Mary F. Isaac
KSCB News - February 24, 2016 12:00 am
Mary F. Isaac, age 101, passed away early Tuesday morning, February 23, 2016, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.
She was born December 23, 1914, in rural Meade County, Kansas, the daughter of John J. and Mary (Friesen) Reimer. As a young girl she attended the McNaulty Grade School in rural Meade County. A lifetime resident of Meade, she was a homemaker.
She was a member of the Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Meade, having been involved as a Sunday School teacher, VBS teacher, and assisting with the AWANA; and was a member of the Emmanuel Mennonite Ladies Sewing Society. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, reading, working puzzles, and traveling with her husband on several traveling tours. In 1980, they served two months in Africa as missionaries.
On September 8, 1932, she married Corneilus K. “Corny” Isaac at Meade. He precedes her in death on May 13, 2006.
Survivors include:
Three sons, Menno Isaac of Morobay, California
Dewayn Isaac of Belleville, Pennsylvania
Ken Isaac of rural Meade, Kansas
Five daughters, Alma Schmidt of Newton, Kansas
Mary Ann Spiva of Jet, Oklahoma
Joan Becker of Upland, California
Betty Friesen of rural Meade, Kansas
Sharon Schell of Lee Summit, Missouri
Two sisters, Katherine Friesen of Meade, Kansas
Eva Rempel of South Hutchinson, Kansas
Twenty grandchildren Fifty-three great-grandchildren
She is preceded in death by her husband; a son John Eldon Isaac; a brother, John F. Reimer; and four sisters, Agnes Classen, Anna Classen, Elizabeth Isaac, and Sara Classen
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Meade. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. with the family present from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday in the Emmanuel Mennonite Church Cemetery, rural Meade.
The family would welcome memorials to the Emmanuel Mennonite Church Building Fund in care of the funeral home.
Personal condolences may be given to the family at www.fidlerormebachmanmortuary.com