Mary Etten (1939-2021)

ETTEN, VAN GORP, CARL, SHOVER

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 3/22/2021 at 16:14:04

MARY ETTEN
Anamosa

Mary Etten, 82, died Saturday morning, March 20, 2021, at her home following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, at the Peace United Church of Christ in Monticello, with interment in the Amber Cemetery. Pastor Frank Shepard will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the
Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. You may access the live service by going to goettschonline.com, and then by clicking
the Watch Our Live Services on Facebook button which will direct you to our Facebook page. You may also sign the guestbook or leave a condolence at goettschonline.com. Mask's must be worn and fitted properly over the nose and mouth at all times to enter the funeral home or the church. Social distancing needs to be practiced as well.
Surviving are her three children, Carla (Bryce) Van Gorp, Reasoner, Rodney Etten, Onslow, and Brian Etten, Anamosa; son-in-law, Glen Null, Monticello; eight grandchildren, Cassie, Christina and Jacob Null, Heather Heister, Gregory, Warren, Paige and Jamie Etten; 10 great-grandchildren; one great-grandson on the way; a step-granddaughter, Kayla VanGorp; siblings, Roberta Burtling, Darla Watson, Marcia Fiser, Denise Petrick and Diane Korte; and a sister-in-law, Julie Vacek.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Galen, on Nov. 6, 2020; and a brother, Greg Carl.
Mary Alice Carl was born Dec. 3, 1940, at Iowa City, Iowa. She was the daughter of Melvin and Alice Shover, Carl. She graduated from the Springville High School in 1959. She worked at Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids for several years. Mary Carl and Galen Etten were married on July 2, 1960, in Lawton, Okla. The couple farmed the Ruel McComb farm in Castle Grove Township and later the Forbes Olberg farm near Amber. In 1977, they bought a farm near Maquoketa. They retired from farming 1981 due to the farm crisis and moved Amber. Mary worked as a home health aid in the area. She also raised flowers that she sold at the Anamosa Farmers Market and had a "You Pick Garden" at her home.
Mary was a member of the Peace United Church of Christ in Monticello. She had been the Youth Director at the church and taught Sunday school. She also belonged to the Paint and Pallet Club in Anamosa. Mary also volunteered at the Anamosa Care Center, where she helped residents make quilts.