SAMLAND OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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SAMLAND, Marie Elizabeth ENGEMAN 1920 - 1997

Marie Elizabeth Samland, 77, Montrose, died in an automobile accident near 
Germantown, Wednesday, November 26, 1997.  She was born on March 9, 1920, in 
Montrose, the daughter of August Joseph and Cecilia Ann (Kirsch) Engeman.  She 
spent her childhood in the Montrose area, later moving to Washington, Mo. to care 
for her aunt.  She then moved to Kansas City where she married Joseph S. 
Samland.  She returned to Montrose in 1947 where she worked for Unitog in 
Clinton until 1962.  She then began working for the ASCS in Clinton until 1975, 
when she transferred to the ASCS office in Butler for another two years, retiring 
in 1979.  Marie was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in 
Montrose, a 40 year member of the Henry County 4-H Club, a volunteer worker at 
St. Mary's School and for the Senior Citizens.  She served on the board of the 
Older Adults Transportation Service and was a member of the Altar Sodality and 
Montrose Community Betterment Club.  She was very proud of her 40 years of 
accomplishment with the 4-H club and the children she assisted at St. Mary's 
School.  She was always a person who was gracious to volunteer, but never 
expected anything in return.  She was preceded in death by her parents and a 
brother, Edmund Engeman.  She is survived by a son, Joseph Samland, Kansas City; 
two brothers, Alfred and James Engeman, both of Montrose; six sisters, Rose 
Campbell of Gladstone, Evelyn Light and Sister Celine, both of Independence, 
Mildred Koenig, Tucson, Arizona, Angeline Stout of Isle of Palms, South Carolina, 
and Wilma Lee of Bayonne, New Jersey.  Funeral services will be Saturday, 
November 29, 10:30 a.m., at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 
Montrose.  Father Bob Stone will officiate.  The rosary will be at the church 
Friday at 7 p.m..  Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Montrose.

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