Marion Kanak Settelmayer

KANAK, SETTELMAYER, MARESH, HOUSTON, JOHNSON, FURMINGER, MONK, MASTERS

Posted By: Tara (email)
Date: 5/27/2010 at 13:24:31

Marion Kanak Settelmayer, 100, of Iowa City, died Thursday, May 27, 2010, at Crestview Care Center in West Branch, IA. Funeral Services will be held at 10am on Saturday, May 29, 2010 at Lensing Funeral Home, 605 Kirkwood Avenue in Iowa City. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Friday from 3 – 7 pm.

Marion was born August 1, 1909, in Iowa City, the daughter of Joseph and Jennie Maresh Kanak. She married John C. Settelmayer August 12, 1936. He died August 15, 1999. Her only child, Gail Settelmayer Houston, died May 6, 2003. Mrs. Settelmayer was a graduate of the University of Iowa and of the University of Illinois. She worked briefly as a librarian. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and Phi Mu sorority. She was a gifted seamstress and talented hostess. She loved flower arranging and was past president of the Atlanta, GA, Garden Club. She enjoyed crafts , bridge, and traveling. She was an avid fan of the Chicago Cubs, attending many spring training games, and of Hawkeye sports, holding season tickets for many years to Iowa Women’s Basketball.

Survivors include her grandchildren Scott (Kathy) Houston, Stephen (Shawna) Houston, and Stacy (Wesley) Houston Johnson; by great grandchildren Madison, Tyler, Alec, Cheyenne, Stephen, Mason, and Bailey Houston and Hunter, Andrew, and Blake Johnson; by her brothers Bob (Dee) Kanak of Iowa City and Art (Fran) Kanak of St. Charles, MO, by her sister Alice Kanak Houston of Leesburg, FL, and by numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, John Settelmayer, daughter Gail Houston, Sisters Gladys Furminger, Evelyn Monk, and Lois Masters, and a brother Joe Kanak.

The family extends their appreciation to the staff at Crestview Care Center for all the tender care they provided to Marion.