Mary Katherine (Walter) Patience (2018)

EITZEN, GREENLEES, JAMES, LEIBFORT, MUNSTERMAN, NANCARROW, PATIENCE, WALTER, WHITE

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:04:34

Ochiltree Funeral Service
Winterset, Iowa

Mary Katherine Walter, daughter of Frederich and Delia (Leibfort) Walter, was born July 10, 1920 at the family farm near Shenandoah, Iowa. She passed away Saturday morning, June 23, 2018 at the West Bridge Care Center in Winterset, Iowa. Funeral services will be held, 10:00 a.m., Saturday June 30, 2018 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Dexter, Iowa. Friends may call from 2:00 – 7:00 p.m., Friday, June 29, 2018 at Ochiltree Funeral Services in Winterset, Iowa where the family will receive friends from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church in Dexter, Iowa or St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northboro, Iowa. Online condolences may be left at ochiltree.com.

She attended the Summit School near the farm and later obtained her GED in 1967. Mary was united in marriage with Herbert Patience on October 31, 1943 at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Northboro, Iowa. Three children were born to this union.

Mary was primarily a mother and farm wife, but also worked outside the home as a health aide. She helped on the farm for over 49 years. Mary was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Dexter and taught Sunday school for many years. She was a member of the Ladies Aide, a Blue Birds and 4-H leader, and a volunteer at the Madison County Extension Office. She was also a lifetime Member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post 8142. Mary enjoyed refinishing furniture, chair caning, quilting and sewing clothes. Above all else, she was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who cherished the time she was able to spend with her family and friends.

Mary is survived by her children, Gary (Monica) Patience of Des Moines, Beverly (Danny) White of Waukee, Joyce (Douglas) James of Prescott; eight grandchildren, Denise Greenlees, Holly Nancarrow, Ryan Patience, Stephen Patience, Lewayne White, Joyanna Munsterman, Todd James, and Travis James; 21 great grandchildren; brother, Glen (Marilyn) Patience; sister-in-law, Berneita Patience; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Herbert Patience in 1992; sister, Alvene (Walter) Eitzen; and brother, Robert Walter.

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