Marie Christina (Marz) Burgy, 08 Aug 1921 - 02 Jun 2022

BUGY, MARZ, MILLER, FLOYD, HOPPE, MCDONALD, HESS, WEDIC

Posted By: Sarah Witte (email)
Date: 6/9/2022 at 15:19:52

Marie C. Burgy, age 100, of Amana, passed away Thursday, June 2, 2022 at her home. Memorial Service: 1:00 P.M. Thursday, June 9, 2022 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Conroy, with Rev. Gary Sears officiating. Burial will be in the Marengo Cemetery, Marengo. There will be no visitation. A memorial fund has been established. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo is assisting the family with arrangements.

Marie is survived by her three sons Larry Burgy, of Marengo, Dave (Barb) Burgy, of South Amana and Jeff Burgy, of Amana; three grandchildren, Matthew Burgy, of Marengo, Kyle Burgy, of Milwaukee, WI, and Kirsten (Aaron) Floyd, of Jackson, MO; one great-grandchild Laikyn Floyd; and two sisters, Ramona Hoppe, of Homestead and Anita McDonald, of Bettendorf.

She was preceded in death by her parents Fritz and Ella Marz and two sisters, Norma Hess and Dorothy Wedic.

Marie Christina Marz was born August 8, 1921, in Homestead, the daughter of Fritz and Ella (Miller) Marz. She received her education in the Amana Community Schools. She was united in marriage to Irvin Jacob Burgy at the Little Brown Church, in Nashua, on August 25, 1939. Irvin and Marie farmed near South Amana for many years. Marie also worked as a waitress at the Ox Yoke for 20 years. Following their retirement from farming, the couple made their home in Amana.

Marie was a very unselfish person. She enjoyed traveling all over the U.S., fishing in Canada and golfing at the Marengo Golf Club. Marie especially enjoyed the Supper Club, with the company of the Danskin’s, Steffen’s and Burgy’s and playing cards. She loved planting flowers, gardening vegetables and canning.

Published in The Gazette on June 6, 2022 and in The Hometown Current on June 8, 2022.