GRUNDY CENTER — Oletha

Mary Hawn, 81, died on Thursday, Jan. 13 at the Cedar Falls Western Home of natural causes.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 17 at the United Methodist Church, Grundy Center.

Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery, Grundy Center.

Survivors include a son, Jerry Ball, Waterloo; a daughter, Jolene Ball, Waterloo; three stepsons, Philip Hawn and Luveme Hawn, Grundy Center and Douglas Hawn, Easley, SC; one grandson; five step-grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Dale leirick and John Meirick, both of Alta Vista; and two sisters, Katherine Recker, Alta Vista and Berneda Sherwood, Corpus Christie, TX.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Burgess Hawn, in 1994; a daughter, Joyce; two brothers, Bernard and Lyle Meirick; and a sister, Marcella Jacobsen.

A memorial fund will be established.

Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home, Grundy Center, was in charge of the arrangements.

Source: New Hampton Tribune Jan. 28, 2000 from the Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee, Transcribed by ABBYY FineReader® 12, Adapted to the web by Bill Waters