McGrath, Mary Madalyn Dunn

Mary Madalyn Dunn McGrath, 89, of 3505 English Glen Ave., Marion, died peacefully of natural causes surrounded by her family on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Funeral mass: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion. The Rev. John Gossman, the Rev. Bernard Grady and the Rev. Tim Seigel will officiate. Burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home and after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church. A rosary will be recited at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Survivors include her son, Michael (Rhonda) of Ankeny; a daughter, Sandra (Irvin “Andy”) Anderson of Marion; and two stepsons, Michael McGrath of Dallas, Texas, and Richard McGrath of Phoenix, Ariz.

She is also survived by three grandchildren, Kathy (Jeff) Akers of Oskaloosa, Cory (Shelly) Dunn and Charlie (Emily) Dunn, all of Ankeny; eight great-grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; and nine stepgreat-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her two husbands.

Mary was born on Oct. 9, 1921, in Keota, the daughter of Michael and Gertrude Palm Streit. She graduated from Keota High School and attended Coe College. Mary married Philip R. Dunn on Oct. 9, 1941, in Davenport. He died in 1975. She later married Gerald F. McGrath on Nov. 25, 1978, in Marion. He died in 2006.

Mary was the co-owner of Streit Feed Co. of Cedar Rapids and Keota from 1949 to 1960. She later was a school secretary at St. Joseph Grade School in Marion, from 1968 until her retirement in 1974.

She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hanford Post No. 5 Auxiliary, Alpha XI Delta Sorority and Chapter LI of the P.E.O. Mary enjoyed playing bridge, penny bingo and wintering in Arizona with her husband, Jerry.

Memorial donations may be given to St. Joseph Catholic Church.

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