Mavis Loraine (Hendrickson) Varland (1918-2016)

VARLAND, HENDRICKSON, DUBBURKE, TAYLOR, CARSTENS, NICKERBOKER

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 5/30/2016 at 10:30:30

Obituary From Adams Soderstrum Funeral Home, Story County, Iowa.

Mavis Loraine Varland was born February 9, 1918 to Herman O. and Minnie I. (Dubburke) Hendrickson in Hamilton County, Iowa. Mavis graduated from Radcliffe High School and attended Iowa State Teachers College (UNI) in Cedar Falls. She taught country school for 4 years.

Mavis and Richard Varland were married May 20, 1939 in Kohoka, Mo. They lived in Iowa Falls for 8 years and moved to Ames in 1959. Mavis worked in the purchasing department at Iowa State University for 25 years, retiring in 1985. She was a member at First United Methodist Church in Ames.

Mavis passed away at 98 years of age on May 5, 2016.

Mavis is survived by her daughter, Jane (Charles) Taylor of Iowa Falls; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three great great-grandchildren; her siblings, Eugene "Bud" Hendrickson of Radcliffe and Iris Anderson of Arkansas; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Richard, on May 25, 1977; her sisters, Leone Carstens and Vivian Nickerbocker; and her brother, Kent Hendrickson.

Graveside Service
MAY 11. 10:00 AM
Radcliffe Cemetery
752 Isabella Street
Radcliffe, IA, US, 50230

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