Denison, Mary Jean (Reeves) (1923 - 2020)

DENISON, REEVES, MORRISON, LUKE, PARSLEY, MOLIINA, PARMLEY, HOYT

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 12/15/2020 at 12:23:30

Name of deceased: Mary Jean Denison (nee Reeves)

Aged: 97 yrs, 5 mo, 23 days

Residence: Atlantic, Cass County, IA

Born: May 29, 1923; Anita, Cass County, IA

Died: Nov. 21, 2020; Salem Lutheran Nursing Home, Elk Horn, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Celebration of Life to be held at a later date

Survived by: Son, Roger (spouse, Donna) Denison; grandchildren, Kevin Denison and Kerri Denison (spouse, Rex Luke); great-grandchildren, Chrystal (spouse, Mark) Parsley, Spenser Denison, Tyler Molina and Josie Molina; great-great-grandchildren, Elsie, Emmie, Marlee Parsley and Adelae Denison; sister, Shirley Parmley; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Cleo and Eva (nee Morrison) Reeves; husband, Dale (deceased in 1999); sons, Donald, Ronald and Rodney; brother, Gail Reeves; sister, Ruth Hoyt

Education: Attended country school Grant #9, west of Anita, IA; graduated from the Anita (IA) High School, Class of 1940. After high school, she obtained her basic teaching degree.

Religious affiliation: Baptized in the Anita (IA) Methodist Church; most recently, she was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Atlantic, IA

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Dale Delbert Denison; Dec. 28, 1944; Anita Methodist Church, Anita, IA

Employment: She taught country school until she was married; she then began working at Cass County Memorial Hospital as a nurse’s aide for the next 40 years, working in the dietary department and in the gift shop.

Hobbies/Interests: Cooking; gardening; traveling; volunteering at the hospital; family events

Sources: hockenberryfamilycare.com