Marian Christine (Cox) Mitchell (2004)

MITCHELL, COX, BLOHM, TUTTLE

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 1/5/2008 at 10:44:14

Earlham Library Obituary Collection
Earlham, Iowa
May 2004

Marian Christine Mitchell, 85, of Dubuque, died Monday, May 10, 2004, at Mercy Hospital in Dubuque.

Services were held Wednesday, May 12, at Kuhn Funeral Home in Dexter. Burial was in the Dexter Cemetery.

Marian Mitchell was born April 30, 1919, near Earlham, the daughter of Ira and Hannah Christine (Blohm) Cox. She graduated from Earlham High School, and worked as an operator for ATT in the Indianola area for a few years. She married Gerald Mitchell on Aug. 23, 1941, in Missouri just prior to Gerald enlisting in the U.S. Air Force. After World War II, Gerald returned from the service and he and Marian lived in Indianola, Ames and Des Moines before moving to Council Bluffs in 1961. While in Council Bluffs, Marian worked as a cook and a teacher's aide for the Council Bluffs Community Schools until her retirement.

She loved her garden and working with flowers and her yard. She enjoyed traveling with Gerald around the country and would attend all the school and athletic events of her son, Larry. She also loved spending time with her granddaughters.

She is survived by her son, Larry Mitchell of Dubuque; two granddaughters, Heidi and Heather Mitchell of Dubuque; and one sister, Ramona Tuttle of Elma.