NEIL, Mary E. (1912-2000)
NEIL
Posted By: Von Stachon (email)
Date: 2/27/2007 at 15:58:08
OBITUARY
Funeral services for Mary E. Neil, 87, of Reinbeck will be held Thursday, March 30, 2000, at Amity United Presbyterian Church, rural Reinbeck. The Rev. Keith Orr and the Rev. Mary Wilbur will officiate. Burial will be in the Grant Township (Amity) Cemetery, rural Reinbeck. The family will be present to greet friends from 5-7 pm, Wednesday evening at Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck.
She died of natural causes Monday, March 27, 2000 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, IA.
Mary Elizabeth Neil was born Dec. 25, 1912, in rural Gladbrook, the daughter of David A. Neil, Sr., and Edna (Bodle) Neil. She was one of eight children and grew up in the area of her birth and attended rural school at Grant Township #9. She graduated from Dinsdale High School in 1931 and later graduated from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls.
Mary taught school for 14 years in several Tama County rural schools before moving to Reinbeck in 1947, where she worked at the canning factory and at Pioneer Hybrid Seed Corn Company.
Later, Mary worked at the telephone company in Reinbeck until 1956, when the dial system was instituted. At that time Mary accepted employment as a secretary at the DeWolf-Goodman Law Office in Reinbeck. In 1961 she began working at the Goodman Law Office in Grundy Center, where she retired in 1979.
Mary was a lifelong member of Amity United Presbyterian Church, rural Reinbeck, where she was active as a Sunday School teacher.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Lucille Lamb and four brothers, Melvin, David Jr., Robert and Paul Neil.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Paul (Alleene) Webrand of Bradenton, Fla., and Mrs. Kenneth (Irma) Thede of Reinbeck, as well as several nieces and nephews
Memorials may be directed to Amity United Presbyterian Church.
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