Schlawin, M. Nadene (1930-2017)
SCHLAWIN, HOCUM, DOCKSTADER, KIENHOLZ, HELGESON
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 7/14/2017 at 14:20:07
M. Nadene Schlawin
May 15, 1930 - June 16, 2017Mardgy Nadene (Hocum) Schlawin peacefully passed away with her family at her side on Friday, June 16, 2017, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City following a short journey with cancer.
Born on May 15, 1930, in the family farmhouse near David, Iowa (Mitchell County), to Mahlon A. and Anna M. (Dockstader) Hocum, she joined her brother Milford K. Hocum. In 1933, the family moved to Forest City, and Nadene graduated from Forest City High School in 1948. While in high school, she worked in Mangan’s Pharmacy and after graduating as an assistant in the office of Dr. E.W. Alder.
On April 18, 1952, Nadene married Virgil R. Schlawin at her brother’s home in Forest City. Because Virgil was serving in the U.S. Air Force, they had to move several times. When he was deployed to Okinawa, she returned to her parents’ home in Forest City. After his discharge, the young family lived in southeastern South Dakota for several years before moving back to Forest City in late 1959.
In 1966, they acquired a Montgomery Ward sales agency, which Nadene solely managed until Virgil joined her in the business in approximately 1972. They owned this business on Forest City’s main street until the company ceased catalog sales operations in 1985. One year later, they became the managers of Forest City Granite Works. When Virgil passed away in 1994, Nadene continued in the business, working there for over thirty-one years until just a few weeks before her death. For many years, Nadene, also, sold Home Interiors products.
As a young person, Nadene accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior while participating in youth activities at the American Baptist (Calvary Baptist) Church. As an adult, she remained active through the years, teaching Sunday School, singing in choirs, leading AWANA and other youth groups, serving as custodian, and participating in the Mission Circle and the XYZ group.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother and sister-in-law, and her husband. She is survived by her sons: Craig (Carolyn) Schlawin, of Kingston, Minnesota, and Kent (Shelly) Schlawin, of Johnston, Iowa; five grandchildren: Lyn (Jeff) Kienholz, of Waconia, Minnesota, Chad (Gina) Schlawin, of Minnetrista, Minnesota, and Cody (Jess) Schlawin, of Otsego, Minnesota, and Blake (Katie) and Blaine Schlawin, of Johnston, Iowa; nine great-grandchildren; and a cousin, Phyllis Helgeson, of Rose Creek, Minnesota.; as well as by many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be at the Cataldo Schott Funeral Home in Forest City from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 22, 2017, at the Calvary Baptist Church in Forest City with Rev. Doug Farrell officiating. Pallbearers will be her sons and grandsons. Interment will follow in Madison Township Cemetery, Forest City.
Nadene will be remembered by her family and friends in many ways -- as a loving and dedicated daughter, sister, cousin, friend, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, homemaker, employee, and long-time Forest City business woman. Above all, however, she remained a faithful follower of Jesus Christ.
Memorials may be given in Nadene’s memory to Hospice of North Iowa and the Calvary Baptist Church, Forest City.
Cataldo Schott Funeral Home, Forest City, Iowa, 2017.
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