Mary L. (Brown) STATE

STATE, BROWN, HANSON, ROUT, JOHNSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/7/2007 at 00:29:46

July 29, 2003

Mary L. State, 68, of Eldora, died on Monday, July 21, 2003, at the Grundy Center Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held on Friday, July 25, at the Dows Community Funeral Home, with Pastor Stan Watne officiating. Burial was in the Galt Cemetery.

Mary, the daughter of Jay and Bernice Hanson Brown, was born on March 21, 1935 in Eldora. She graduated from the Eldora High School in 1954. She was employed as a waitress around the country, then returned to Eldora in the 70's and was employed in the housekeeping department at the Eldora Hospital. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Marjorie; father-in-law, Don; and brother-in-law, Merle. She is survived by her husband, Darlyle of Eldora; mother-in-law, Estella State of Belmond; sisters-in-law, Arlyce (Bill) Rout of Kanawha and Avonne (Robert) Johnson of Mason City; and brother-in-law, Vernon (LaVonne) State of Dows.

©Belmond Independent 2003