Marian Villhauer

MARIAN VILLHAUER

Iowa City

Marian (Maisie) Villhauer, 87, passed on to eternal life on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, with her family by her bedside at the Oaknoll Health Care Center. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Iowa City, with Father John Spiegel officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Lensing's Oak Hill, 210 Holiday Rd., Coralville, where a rosary will be recited at 3:30 p...m. and a parish vigil service will begin at 7 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Alzheimer's Association.

Maisie was born Dec. 17, 1926, the daughter of Albert and Lucy (Kaplan) Stockman. She grew up in Oxford, Iowa, and graduated from St. Mary's High School in Iowa City. On June 4, 1947, she married David Villhauer.

Maisie worked at various jobs, including Sheller-Globe, Killian's Beauty Salon and First National Bank.

In addition to spending time with her family, Maisie enjoyed bowling and playing cards. Most of all, she loved to laugh and to hear a good joke.

Survivors include her eight children, Steve (Niki) Villhauer of Iowa City, Dale (Jean) Villhauer of Tomah, Wis., Shirley (John) Bothell of West Liberty, Marsha Anderson of Iowa City, Karen Michalec of Cedar Rapids, Keith (Kim) Villhauer of North Liberty, Jan (Bill) Robertson of West Branch and Julie (John) Strabala of Riverside; a brother, John (Florence) Stockman of Iowa City; 19 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Maisie was preceded in death by her husband, David; parents; six brothers; and four sisters.

The family would like to offer their sincere appreciation to those who cared for Maisie during her years with Alzheimer's, Highland Ridge in Williamsburg and Oaknoll Health Care Center in Iowa City.

Online condolences may be left for the family at

www.lensingfuneral.com.