Mary Irene Nation 1933 - 2019

NATION, GREER, FOSTER, VINOPAL

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 9/13/2019 at 20:21:16

Sioux City Journal
2 June 2019

Sioux City

Mary Irene Nation, 85, of Sioux City, passed away Friday, May 31, 2019, at Holy Spirit Retirement Home.

A Memorial Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 4, with a rosary at 9:50 a.m., at Holy Spirit Retirement Home Chapel. The Rev. Dennis Meinin will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Online condolences may be sent to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Mary was born Aug. 5, 1933, in Sioux City; she was the daughter of Clarence H. and Mary Irene (Greer) Foster. She was baptized Aug. 27, 1933, at Epiphany Cathedral in Sioux City. Mary grew up in Sioux City and graduated from Bishop Heelan Catholic High School in 1951. Mary graduated from Briar Cliff University in 1971 and earned her Master’s degree in psychology from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. Mary worked as a guidance counselor for District 66 Valley View Jr. High School in Omaha, and Bellevue College.

On Oct. 9, 1954, Mary married William J. Vinopal in Sioux City. To this union, three children were born. William passed away June 13, 1966. On June 30, 1979, Mary married Forest L. Nation in Omaha. Forest passed away Dec. 17, 2012.

Mary was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. She enjoyed playing bridge, mahjong, and golfing.

Survivors include her children, Kim Hickman and her husband, Philip of Sioux City, Craig Vinopal and his wife, Debra of Beresford, S.D., and Kelly Vinopal and her husband, Chris Hofer of Crofton, Md.; stepchildren, Jay Nation and his wife, Margaret of Valley View, Texas, and Leigh Thomas and her husband, Kevin of Oakland, Neb.; nine grandchildren, Jennifer Hickman of Sioux City, Melissa Gent and her husband, Stephen of Brookings, S.D., Mary Curnyn and her husband, Tom of Omaha, Abigail Schoonover and her husband, Nathan of Sioux City, Kurt Vinopal of Omaha, Laura Vinopal of Lincoln, Neb., Kate Hofer of Crofton, Md, Kaylee Holtz and her husband, Jeremy of Omaha; and Ashley Biskup and her husband, Chris of Fremont, Neb.; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents; stepmother, Jane E. (Barnett) Foster; husbands; and brothers, Harold and Frank.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Hospice of Siouxland and Holy Spirit Retirement Home.