DeNeve, Mary Elizabeth 'Maribeth'

Mary Elizabeth “Maribeth” DeNeve, 69, of Victor, died Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010, at Marengo Memorial Hospital.

Mass of the Resurrection will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Bridget's Catholic Church in Victor with the Rev. Brian Shepley, pastor of the church, officiating. Interment will be at the Calvary Cemetery in Victor. Friends may call at the Smith Funeral Home in Victor beginning at noon Tuesday and the family will be present at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. A rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home and a Scripture service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

A memorial fund in her name will be established.

Maribeth was born Sept. 4, 1941, in Ottumwa, Iowa, to Francis and Mary Rowland Crow. She was raised in Victor and graduated from St. John's Catholic School. She also received a business degree from AIB in Des Moines. Following her education she worked as a bookkeeper for the Cedar Rapids Pump and Sully Company.

On March 3, 1962, she was married to Richard DeNeve at St. Bridget's Catholic Church in Victor. The couple operated a grain and livestock farm in the Victor area. Besides being a homemaker she also was Director of Religious Education at St. Bridget's Catholic Church and cooked at the Quarter Post Restaurant near Victor.

Maribeth was a longtime member of St. Bridget's Catholic Church and she enjoyed maintaining her home and yard, collecting hats, shopping at Von Maur and spending time with her family.

She is survived by her husband, Richard DeNeve of Victor; one daughter, Chris DeNeve of Victor; three sons, David (Crystal) DeNeve of Grinnell, Rick (Kelly) DeNeve of Cedar Rapids, and Lynn (Jennifer) DeNeve of Victor; 10 grandchildren; and three brothers, Joe Crow and Thomas (Denise) Crow, both of Victor, and Steve (Brenda) Crow of Brooklyn.

She was preceded in death by her parents.