Mary Ellen Landis Neal (2006)
NEAL, LANDIS, DART, STAPLETON
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 12/5/2006 at 09:07:02
Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
November 22, 2006MARY ELLEN NEAL, Des Moines
Mary Ellen (Landis) Neal, 80, of Des Moines died Nov. 16, 2006, of cancer at Kavanagh House on 56th, in care of Hospice of Central Iowa.
Advocate, activist and mentor — Mary Ellen’s myriad interests and volunteer community involvement included the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Iowa Commission for the Blind, Home Connection, tutoring, and First Unitarian Church. Mary Ellen considered her service to Hospice of Central Iowa — spanning two decades — to be her most meaningful volunteer experience.
Mary Ellen is survived by her husband, Bill; a son, Steve, of Dallas, Texas; a daughter, Nancy Landis Neal, of Pompano Beach, Fla.; granddaughters Christina Dart of Omaha, Neb., and Nicole Stepleton of Ames; and great-grandson Aiden J. Dart of Omaha, Neb.
Donations in her honor are to be given to Hospice of Central Iowa or First Unitarian Church.
Caldwell Raddatz Funeral Home & Crematory,
Urbandale
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