Marie Mary SLAUSON

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• Census: 1930, Living with parents in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa
• Census: 1940, Living with parents in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa
• Census: 1950, Living with husband in North Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa

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Marker says Marie/ Sacred Heart book says Marie. Ancestry has her born in Hopkinton.

Marie Stevens, 99, of Oelwein passed away Sunday March 13, 2022 at Oelwein Health Care Center. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00 PM on Sunday March 20, 2022 at the Geilenfeld-Buehner Funeral Home in Oelwein with a Rosary Service beginning at 3:30 PM. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 AM on Monday March 21, 2022 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oelwein with Fr. Ray Atwood officiating. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery at Oelwein. A memorial fund has been established.

Mary Marie Stevens was born in Sand Springs, Iowa on June 27, 1922 to parents Roy and Marion (Egan) Slauson. She attended country schools in the Sand Springs area. On November 27, 1943 Marie was united in marriage with Louis Stevens at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sand Springs.

Marie and Louis farmed together at Delhi, Worthington and then for fifteen years at Dyersville. In 1963, they moved to a farm west of Oelwein until they retired. During these years, they were blessed with three daughters. Marie was a loving wife and mother who provided love, guidance, delicious home cooked meals and a witty sense of humor.

Marie enjoyed gardening, fishing, cooking, mushroom hunting, dancing and travelling. She loved to host family gatherings to enjoy all her daughters and their families with good food and laughter.

Marie and Louis moved to Cleveland, MN where they lived on Jefferson Lake for fifteen years, returning to Oelwein in 1987. Many happy memories were made with their grandchildren boating, skiing, fishing, snowmobiling and holiday gatherings. They enjoyed wintering in Florida for twenty years, entertaining family and friends.

Marie was a member of Sacred Heart Rosary Society, Mercy Hospital Auxiliary and Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court St. Rita in Oelwein.

Left to celebrate Marie's life are her children: Kay (Harold) Gieselman of Oelwein, Karen Gilson of Oelwein and Connie (Daryl) Kaltenbach of Oelwein; her nine grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren; her many nieces and nephews; her sisters-in-law: Mary Slauson of Seattle, WA, Mary Nebel of Dyersville and Grace Stevens of Dyersville.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Louis; her eight siblings; and her son-in-law Gary Gilson.

Posted on Find A Grave created by: Harold & Bonita Meier

Marie married Louis Peter STEVENS on 27 Nov 1943 in Sand Springs, Delaware Co., Iowa. Louis was born on 25 Feb 1923 in Hopkintown, Delaware Co., Iowa; died on 28 Nov 2006 in Manchester, Delaware Co., Iowa; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Kay Marie STEVENS
2. Karen Joyce STEVENS

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• Census: 1900, Living with parents in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa
• Census: 1910, Living with parents in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa
• Census: 1920, Living in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa
• Census: 1930, Living in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa
• Census: 1940, Living in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa
• Census: 1950, Living in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa

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THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS
Monticello, Iowa
Thursday, Oct. 1, 1959

OBITUARIES

ROY A. SLAUSON

HOPKINTON--Roy A. Slauson, 72, a retired farmer of the Sand Springs area who has made his hoe in Hopkinton for seven years, died Sunday morning at 6 a.m. in the Monticello hospital, following a long illness. He had been hospitalized two days.
Funeral services were held at St. Luke's Ctholic Church, Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. Rev. Leo O'Connell officiated. Burial was in Sacred Heart cemetery at Monticello.
Born on a farm east of Sand Springs, Jan. 12, 1887, he was a son of pioneer settlers Douglas and Alice Cummings Slauson. He attended Lenox college in Hopkinton and the Cedar Rapids business college, and was employed by a Cedar Rapids implement dealer for three years.
He married Marion Egan of Monticello, April 30, 1912 and made their home on the parental Slauson farm for 40 years, retiring to Hopkinton, in 1952. They were the parents of nine children.
A son, Harry, a naval veteran was killed in an automobile accident in 1945, while home on leave.
Surviving are his wife, three sons, Louis, Hopkinton; Duane, Greeley; and Donald, Cedar Rapids; five daughters, Velma, Mrs. John White, Worthington; May, Mrs. Joe Gudenkauf and Grace, Mrs. Louis Gudenkauf, both of Hopkinton; Marie, Mrs. Louis Stevens, Dyersville; Joyce, Mrs. Russell Tenley, Olin; and 36 grandchildren. Also thee brother, Vernon Slauson, Texas; Claude and Ed Slauson, both of Williamsburg VA.; and one sister, Mrs. Irene Gilliam of Texas.
He was a member of St. Luke's Catholic Church and Holy Name society.


Given by: Joe Chester

Roy married Marion EGAN on 30 Apr 1912 in Monticello, Iowa. Marion was born on 01 Oct 1894 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; died on 22 Jul 1984 in Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa; was buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Thomas Egan and Mary McCullough
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa
• Census: 1950, Living with husband in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa