Mary Meiners

Mary Ellen Bauer Meiners

Visitation

After 3:00 PM

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Ohde Funeral Home, Manning, Iowa

Prayers

Rosary  4 PM

Prayer Service  7:30 PM

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Ohde Funeral Home, Manning, Iowa

Mass of Christian Burial

Wednesday, May 16, 2007, 10:30 AM

Sacred Heart Church, Templeton, Iowa

Reverend Dale Reiff, Celebrant

Music

In The Garden? Here I Am Lord?

On Eagles Wings?

Sacred Heart Mens Choir

Leonette Irlbeck, Accompanist

Irish Blessing?     Richard Carey, Vocalist

Lector

Ken Behrens

Gift Bearers

Rex & Viriginia Wilson

Mass Servers

Matthew Meiners    

Makinze Meiners

Eucharistic Ministers

Audrey Siepker

Mary Schoeppner 

 Kathy Rupiper

Casket Bearers

Denny Kasperbauer     John Snyder     Tom Schmitz

John Schachtner     John Meiners, Jr.    

 Monte Hewitt

Honorary Casket Bearers

Tracey Kahl     Nancy Danner     Anissa Irlmeier      

 Linda Vinke     Kathy Dales       

Amy Dawson      Shelly Barbsy     Michelle Andersen

Interment

Sacred Heart Cemetery, Templeton, Iowa

  Mary Ellen, daughter of Robert and Lennice (Hewitt) Bauer, was born on May 6, 1951 at Jefferson, Iowa.  She graduated from Lohrville High School in Lohrville, Iowa in 1969. Mary attended the University of Northern Iowa and Des Moines Area Community College earning her L.P.N. in 1971 and her R.N. in 1988. Mary was employed as a nurse for 24 years at Manning Regional Healthcare Center. She served on the Carroll County Board of Health, and as Co-Chairperson for the Relay for Life team for Manning Hospital.

  On May 5, 1973, Mary was united in marriage with Duane Meiners at St. Columbkilles Catholic Church in Churdan, Iowa. Two children were born into this union and they lived most of their married life near Templeton.  Mary loved spending time with her grandson, Tyson, watching green things grow, and vacationing in the Caribbean with friends.

  After a courageous seven year battle with cancer, Mary died on May 14, 2007, at Manning Regional Healthcare Center in Manning, Iowa, at the age of  56 years, and 8 days. She will always be remembered for her kindness to others, and her positive attitude and courage in the face of her illness.

  Mary was preceded in death by her grandparents: Elmond and Mary Bauer of Churdan; and Fern and Glenn Hewitt of Farnhamville.

  She is survived by her husband Duane Meiners of Templeton; two sons: Robert Meiners of Templeton and Barry Meiners and wife Ann of Ankeny; parents Robert and Lennice Bauer of Churdan; grandson Tyson Meiners of Ankeny;  sister Sandra and husband Fred King of Lincoln, NE; two brothers: Edward Bauer and wife, Fran, of Massapequa, NY; and Donald Bauer and wife Jackie, of Ogden; father and mother-in-law, John G. and Margaret Meiners of Templeton; sister-in-law Anita Meiners, of Des Moines, four brothers-in-law: Eugene Meiners and wife Diane of Templeton; Jim Meiners and wife Delores of Glidden; Jerry Meiners of Templeton; and John Meiners, Jr. and wife Schellie of Templeton; 6 nieces, 8 nephews, 3 grandnieces, 5 grandnephews and many cousins, aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends.