Mary Husmann

MARY HUSMANN

Monticello

Mary Husmann, 73, of Monticello, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Monticello, with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. T. Edwards Breed will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello.

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

Surviving are three children, Tami (Charlie Takes) and Pam (Brian McDonald), both of Monticello, and Alan (Angie) of Swansea, S.C.; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; a brother, Arnie (Mary) Allamand of Scotch Grove; and a sister, Roma Joslin of Palmer, Alaska.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 50 years, Merlin; and six siblings, Polly, Pamalea, Leny, Larry, Donna and Everett.

Mary Elizabeth Allamand was born Jan. 29, 1943, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was the daughter of Lawrence and Erma Joslin Allamand. Mary graduated from the Anamosa Community Schools in 1961. Mary Allamand married Merlin Husmann on Feb. 4, 1961, at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church.

Mary was known as the Cake Lady, making cakes for every occasion for over 50 years. She ran the bakery at Family Foods in Anamosa and Monticello. She also had worked as a police dispatcher at the Monticello Police Department. Since Merlin's death, Mary had been cooking at Whiskey River, helping her niece, Karen. Mary was very creative. She belonged to the Paint and Palette Club in Anamosa and did ceramics in Amber. She loved to grow flowers and garden as well.