Devine, Mary (Peffer) 1895-1977

DEVINE, PEFFER

Posted By: Rachel (Scherf) Levine (email)
Date: 12/4/2011 at 13:38:58

[Mrs. Frank] Mary Devine
Killed, Struck By Tractor

Mrs. Mary Devine, of Fairmont, 82-year-old longtime former Algona resident, was killed about 2:30 p.m. Monday in a tractor-pedestrian accident while crossing highway 15 from her home in Friendship Village to the Fair mall shopping center.

According to the Fairmont Police report, Mrs. Devine was walking in the crosswalk at the intersection of State and Tilden streets when struck by the tractor driven by Donald Mosloski who told the investigating officers that he did not see Mrs. Devine until just before the fatal accident. Mrs. Devine was dead on arrival at the Fairmont Community Hospital.

Funeral service for Mrs. Devine will be at 10 a.m. today (Thursday) in the Chapel of the Olson Funeral Home at Fairmont with the Rev. David Shisler of the Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery at Algona.

Pallbearers are Robert Lowe, Robert Millette, Ralph Gundersen, Lynn Feddersen, Frank Malafarina and Arden Hoffmann.

Visitation at the funeral home is from noon Wednesday until time of the service.

Mary Peffer, daughter of Albert and Louise Viernebaumer Peffer, was born on a farm in Kossuth County on April 4, 1895. She attended rural schools and was married to Frank Devine at Algona on Jan. 25, 1912. They farmed near St. Joe and owned the general store in Irvington before moving to Algona in 1928. Mr. Devine died in 1949 and she continued to live in Algona until moving to Fairmont in 1975 to be near her daughters.

She is survived by three daughters and five sons; Irene, Mrs. Walter Schreiber and Ardeen, Mrs. Robert Lowe, both of Fairmont; Louise Devine, Spencer; William Devine, Moville, Ia.; Clarence, Hamburg; Raymond of Mobile, Ala.; Duane, New Hampton and David of Pleasanton, Calif. There are 23 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.

Two brothers and six sisters also survive; Albert Peffer, Humboldt; U.B. Peffer, Algona; Mrs. Elizabeth Leeck and Mrs. Suzanne Beisch, both of Algona; Mrs. Louise Dvorak, Fremont, Neb.; Catherine Peffer, Cobb Island, Md.; Ann Peffer, Livermore and Lena Peffer, Humboldt.

Mrs. Devine was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Robert who died in August of this year and her parents.
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