Wade, Mary Ada (Marshall) (1939 - 2023)

WADE, FURST, MARSHALL, LALLY, FLACK, HAMMER, GUTTAU, DOMANN, ANDERSEN, KING, PRIESTIY, MCDOWLL, PAUSTIAN, SALINAS, STUVILLE, GREGG, NEILL

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 6/15/2024 at 17:17:13

Name of deceased: Mary Ada (Marshall) Wade

Aged: 84 yrs, 4 mo, 11 days

Residence: Blue Hills Nursing Home, Independence, Jackson County, MO. (formerly of Harlan, IA)

Born: Aug. 16,1939; Mondamin, Harrison County, IA

Died: Dec. 27, 2023; Blue Hills Nursing Home, Independence, Jackson County, MO.

Funeral services: Burial in the Noyes Cemetery in Mondamin, IA.

Survived by: Children, Debbie (spouse, John) Furst of Independence, MO, Daniel (spouse, Gayle) Wade of Overland Park, KS, Douglas (spouse, Donna) Wade of Overland Park, KS, DeeDee (spouse, Terry) Lally of Denison, IA and Deanna (spouse, Jason) Flack of Paola, KS; siblings, Norma Jean Hammer (spouse, Larry Guttau) of Mondamin, IA and Richard (spouse, Syd) Marshall of Modale, IA; grandchildren, Kristie Wade, Denny Wade, Crystal Domann, Michael Andersen, Brandy King, Dan Priestiy, Kim McDowell, Jessica Paustian, Kristina Salinas, P.J. Stuville, Anthony Wade, Jessi Gregg, and Autumn Gregg; 17 great-grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Henry Carl and Florence (nee Neill) Marshall; husband, Leonard; brothers, Harold Marshall and Howard Marshall; son, Dennis Wade; brother-in-law, Larry Hammer; sister-in-law, Lois Marshall; sister-in-law, Pat Marshall; mother- and father-in-law, Wesley and Irene Wade

Education: Attended schools in Mondamin and Modale, IA, and graduated from Modale High School with the Class of 1957

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Leonard Wade; Aug. 18, 1957; Modale Methodist Church, Modale, IA

Employment: Her first job after graduation was as a secretary to the principal at the school. After the Modale School burned in 1957, her job was to sort through all the burned records to salvage as much as possible. After her marriage, she raised her 6 children as Leonard farmed, and walked beans every summer for 20 years. After the family moved into Harlan in 1979, she began working full time as a waitress at Ember’s in Avoca for 40 years.

Hobbies/Interests: Card games, collecting cardinal figurines, Creighton basketball, Chief’s football, and country music, particularly Mel McDaniel. Loved shopping for her house and yard; she loved Harlequin books, Hallmark movies, motorcycle rides with her sons, and spending quality time with her kids and grandkids; she traveled with her kids over the years including to Maine, California, Tennessee, New Mexico, Oregon, and Ireland, as well as a cruise to the Bahamas.

Sources: harlanonline.com; westerniowatoday.com