Marian C. Holland 1914 - 2003

ODONNELL, BEECHER, HOLLAND

Posted By: Marguerite (email)
Date: 5/28/2003 at 12:45:25

Marian C. Holland, 89, of Bickford Cottage, Iowa City, died Monday, May 26, 2003 at Mercy Iowa City following a lengthy illness.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday, May 29, 2003 at 10:00 am at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Iowa City, with Reverend James Vrba officiating.
Friends may call Wednesday from 4-7pm at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, Iowa City where the Catholic Daughters of America will recite a rosary at 5:30PM. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Iowa City. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Mercy Hospital Foundation.

A luncheon in the church hall will follow committal services.

Mrs. Holland was born April 21, 1914 in Cosgrove,Iowa, the daughter of William and Catherine O’Donnell Beecher. She graduated from Cosgrove High School and married William “Newt” Holland at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Cosgrove on November 9, 1937.

Marian managed and cooked at the coffee shop at the University of Iowa Psychiatric Hospital for 19 years and then for six years, at Oakdale Cafeteria. She later worked as a baker at the Iowa City Senior Center before retiring in 1984. She was a lifelong Johnson County resident, a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, the Altar and Rosary Society and Catholic Daughters of America.

Survivors include her daughter, Marilyn Maher & her husband Dave of Salt Lake City, Utah and their children Mark, Mike and Anne; her son, James Holland of Chicago and his children Kevin, David and Dan; two great-grandsons, David & Matthew.

Marian was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and a brother, Paul.

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