Marion Bernice (Gunderson) Hickman (1921-2016)

GUNDERSON, HICKMAN, WASTUN, BAER

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 10/3/2016 at 07:33:14

From Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care obituary, Ames, Story County, Iowa:

Marion Bernice Gunderson Hickman died on September 3, 2016, at the Israel Hospice House in Ames, IA. Her cremains will be interred with those of her husband in the Iowa Veteran's Cemetery at Van Meter, IA. She died at age 94 of complications from dementia.

She was born on November 29, 1921, in Cottonwood, MN to Thomas Arnold Gunderson and Bertha Olivia Wastun. She graduated from Cottonwood High School in 1939 and completed one year at Winona State College. She moved to Pasadena, CA in 1942 to work for North American Aircraft during World War II building B-25 bombers. She married Robert Dan Hickman on May 3, 1946 in Pasadena, CA, and they enjoyed 61 years of marriage.

Marion worked for the Long Beach, CA, School District in the cafeteria at Monroe Elementary and DeMille Junior High School, for Sears Roebuck in Long Beach, CA in customer service, and helped found and operate West Coast Homes with her husband in Rocklin, CA. She and Robert retired in 1979 and moved to Yuma AZ and then to Colo IA in 1984. While they lived in Colo Marion greatly enjoyed volunteering at the Colo Library. In 1995 Bob and Marion moved to Ames until 1998, when they moved to Mission, TX. Marion moved back to Ames after her husband died, and lived at Stone Haven Apartments for 3 years and then at Bethany Life communities for 5 years.

She was preceded in death by Robert Hickman in 2007, her brother Thomas Gunderson in 2008 and her brother Robert Gunderson in 2016. She will be lovingly remembered by her daughter and son-in-law, Peggy and Roger Baer of Broomfield, CO, her granddaughter Eldree Elizabeth Baer of Des Moines IA, her grandson Eric Anson Baer and wife Laura and two great-grandsons Tucker Joshua Baer and Cole Robert Baer of Boulder, CO.

Marion's family thanks the many caregivers, at both the Assisted Living and Christy Place communities of Bethany Life, for their excellent care of Marion.

Memorials may be directed to the Colo Public Library in Colo, IA or the Bethany Manor Foundation's "Employee Appreciation Fund", at Bethany Life Communities, 212 Lafayette Ave., Story City IA 50248.

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