Marlene Ann Shannahan Dawson

Marlene Ann Shannahan Dawson

Williamsburg

Marlene Ann Shannahan Dawson, 87, died Oct. 28, 2023, at the Highland Ridge Care Center in Williamsburg with her family by her side at the age of 87 years.

She is survived by her children, Terry of Cedar Rapids, Tammy (Bruce) Bonnicksen of Rochester, Minn., Tim (Leigh Ann Wolfe-Dawson) of Estes Park, Colo., Trisha (Dan) Gowin of Altoona; and Anna of Omaha, Neb.; grandson Jeff (Nicholle Chadwick-Dawson) of Parnell; granddaughters Brooke Gowin of Overland Park, Kan., and Paige Gowin of West Des Moines, Iowa; and grandson Thaddeus Bonnicksen of Rochester, Minn., along with her great-grandson Andy Kueter-Chadwick of Oxford. She also is survived by her brother Emmett Shannahan of Williamsburg, sister Barb (Lowell) Schroeder of Maquoketa, and brothers-in-law Bernard Dawson of Keota, Patrick (Geneva) Dawson of Moscow Mills, Mo., and Tom Dawson of Torrance, Calif., along with nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband in February 2020, parents, brothers Richard and Gary in infancy, sister-in-law Rita Shannahan, and brothers-in-law Gene Dawson and Leroy Dawson.

The funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Williamsburg. Burial will be at St. Michael’s Cemetery in Holbrook. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2, at Powell Funeral Home in Williamsburg where there will be a prayer service followed by a rosary at 4 p.m.

Memorials may be directed to the Safe Haven of Iowa County, South Amana. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.