Schell, Marianna D. 1920-2001

SCHELL, STOCKBERGER, DUNN, KLING, ELLIOTT, WHITTLESEY, CAVEY, DAEHLER

Posted By: Janice Young (email)
Date: 9/3/2003 at 23:48:55

Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, December 17, 2001.

Marianna D. Schell, 81, of 1300 W. 9th St. S. died Saturday, Dec 12, at University Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Memorial services will be Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church in Newton with Rev. Stephen Mathison-Bowie officiating. The body has been cremated. Burial will be at Newton Union Cemetery at a later date. Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton is handling arrangments.

The family will greet friends immediately following the service at the church. memorials will be accepted to the First Presbyterian Church or the Park Centre Good Samaritian Fund and may be left at the church the day of the service or at the funeral home.

The daughter of Forrest A. (Dick) and Hazel Stockberger Dunn, she was born July 22, 1920, in Newton. She graduated from Newton Senior High School in 1938 and attended Iowa State University. On June 25, 1974, she married Paul F. Schull in Newton. She worked as a home economist for the Maytag Company in the product evaluation department and as an interior decorator for Switzer Furniture Store in Newton.

Mrs. Schell was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Newton Country Club, the Jasper County Arts Council, charter member of the Thursday Club and past president of the Skiff Hospital Auxiliary. She was an artist, enjoyed listening to the "Big Band Era" music, enjoyed needle point and counted cross-stitch and played golf and bridge.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, David D. Kling of Overland Park, Kan. and Timothy G. Kling and fiance Candice Elliott of Kitty Hawk, N. C.; a son-in-law, Richard Whittlesey and wife Cathy of Bettendorf; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister and brother-in-law, Helen Jane and William J. Cavey of Appleton, Wash.; and close family friend, John C. Daehler of Newton.

She was preceded in death by her parents, twin sons in in fancy, a daughter and a daughter-in-law.