Mary Ann Sauer

 

Mary Ann Sauer, 74, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away with grace and dignity Saturday January 26, 2008 in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness.

 

Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday January 29, 2008 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Cherokee, Iowa.  Rev. Armand Bertrand will officiate.  Burial will be in the Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cherokee, Iowa at a later date.  Visitation will be Monday from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. with a prayer service at 7:00 P.M. at the Greenwood Funeral Home Cherokee, Iowa.  Online condolences may be left at www.greenwoodfuneral.com.

 

Memorials are requested for the Cherokee Public Library.

 

Mary was born on December 1, 1933 in Sutherland, Iowa to Henry and Anna (Horstmann) Schoening.  She attended school in Primghar, Iowa graduating in 1952.  Mary then went on to attend the St. Joseph School of Nursing from 1952-1955 where she received her Registered Nurse’s degree.  On January 14, 1957 she married John Sauer at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee.  Mary worked part-time as an R.N. at the Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital in Cherokee for 40 years.

 

She is survived by her husband, John; two daughters, Nancy Sauer of Eden Praire, Minnesota; Joanie Maszk and her husband, Mark, of Omaha, Nebraska; two sons, Tom Sauer of Omaha, Nebraska; Bill Sauer of Omaha, Nebraska; one granddaughter, Caley Mae Maszk of Omaha, Nebraska; one brother, Kenneth Schoening of Kingman, Arizona; one sister-in-law, Rita Selk of Kingman, Arizona; many nieces and nephews; a special friend Bruce Oentrich.

 

She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, Merlyn, Mike and his wife Dorothy, Glenn and his wife Maxine, Orville and his wife Florence; one sister LaVonne Cochran and her husband Dale.