Marian Lucille (Studebaker) LEE KUPER

STUDEBAKER, KUPER, BRAY, LEE, LAMOREUX, REASONER, STILLE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/7/2011 at 11:30:39

February 23, 1920 -- March 31, 2011

Marian L. Kuper, 91, Belmond, died March 31, 2011 at Wright Medical Center in Clarion. Mass of Christian Burial was held April 5 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Belmond. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Marian Lucille, the daughter of Ira J. and Mary Bray Studebaker, was born February 23, 1920 on a farm south of Belmond. She grew up in Belmond and graduated from Belmond High School in 1938. She taught in country schools for seven and a half years. Marian worked at Decker and Sons in Mason City and General Mills in Belmond. She was a devoted nurse’s aide at the Belmond Community Hospital for 30 years before retiring.

Marian married Paul D. “Tex” Lee in October 1942. He died in 1966. Marian married Harold E. Kuper in 1983. He died in 1992. A loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Marian always made family time special. Her door was always open and she always had baked goods to offer anyone who stopped by. She is remembered for her love of family and friends, coffee time, and bingo. She served many years as a polling site official in Belmond. Marian was also a devoted, life-long member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. She was active in the Catholic Daughters and in preparing meals for funerals and various other activities at the church. She resided at Belle Haven Assisted Living for the last year and a half, enjoying friends and the staff.

She was preceded in death by her husbands; sons Robert and Richard Lee; daughter-in-law Bonnie Lee; three sisters; and two brothers. Marian is survived by her children Dixie (Larry) Lamoreux of Mason City, Diane Reasoner of Decatur, IL, Mary Lee of Cedar Rapids, Jim (Sue) Lee of Prior Lake, MN, and Ginger (Mark) Stille of Goodell; daughter-in-law Pat Lee of Mason City; thirteen grandchildren; many great grandchildren; and sister Virginia Studebaker of Belmond.

Belmond Independent - Belmond, Iowa
April 5, 2011