Weber, Mary

Mary Weber, 80, died Monday evening, Jan. 14, 2013, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at St. Luke's Catholic Church, Hopkinton, where friends may call after 9:30 a.m. Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello, is assisting the family.

Surviving are a son, Dan; a granddaughter, Beth (Troy) Wolfs, and two great-grandchildren, Tayler and Jordon, all of Tiffin; two sisters, Agnes (Gerald) Weber, Cedar Rapids, and Betty (Eugene) Krapfl, Earlville; a brother, Frank (Joyce) Naber, Dyersville; a sister-in-law, Luella (Duane Jr.) DeShaw, Hopkinton; and a brother-in-law, Delbert (Colleen) Weber, Monticello.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 60 years, Donald; three sisters, Mae Schaffer, Jeanette Boge and Jane McGrane; a brother, Henry Naber; and four half siblings.

Mary E. Naber was born April 6, 1932, in Dyersville, Iowa, the daughter of Clement and Ellanora (Kramer) Naber. Mary attended St. Francis of Xavier School in Dyersville. She later worked as a hired girl for the Mark Beckman and Joe Delay families. Donald J. Weber and Mary E. Naber were married on Sept. 12, 1951, at St Francis Basilica, Dyersville. The couple lived in Texas while Don was stationed at Fort Bliss. Mary worked as a grocery clerk there. The couple purchased their farm in Union Township, Delaware County, Iowa on Feb. 8, 1956. They farmed there until they retired on Sept. 8, 2009.

You could always find Mary on a tractor at harvest time hauling in corn. She and Don often hosted groups for the Harvestor Co. Mary loved to quilt, cross-stitch and embroider; she also enjoyed going to the timber to pick berries of any kind.

Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Luke's Catholic Church.

Published Jan. 17, 2013 in The Gazette