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Funeral Services Were on Saturday For Mary Mawe

Mrs. Mary M. Mawe, 85, lifelong Delaware county resident and for the past 27 years a resident of Manchester, passed away early last Wednesday at Delaware County Memorial hospital following a long illness.

Services for Mrs. Mawe were held from St. Paul's Lutheran church at Delaware at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, with the Rev. Roger Lange officiating. Burial was made in the family lot at Pine View cemetery in Delaware. The Shelly funeral home was in charge of arrangements.

Mary A. D. Maurer, daughter of William and Theda Yelden Maurer, was born Nov. 15, 1877, on the parental farm northeast of Manchester. She grew to young womanhood on the farm and received her education in the rural schools of Delaware township.

She was united in marriage with Herman J Mawe on Feb. 24, 1898, at St. Paul's Lutheran church in Delaware. Following their marriage, they lived on a farm northeast of Delaware, until 1904, when they purchased their farm just east of Manchester. They lived there until 1935, when they retired and moved to Manchester.

Mrs. Mawe has been a lifelong member of the St. Paul's Lutheran church at Delaware, always active and a willing worker in the activities of the church.

Mr. Mawe preceded her in death in 1951.

She is survived by three children, Mrs. Harold (Esther) Miehe of Maynard, William C. Mawe of Manchester, and Mrs. Clarence W (Marie) Baldwin of 523 Moir Street, Waterloo, and four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are three brothers, Martin Maurer of Manchester, Frank Maurer of Delaware and Louis Maurer of Parkville, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Mawe of Mt. Vernon, Wash., Mrs William Gienapp of Manchester and Mrs. Rose Ritter of Los Angles, Calif., and a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two sisters and two brothers.