OBITUARY: Mary T. Anderson, 1925-2003, Mitchell Co., Iowa
 
[ Mitchell County-Press-News online - Posted Dec. 31, 2003 ] 
 


                          Mary T. Anderson

A memorial mass for Mary T. Anderson, age 78, of Stacyville, was
held Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in
Meyer, with Reverend Mark Reasoner officiating. Inurnment was in the
Sacred Heart Cemetery in Meyer. Mary died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003
at Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage.

Mary Anderson was born April 26, 1925 in Stacyville the daughter of
Joseph and Cecilia (Adams) Niess. She grew up in Meyer. In 1953 she
moved to Mason City, where she spent most of her life.

Mary was owner and operator of the "Red Llama Restaurant" in Mason City.
She was an employee of Mercy Hospital in Mason City as a Unit Clerk
retiring in 1990. One of Mary's cherished moments was when she flew
to Germany to see her father's home and met her relatives. 

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers Edmund,
Francis and Gustav Niess, two sisters Helen Bena and Celia Guy and
a grandson Terry Petz.

She is survived by four children Barbara (Duane) Petz, Iowa City,
Carol (Mark) Sekas, Fairhope, Alabama; Patrick (Rochelle) Brown,
Scottsdale, Arizona, Donald (Mary) Brown, Ankeny, six grandchildren
Anthony Brown, Andrea Mowers, Holly Sisson, Christopher Brown, Joe
Louis Brown, Emily Theresa Brown, one great-grandchild McKenzie Brown,
four sisters Sr. Catherine Niess, Dubuque, Margaret (William) Tray,
Colorado Springs, Colorado, Rita Schrandt, Stacyville, Iowa, Joan (Deo)
Koenigs, St. Ansgar, Iowa, two brothers Matt (Dorothy) Niess, Osage, Iowa,
Joseph Niess, Lincoln, Nebraska, seven step-grandchildren and many nieces
and nephews.


    Copyright 2004, K. L. Kittleson