Mary Brandstatter

MARY BRANDSTATTER

Coralville

Mary Belle Brandstatter died peacefully Thursday, April 10, 2014, at Mercy Hospital Hospice Center in Iowa City. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday, April 13, at First Christian Church in Coralville. There will be a time of visitation from 1 p.m. Sunday until time of service at the church. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Coralville.

Memorial donations can be made in MaryBelle's memory to the Coralville Community Fund, P.O. Box 5127, Coralville, IA 52241.

Online condolences may be sent for her family through the Web at www.gayandciha.com.

Mary Belle was born Sept. 25, 1923, in Iowa City, to Leslie Green and wife Alma (Swanson) Green, both of Lone Tree. Belle was raised in Muscatine with her siblings, John, James, Marie (Hallowell), Rose (Rummery) and Vera (Garvin). After graduating from Muscatine High School in 1940, she became a licensed beautician. During World War II she worked in a USO canteen in San Diego as the soldiers and sailors were deployed. After World War II she returned to Iowa City, where she was a beautician at Blackstone Salon for many years.

She married J. Erwin "Brandy" Brandstatter on June 16, 1946, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They made their home in Coralville and were the parents of two boys, Rex (Michele) of Coralville and Rox (Pam) of Cedar Rapids.

Belle and Brandy were the founders and longtime owners of Brandy's Vacuum Sales and Service in Coralville from 1969 until retiring in 1982.

She was a lifetime member of First Christian Church in Muscatine and Iowa City.

She is survived by her sons, Rex and Rox, and their wives; grandson, Joe (Katie); granddaughter, Molly; and two great-grandsons, Kaleb and Karson.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and siblings, John, James and Marie Hallowell.

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City is caring for Belle's family and her services.