MONSON, Mary M. (1913-2002)

MONSON, THIELENGERDES, EHLERS, SCHNEIDER, PRICE, BUFFINGTON, BRUNS, BAKER, WALCH, LARSON

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 3/1/2019 at 13:10:52

Mary M. Monson
1913-2002

March 19, 2002

Mary M. Monson, 88, of Woden died Saturday, March 16, 2002, at the Good Samaritan Center, Forest City.

Services for Mrs. Monson were held Tuesday, March 19, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Woden with the Rev. Arlen Lloyd officiating. Music was provided by organist, Emogene Kurtzleben who accompanied soloist, Margie Markusen and congregational hymns. Ushers were John Kurtzleben and Dennis Smith.

Casket bearers were Andrew Buffington, Eric Bruns, Dave Schneider, Joseph Baker, Don Krull and Larry Burma. Interment was in the Bingham Township Cemetery near Woden. The Cataldo Funeral Home in Woden was in charge of the arrangements.

Mary Martha Monson, the daughter of George and Wilhelmine (Thielengerdes) Ehlers, was born July 31, 1913, on a farm south of Woden. She attended Madole rural school west of Woden until 1919, when she moved with her family to Hettinger, North Dakota. She continued her education at a country school near Hettinger. In 1934, Mary returned to Iowa and lived with her maternal grandmother on a farm east of Woden.

In March of 1939, she was married to Jack Monson at Blue Earth, Minnesota. The couple made their home in Woden where she was a homemaker. She then worked at the Woden-Crystal Lake School, both as a custodian and later as a teacher's aide until 1984 when she retired. In 1999, she moved to Prairie View Apartments in Garner.

Mrs. Monson enjoyed baking, spending time in her garden, crocheting, visiting with friends and spending time with her family. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and St. John's Lutheran Women.

She is survived by her three children, John Monson and his wife, Karen of Forest City and their three daughters, Kristi Monson of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kelly Schneider and her husband, Dave of Forest City and their two sons, Jake and Isaac, Kim Price of Forest City and her two sons, Mitchell and Jack, Janice Buffington and her husband, Forrest of Minneapolis and their two children, Ellen Bruns and her husband, Eric of Britt and their two daughters, Elizabeth and Ahnalise and Andrew Buffington and his wife, Kelia of Forest City and their two daughters, Madeline and Isabel and Jean Baker and her husband, Bill of Kasson, Minnesota and their three children, Ann Baker of Kasson, Susan Baker of Rochester, Minnesota and Joseph Baker of Kasson; a sister, Ann Walch of Cerritos, California; and many nieces; nephews; other family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack; her parents; three brothers, John, George and Fred Ehlers; and two sisters, Elsie Ehlers and Martha Larson.

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