Mary Fern (Moore) Carper (2018)

CARPER, DEAVER, MOORE, NELSON, PAINTER, SCHUTZ, SHEARER

Posted By: Shirley Keating
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:04:40

Powers Funeral Home
Laurens, Iowa
May 2018

Mary F. Carper
February 8, 1942 - May 10, 2018

Mary F. Carper - age 76, of Laurens, passed away on Thursday, May 10, 2018, at her home in Laurens, Iowa.

Mary Fern Moore was born February 8, 1942, in Atlantic, Iowa. She was the daughter of Thadius Andrew and Anna Fern (Schutz) Moore. In Mary's younger years, she worked as a waitress in Panora and then started working as a CNA and Rehab Therapist in the Panora Nursing Home up until she retired. After retirement, Mary moved to Laurens with her daughter and bought a manufactured home and put it on her daughter and son-in-law's land. In Mary's free time, she loved gardening, baking, crafts, watching birds, butterflies and planting flowers. She especially enjoyed spending time with her cat, Pyewackett. Mary was married to Cecil Carper for 25 years and the couple divorced, but still remained friends.

Survivors include her children, Kenneth Carper of The Colony, TX, Lisa Painter of Laurens; grandson, Mitchell Carper of The Colony, TX; sisters, Anne Deaver and Rose Nelson and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thadius Andrew and Anna Fern; step-father, Emery Shearer; four older brothers, Andy, Jim, Kenny and Carol Moore; ex-husband, Cecil Carper and friends.

GRAVESIDE SERVICES
Sunday June 3, 2018 , 11:30 AM at Moon Cemetery- Macksburg, IA

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