Mary Mardell (McCRACKIN) EMIG

EMIG, CHAPMAN, MCCRACKIN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 6/20/2009 at 16:48:07

The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
December 16, 2008

OBITUARY - MARY MARDELL EMIG

MARION - Mary Mardell EMIG, 93, of 455 First St., died at her home Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, after a short illness.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, First United Methodist Church, Marion, by the Rev. Mike MORGAN. Interment: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. and after 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the church.

Survivors include three sons, Richard and Charles EMIG, both of Marion, and Dan (Sheri CHAPMAN) EMIG of Ely; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Mardell was born on Aug. 21, 1915, in Afton, to James and Grace McCRACKIN. She married Harold Emig on Jan. 19, 1936, in Kellerton. He died in 2000. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and the Women's Circle and the American Legion Auxiliary. Mardell was a Gold Star Mother. Mardell liked to garden, but her top priority was her family, spending time with them and attending all their events.

Instead of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family.

Please leave a tribute or memory for the family on our Web page at www.cedarmemorial.com under obituaries.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2009