Mary Lou Kaiser

Mary Lou Kaiser

Manchester

Mary Lou Kaiser, 85, of Manchester, formerly of Earlville, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester with her family present. Visitation for Mary Lou will be held, 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at St. John Catholic Church in Delhi, Vigil service begins at 3:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 6, 2022, with visitation 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at St. John Catholic Church, Delhi with the Rev. John Kremer officiating. Burial will take place at 1:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Earlville, Iowa. Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Manchester is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Lou was born on Dec. 22, 1936, in Delhi, Iowa, the daughter of Paul and Rose (Bergfeld) Connolly. Mary Lou married Kenneth Kaiser on Jan. 4, 1955, St. John Catholic Church; five daughters were born into this union. Mary Lou was a lifelong member of the St. John Catholic Church and belonged to Rosary and Altar Guild. She enjoyed working in her garden and flower beds, watching the birds and loved to feed them. Mary Lou was an expert baker and always had a pot of coffee going, loved spending time with friends and family (especially when new babies came along) and loved spending time with her daughters and sisters.

Mary Lou is survived by her daughters, Cindy (Dennis) Orr of Coggon, Iowa, Sandy (David) Knaeble of East Dubuque, Ill., Becky (Chuck) Melchert of Hopkinton, Iowa, Linda (Chris) Jay of Delhi and Penny (Ron) Swartz of Indianola, Iowa; 22 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; three sisters-in-law, Marie Neuhaus, Bonnie Jean Anderson and Lois Kaiser; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Rose Connolly; husband, Kenneth Kaiser; great-granddaughter, Savvy; and sisters, Marie Aldrich, Millie Enabnit, Jane Funke, Pauline Schultz and Josephine Gibbs.

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