Marian Marie Edwards, 20 Jul 1929 – 10 Nov 2012

EDWARDS, BOWERSOX, POTTER, KAHLER, FEILDS, BROWN, KLOUBECK, WHITING, NOVOTNY, TURECHEK, BYS

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 11/16/2012 at 14:05:47

Marian Edwards, 83

Funeral services for Marian M. Edwards, 83, Williamsburg, formerly a longtime resident of the Oxford area, were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Oxford United Methodist Church.
She died at her home Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012.

Burial was in the Oxford Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established.

Gay and Ciha Funeral and Cremation Services, Oxford, was in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.gayandciha.com.

Marian Marie Edwards was born July 20, 1929, at Shueyville, the daughter of James Richard and Theo (Potter) Bowersox. She attended school in Shueyville and graduated from high school there in 1948.

She married Merlyn R. Edwards April 3, 1949, at the Shueyville Brethren Church. The couple moved to the Oxford area in 1950, where they farmed. She also worked at the Merchants National Bank, Cedar Rapids; Nickerson Farms, Colony Village, Colony Haus and the Ox Yoke Inn, all at Little Amana.

She was a member of the Oxford United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, was a 50-year member of the Order of Eastern Star and since moving to Williamsburg, had attended St. Paul’s United Methodist Church.

Edwards is survived by three sons, Tim and Barb Edwards and Terry Edwards, all Cedar Rapids, and Ted and Heidy Edwards, Amana; six grandchildren, Michael Edwards, Matt Kahler, Nick Edwards, Sandra Edwards, Laura Edwards and Emily Edwards; five great-grandchildren, Jacob Feilds, Claire Edwards, Braden Brown, Mason Brown and Kayleigh Brown, and two sisters, Ruth Kloubeck, West Chicago, Ill., and Helen Whiting, Waunakee, Wis.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, one son, Thomas; two brothers, Howard and Robert, and four sisters, Lois Novotny, Grace Novotny, Irene Turechek and Lucille Bys.

The Williamsburg Journal Tribune, Iowa County Obituaries – 15 Nov 2012, p12
The Gazette, 12 Nov 2012, 10a