Buckingham, Mavis Marie Schmitt (1939-2012)

BUCKINGHAM, SCHMITT, LALLY, ABBOTT, FREEMAN, FEENEY, HINZ, BENNETT, WILLIAMS, SCHMIDT

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 3/18/2020 at 09:46:52

Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa, October 11, 2012/Linns Funeral Home website

Mavis M. Buckingham, 73 of Iowa Falls, passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Mavis donated her body to the University of Iowa. Memorial services for Mavis Buckingham will be 2:30 Sunday, October 14, 2012 at the Linn's Funeral Chapel, 1521 Washington Avenue, Iowa Falls, Iowa with visitation following the service. The Linn's Funeral Home is in charge and assisting the Buckingham family.

Mavis Marie Schmitt was born on July 25, 1939 to Madonna [Lally] Schmitt and Albert Schmitt in Chicago, Illinois. She attended school in Boone, Iowa where she graduated with the class of 1946. On November 1, 1965 she was united in marriage to Millard Buckingham in Chicago, Illinois. Mavis was a homemaker.

Mavis is survived by her husband, Millard Buckingham of Iowa Falls, Iowa; her children: Alex 'Scott' Abbott of Boone, Iowa, Teri [John] Freeman of Boxholm, Iowa, Julie [Jim] Feeney of Iowa Falls, William 'Bill' Abbott of Boone, Madonna 'Gidget' [Chris] Hinz of Iowa Falls, Jennifer [John] Bennett of Parker, Colorado; eight grandchildren: Tanya, Jebediah, Rebecca, Nate, Matt, Alex, Callie, and Faith; seven great grandchildren: Tacie, David, Jessica, Madison, Kaiden, Keali, Jaxson; and one sister: Rose Williams of Ogden, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her parents: Albert and Madonna Schmitt; and her brother: Albert Schmitt; and former husband: Alex Abbott.

[her brother Albert is on IaGenWeb but listed as Schmidt not Schmitt]