STATTELMAN, Mary Katherine 1933-2015
STATTELMAN, MERFELD, STAUDT
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/9/2015 at 18:48:32
CLEAR LAKE, IOWA - Mary Katherine Stattelman, 81, of 4 S. 18th St., Clear Lake, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015, from the result of a car accident.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 1001 Ninth Ave. S., Clear Lake, with the Rev. John Gossman officiating.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and one hour preceding the service. A scriptural wake service will be at 7 p.m. Friday. Inurnment will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery at a later date.
Memorials may be directed to Newman Catholic Schools, Saint Patrick’s Parish and Posada (www.posadapueblo.org) Pueblo, Colorado.
Mary was born November 29, 1933, in Stacyville, Iowa, (located only four miles from the Minnesota line and on the Little Cedar River,) the daughter of Carl Edward and Christine Margaret (Merfeld) Staudt. Mary attended school at Visitation School for all 12 years graduating in 1951. School and church played a big part in the family growing up. While at school, there were many recitals, school plays and Catholic youth activities. Outside of school, 4-H, ice-skating at the river, biking and tennis and other events at the river were enjoyed. She spent a summer in Gadsden, Alabama, working with a visiting nurse at Holy Name of Jesus Hospital. Leo was in Alabama in a different part of the state at the same time before they met.
Mary graduated in 1955 with a B.S. in Home Economics in Education from Iowa State University. Mary participated in many choral groups during the four years and was named to Sigma Alpha Iota. She was the Director of Kossuth County Extension. Mary met Leo at the West Bend Grotto Ice Skating Rink.
Mary and Leo were married November 28, 1959, at the Visitation Church in Stacyville, Iowa. They spent their first years volunteering with Father Michael Caswell at a Catholic Mission School near Montgomery, Alabama. In 1961 they moved to Clear Lake, Iowa, where Leo taught at Clear Lake High School. They were happy to be between the two family homes of West Bend and Stacyville. They were both involved with St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, the schools and the community.
Over the years Mary was a 4-H Leader, a member of the local folk dancing group, provided music and recreation programs for many groups including the local nursing home, Home Economics Graduates Club of North Iowa, Faculty Wives, skating at the Marion Park Ice Rink, Clear Lake Arts Council, neighborhood coffees, daily Mass group, Director of Music at Saint Patrick’s Parish, a member of Una Vocis, a volunteer for many nonprofits including Meals on Wheels.
Mary loved to bicycle and enjoyed sunsets over Clear Lake sharing a glass of wine with her friend Peg Clausen. Mom and Dad’s home at Clear Lake was filled with friends, family and song. Bees, homemade wine and mead, beautiful beeswax candles and Mom’s art were all important parts of the family home.
Mary is survived by children, Anne, Pueblo, Colorado; Michel (Jennifer), Duluth, Minnesota; John (Ann Shirley), Duluth, Minnesota; David, East Lansing, Michigan, and Elizabeth (Daniel) Stattelman-Scanlan) Madison, Wisconsin; grandchildren Katie, Marty and Nick Mascarenas, Emma Stattelman, Mary Rose, Annaliese and Kathleen Stattelman, and Brigit, Annabel, Leo, George Stattelman-Scanlan, and siblings, Sister Mary Arnold Staudt, OSF Dubuque, Iowa, and James Staudt, Dallas, Texas.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, husband Leo and grandson, Peter.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, IA 50428; 641-357-2193. ColonialChapels.com
Source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 9 JAN 2015
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