Roisen of the Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake will officiate.

Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Burial will be in the family plot in the Concord Township Cemetery, Garner. The Cataldo Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Edna Mathis, the daughter of Eilef S. and Nettie (Olsen) Viken, was born on October 24, 1920 at Garner. She attended school at Garner where she graduated from high school in 1937. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in textiles.

In 1942, she was married to Dr. Paul Mathis at the United Presbyterian Church, Garner. The couple made their home in South Dakota where her husband taught economics at McCook College and later at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.

Mrs. Mathis owned and operated a department store in Vermillion for many years. In 1962, they moved to Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, where Paul taught at Central Michigan University and was chairman of the Economics Department.

Mrs. Mathis was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Mount Pleasant. She was active in her sorority, Chi Omega, which she helped establish at CMU, and in many civic and university groups.

Survivors include four children, Karen M. Travis of Cocoa, Florida, William J. Mathis III of Anandale, Virginia, John E. Mathis of Ormond Beach, Florida and William J. Mathis of Vincent, Iowa; and seven grandchildren, Nell Travis Campbell, Robert Travis, Veronika Edna Travis, Amy Mathis, Paul C. Mathis IV, Nicholas Mathis and Carson Fisher.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul on July 28, 1986; and her parents.

©The Garner Leader & Signal 2001