Mari J. Molseed, 67, of West Union, Iowa died Friday, March 2, 2018 at her home in West Union.
Mari, the daughter of Harry and Delphine (Germann) Watembach, was born June 14, 1950 in Beach, North Dakota and lived in Wibaux, Montana and later moved to Ipswich, South Dakota.
She earned her B.A. from Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota; her Masters at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota, and her PhD from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa in August of 1990. Mari was a professor of Sociology and Criminology at Upper Iowa University in Fayette. She retired in 2015.
Mari loved to travel with her children and grandchildren. She played piano, guitar, bassoon and other instruments. After excelling in Piano Guild, she switched to playing guitar for her most appreciative audience – her son and daughter, John Halsey Molseed and Megan K. Molseed. She enjoyed listening to classical, folk, Appalachian Folk and Bluegrass music and could appreciate a good pop rock-and-roll song if it caught her in the right mood. “Paradise City” by Guns N Roses was known to up her pool game.
Mari is survived by two children, John his wife, Amy Garretson, of Waterloo, Iowa; and Megan, of West Union, Iowa; three grandchildren, Morganne Elizabeth Molseed, Marshall J. Opperman, and Mikah Grace Opperman; two sisters, Rita Gauer-Stubble of Brandon, South Dakota; and Karen Watembach of Sheridan, Wyoming; sister-in-law Rose Watembach; and numerous nephews and nieces.
Mari was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Delphine; one sister, Denise Watembach; and one brother, Jim Watembach.
Celebration of Life Gathering will be Friday, March 9, 2018 from 4-7 pm at Burnham-Wood-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, West Union, Iowa.
Burnham-Wood-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, West Union, Iowa is helping the family with the arrangements.
Mari, the daughter of Harry and Delphine (Germann) Watembach, was born June 14, 1950 in Beach, North Dakota and lived in Wibaux, Montana and later moved to Ipswich, South Dakota.
She earned her B.A. from Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota; her Masters at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota, and her PhD from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa in August of 1990. Mari was a professor of Sociology and Criminology at Upper Iowa University in Fayette. She retired in 2015.
Mari loved to travel with her children and grandchildren. She played piano, guitar, bassoon and other instruments. After excelling in Piano Guild, she switched to playing guitar for her most appreciative audience – her son and daughter, John Halsey Molseed and Megan K. Molseed. She enjoyed listening to classical, folk, Appalachian Folk and Bluegrass music and could appreciate a good pop rock-and-roll song if it caught her in the right mood. “Paradise City” by Guns N Roses was known to up her pool game.
Mari is survived by two children, John his wife, Amy Garretson, of Waterloo, Iowa; and Megan, of West Union, Iowa; three grandchildren, Morganne Elizabeth Molseed, Marshall J. Opperman, and Mikah Grace Opperman; two sisters, Rita Gauer-Stubble of Brandon, South Dakota; and Karen Watembach of Sheridan, Wyoming; sister-in-law Rose Watembach; and numerous nephews and nieces.
Mari was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Delphine; one sister, Denise Watembach; and one brother, Jim Watembach.
Celebration of Life Gathering will be Friday, March 9, 2018 from 4-7 pm at Burnham-Wood-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, West Union, Iowa.
Burnham-Wood-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, West Union, Iowa is helping the family with the arrangements.
Mari J. Molseed, 67, of West Union, Iowa died Friday, March 2, 2018 at her home in West Union.
Mari, the daughter of Harry and Delphine (Germann) Watembach, was born June 14, 1950 in Beach, North Dakota and lived in Wibaux, Montana and later moved to Ipswich, South Dakota.
She earned her B.A. from Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota; her Masters at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota, and her PhD from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa in August of 1990. Mari was a professor of Sociology and Criminology at Upper Iowa University in Fayette. She retired in 2015.
Mari loved to travel with her children and grandchildren. She played piano, guitar, bassoon and other instruments. After excelling in Piano Guild, she switched to playing guitar for her most appreciative audience – her son and daughter, John Halsey Molseed and Megan K. Molseed. She enjoyed listening to classical, folk, Appalachian Folk and Bluegrass music and could appreciate a good pop rock-and-roll song if it caught her in the right mood. “Paradise City” by Guns N Roses was known to up her pool game.
Mari is survived by two children, John his wife, Amy Garretson, of Waterloo, Iowa; and Megan, of West Union, Iowa; three grandchildren, Morganne Elizabeth Molseed, Marshall J. Opperman, and Mikah Grace Opperman; two sisters, Rita Gauer-Stubble of Brandon, South Dakota; and Karen Watembach of Sheridan, Wyoming; sister-in-law Rose Watembach; and numerous nephews and nieces.
Mari was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Delphine; one sister, Denise Watembach; and one brother, Jim Watembach.
Celebration of Life Gathering will be Friday, March 9, 2018 from 4-7 pm at Burnham-Wood-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, West Union, Iowa.
Burnham-Wood-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, West Union, Iowa is helping the family with the arrangements.
Mari, the daughter of Harry and Delphine (Germann) Watembach, was born June 14, 1950 in Beach, North Dakota and lived in Wibaux, Montana and later moved to Ipswich, South Dakota.
She earned her B.A. from Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota; her Masters at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota, and her PhD from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa in August of 1990. Mari was a professor of Sociology and Criminology at Upper Iowa University in Fayette. She retired in 2015.
Mari loved to travel with her children and grandchildren. She played piano, guitar, bassoon and other instruments. After excelling in Piano Guild, she switched to playing guitar for her most appreciative audience – her son and daughter, John Halsey Molseed and Megan K. Molseed. She enjoyed listening to classical, folk, Appalachian Folk and Bluegrass music and could appreciate a good pop rock-and-roll song if it caught her in the right mood. “Paradise City” by Guns N Roses was known to up her pool game.
Mari is survived by two children, John his wife, Amy Garretson, of Waterloo, Iowa; and Megan, of West Union, Iowa; three grandchildren, Morganne Elizabeth Molseed, Marshall J. Opperman, and Mikah Grace Opperman; two sisters, Rita Gauer-Stubble of Brandon, South Dakota; and Karen Watembach of Sheridan, Wyoming; sister-in-law Rose Watembach; and numerous nephews and nieces.
Mari was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Delphine; one sister, Denise Watembach; and one brother, Jim Watembach.
Celebration of Life Gathering will be Friday, March 9, 2018 from 4-7 pm at Burnham-Wood-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, West Union, Iowa.
Burnham-Wood-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, West Union, Iowa is helping the family with the arrangements.
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