Mary Elizabeth ECKEY ^{1 2}

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PHOTO: submitted by Suzanne Krogh

IA, COUNTY BIRTHS, 1880-1935:
Name: Mary Elizabeth Eckey
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 24 Dec 1927
Event Place: Scott Township, Henry, Iowa, United States
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Rudolph P Eckey
Mother's Name: Nellie Kuhlman

1930 IA CENSUS, Henry Co, Scott Twp:
Mary E. Eckey, dau, 2-4/12, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. NE.
She was living with her parents, Rudolph P. & Nellie G. Eckey.

1940 IA CENSUS, Henry Co, Scott Twp:
Rudolph Eckey, 45, H-4, b. IA, 1935: Henry Co, IA, farmer, agriculture;
Nellie, wife, 40, H-4, b. NE, 1935: Henry Co, IA;
Wilhemena, dau, 19, attended school, C-2, b. IA, 1935: Henry Co, IA;
Mary, dau, 12, attended school, 6th, b. IA, 1935; Henry Co, IA.

SOCIAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS & CLAIMS INDEX, 1936-2007:
Name: Mary Elizabeth Eckey [Mary Elizabeth Stevens] [Mary Stevens]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Dec 1927
Birth Place: MT Union Hen, Iowa[MT Unio Henr??, Iowa]
Death Date: 2 Sep 2005
Father: Rudolph P Eckey
Mother: Nellie G Kuhlman
SSN: 478289416
Notes: Dec 1944: Name listed as MARY ELIZABETH ECKEY; Feb 1961: Name listed as MARY ELIZABETH STEVENS; 15 Sep 2005: Name listed as MARY E STEVENS

SSDI: Mary E. Stevens, b. Dec. 24, 1927; d. Sep. 2, 2005; issued IA; last residence: Winfield, Henry Co, IA.

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Mary Elizabeth Stevens
Maiden Name: Eckey
Birth Date: 24 Dec 1927
Birth Place: Mount Union, Henry County, Iowa, United States of America
Death Date: 2 Sep 2005
Death Place: Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, United States of America
Cemetery: Winfield Scott Township Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Winfield, Henry County, Iowa, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Children: Thomas Richard Stevens

OBIT: The Hawk Eye, Burlington, IA, Sep. 4, 2005: Mary Elizabeth Stevens, 77, of Winfield died Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, at Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant. Born Dec. 24, 1927, near Mount Union, she was the daughter of Rudolph and Nellie Kuhlman Eckey. On Sept. 4, 1945, she married Robert H. Stevens in Mount Pleasant.
Mrs. Stevens worked for Ross Electronics in Washington, then worked at MHI in Mount Pleasant. She was a CNA for Sunrise Terrace Care Center and later offered private home care for several years.
She was a 1945 graduate of the Winfield High School. She was a 50-year member of the Methodist Church, belonging to Canaan Methodist Church before it closed and then was a member of Winfield United Methodist Church. She was a member of the United Methodist Women and sang in the church choir for many years. She was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Order of Eastern Star, Past Matrons, Lions Club, Pinocle Card Club and was a former Cub Scout leader.
Survivors include her husband; one daughter, Beth Briggs of Winfield; four sons, David Stevens of New London, Paul Stevens of Pensacola, Fla., Tom Stevens of Denver, Iowa, and Mark Stevens of New Market, Ala.; 12 grandchildren; 12 great'96grandchildren; and one sister, Wilhelmina Terry of Cheshire, Conn. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sons, one granddaughter and one sister.
Visitation will be from noon to 6 p.m. Monday at Honts Funeral home in Winfield, where the family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. The funeral for Mrs. Stevens will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Kingston United Methodist Church, with Hoyt Griffin and Mary Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. A memorial has been established.

Mary married Robert Horace STEVENS, son of Horace Wilson STEVENS and Daisy Belle WICKHAM, on 4 Sep 1945 in Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co, IA.¹ (Robert Horace STEVENS was born on 10 Mar 1925 in near Mt. Union, Henry Co, IA,^{3 4} died on 28 Dec 2018 in Morning Sun, Louisa Co, IA ³ and was buried on 31 Dec 2018 in Winfield-Scott Twp Cem, Henry Co, IA ³.)