Maxine R. Stille
1924 - 2007
Maxine R. Stille
Mar 22, 2007
Funeral services for Maxine R. Stille, age 82, of Osage, will be held at 10:30
a.m. Saturday, March 24, 2007 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage with the
Rev. Dennis Hanson and Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Burial will be at the Ell
Township Cemetery in Klemme. Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Champion-Bucheit
Funeral Home in Osage.
Maxine died Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at the Mitchell County Regional Health
Center Hospice Unit in Osage.
Maxine was born June 4, 1924, in Britt, the daughter of Lewis and Clara (Michelsen)
Mau. She attended school in Klemme and graduated from Klemme High School in
1942. Maxine was united in marriage to Bill Stille on July 12, 1945, in Seattle,
Wash. They lived in Liberal, Kan. and then San Antonio, Texas until Bill was
discharged from the service in February of 1946. They lived in Torrance, Calif.
for a year when Bill attended Northrop Aeronautical Institute. After-wards they
moved to Clear Lake and then to Britt. On July 9, 1951 they moved to Osage.
Maxine worked at the Sears Catalog Store in Osage for 25 years. She was a member
of Our Savior's Lutheran Church where she was a member of WELCA and had helped
with the Saturday school program. Maxine loved playing bridge, big band era
music, square dancing and polka, golfing and spending time with her friends,
children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother Lowell Mau.
Maxine is survived by her husband L. William Stille of Osage; four children,
Steven W. (Marcia) Stille of Charleston, W. Va., Douglas (Shirley) Stille of
Aitkin, Minn., Brian (Karla) Stille of Wellsburg, and Luann (Randy) Heuton of
Amarillo, Texas; eight grandchildren, Heather (Brian) VanderPloeg, Travis Stille,
Steven D. (Leslie) Stille, Kyle Stille, Andrew Nowasell, Sara Stille, Laura
Stille and Elizabeth Heuton; five great-grandchildren, Colton, Taylor, and
Justin VanderPloeg, and Alyssa and Madison Stille; two sisters, Audrey Stille of
Pocomoke City, Md., and Bonnie (Paul) Johnson of Thompson.
Memorials may be given to Hospice of North Iowa (1003 Gilbert St. Charles City,
IA 50616) or Our Savior's Lutheran Church Youth Group (833 Ash St., Osage, IA
50461).
Champion - Bucheit Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements, (641)732-3706
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Maxine R Mau Stille: born 4 Jun 1924 Hancock County,
Iowa - died 21 Mar 2007 Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa
Grave marker at Calvary Cemetery, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa - Block 3, Lot 114
Daughter of Lewis Carl Mau, born 1899 - died 1957 and Clara Bernice
Michelsen, born
1899 - died 1982
Sister of:
Lowell Charles Mau (1920-1993)
source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 113994064
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