Mary E. Lakas 1923 - 2005

LAKAS, TUTTLE, REDWING

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/26/2017 at 10:51:13

Sioux City Journal
13 September 2005

Mary E. Lakas, 82, of Sioux City died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2005, at Matney Colonial Manor in South Sioux City.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Indian Mission, with the Rev. F. David Titus officiating. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today, with a wake service at 7 p.m. at the Indian Mission. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.

Mrs. Lakas was born May 7, 1923, in Santee, Neb., the daughter of Jesse and Lucy (Tuttle) Redwing. She moved from Santee to Sioux City in the early 1940s. She married Larry Lakas on January 1971 in Sioux City. Larry preceded her in death in June 1989, in Sioux City.

She was a member of St. Paul's Indian Mission.

Survivors include a daughter, Dolly Gaymon of Bellevue, Neb.; three sons, Donald Rich of Ukiah, Calif., Anthony Flowers and John Flowers, both of Sioux City; 19 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, William "Sugar" Flowers; a sister, Goldie Wiley in February 2005; and several other brothers and sisters.

Pallbearers will be Walter John, Eddie John, Michael John, Lonnie John, Robert Peterson and Terry Wiley. Honorary pallbearers will be Waundi Flowers, Asa Flowers, Jesse Flowers, Louie Flowers, David Halstead, Danny Halstead, Robert Goulette and Ron Thomas.