Macksey, Marian E. 1919-2008

MACKSEY, DEVILDER, DELOOF, FOTY, ANDES, KOCHUYT

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 3/17/2013 at 19:34:17

The Brooklyn (IA) Chronicle; Nov. 26, 2008

MARIAN E. MACKSEY, 89

Marian E. Macksey, 89, of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday night, Nov. 18, 2008, at the Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 10:30 a.m., in the St. Mary's Catholic Church, Oskaloosa, with the Reverend Thomas Spiegel officiating. Burial was in the St. Mary's Cemetery at Oskaloosa. Memorials may be made to St. Mary's Church.

Marian was born Aug. 24, 1919, at Brooklyn, the daughter of Ernest C. and Augusta DeVilder DeLoof. She worked at the old Continental Ovderall Factory in Oskaloosa.

On June 4, 1946, she was united in marriage to Cecil R. Macksey at Brooklyn, and Cecil died March 14, 2008. They lived in Oskaloosa all of their married life, and Marian operated 'Plants and Things' from her resdience for many years, and also through flea markets. She enjoyed tending her gardens. Marian was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Her family includes two sons, James (and Carol) Macksey of Newton, and Patrick Macksey of Chicago, Ill.; a daughter, and her husband, Mary and John Foty of Maple Grove, Minn.; six grandchildren: Rebekah (and Daniel) Rexius, Rachel, Hannah, and Isaac Foty, and Sarah and Paula Macksey; a sister, Margaret Burns of Brooklyn; and a brother and his wife, August and Esther DeLoof of Louisville, Ky.

Besides her husband, Marian was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Michael Macksey; and two sisters, Leona Andes and Dorothy Kochuyt.