Holzworth, Mary M.

Mary M. Holzworth, 87, of Olin, died Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. A memorial service will be 3:30 p.m. Monday at Wyoming United Methodist Church in Wyoming, Iowa. Friends may call on Monday from 2 p.m. until the service time at the church. The family has honored her wishes and her body has been cremated. Lahey Funeral & Cremation Service in Olin is in charge of arrangements.

Mary was born Sept. 13, 1922, at home, half way between Monmouth and Baldwin, Iowa, to Harry and Angeline (Edwards) Johnson. On June 23, 1964, she married Richard O. Holzworth. She loved people

and enjoyed working in retail until her retirement when she opened her own “End of the Lane” gift shop in Shellsburg. She was a member of the White Lily Chapter of Order of Eastern Star. Mary spent her later years working crossword puzzles, enjoying her grandchildren, visiting with her kind neighbors, and sitting on her wraparound porch.

Survivors include two sons, Benjamin (Judy) Prusia of Raleigh, N.C., and Edward (Phyllis) Prusia of Lee's Summit, Mo.; a sister, Evelyn Hansen, and a brother, Howard (Norma) Johnson, both of Maquoketa; 14 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews and families.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Angeline Johnson; two husbands, Floyd B. Prusia and Richard O. Holzworth; a daughter, Mary Jayne Ross; seven sisters, Ruby Duemong, Helen Shady, Harriet Ehlers, Lillian Campbell, Mildred Hansen, Martha Stender and Sally Carstensen; two brothers, Eli Johnson and her twin Harry Johnson Jr.; and one grandson, LaVerne Prusia.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests offerings be made to the Wyoming United Methodist Church of Wyoming.

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