Merle Mahn Obituary
Merle Ann Mahn, 84, of Lake City, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at Mayo Clinic Health System - Lake City Care Center.
She was born July 28, 1931, in Ross Township, in Franklin County, Iowa, to Ernest and Ruth (Robinson) Froning. She graduated from Sheffield High School and went on to attend Hamilton Business College. On Oct. 11, 1949, she married Robert Mahn at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. She worked clerical jobs at several places including Farmers Hybrid in Hampton, Iowa; Kings Gas Co. in Blue Earth, Minn.; Lutheran Social Services in Rochester; United Way, Mutual Federal, at real estate offices and at a loan production office, all in Mason City, Iowa. Robert died in 1974. In 1993, she moved to Lake City, and for many years worked at the Mahn Family Funeral Home until “retiring” in 2010. She was a member of United Methodist Church and had been a part of the Red Hat Society. She enjoyed going out to lunch with her friends and socializing, playing bridge and traveling with her family and taking bus trips. For her 80th birthday she was able to celebrate with all of her family on special trip to Montana. Throughout her life, Merle endured many losses, but her perseverance, strength and caring were a constant.
She is survived by two sons, John (Betsy) Mahn of Red Wing and David Mahn of Lake City; 10 grandchildren, Holly (Kelly) Taylor, Eric Mahn, Joe (Mandy) Mahn, Sam (Kristi) Mahn, Liz (Brandon McKoy ) Mahn, Megan (Kurt) Beulke, and Elliot, Madeleine, Chrisjon and Sophia Mahn; two step-grandchildren, Andrea Cardona and Austin Palda; five great-grandchildren, Duane, Stella and Natalie Taylor and Hart and Jaxon Mahn; a brother, Richard Froning of Sheffield, Iowa; and nieces, nephews; Jo Siemers and Sue Mahn.
She was preceded in death by her husband and three sons, Robert Thomas, Richard Allan and Gene Ainsworth Mahn.
Funeral service was Wednesday, Nov. 11, at United Methodist Church in Lake City with Rev. Phillip Schmidt offciating. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery in Sheffield, Iowa. Mahn Family Funeral Home, Anderson-Peterson Chapel in Lake City handled arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com.