Marian Andrea Mathern
November 25, 1918 - August 28, 2014
Marian Andrea (Axtell) Mathern was born November 25, 1918 to Lloyd W. and Lyla H. (Larson) Axtell in Medina, North Dakota, where the family had a farm. She spent her younger years helping on the farm, waking early to milk the cows, and going to school in Medina. Marian was an active member of 4H Club, and won several county fair ribbons for her sewing and baking. She graduated from Medina High School in 1936, and moved to Jamestown, ND in 1939 where she earned a degree in secretarial skills at the Central Dakota Commercial College. She worked as an executive secretary for the State of North Dakota Public Welfare Board at the capitol in Bismarck. While living in Bismarck she met her husband, Stanislaus Mathern, Jr., on a blind date set up by mutual friends, Dorothy and Joe Geiger. Stan and Marian were married on June 19, 1950, in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bismarck. For their honeymoon they took a road trip to the Western States. Marian and Stan moved from North Dakota to Oregon in 1953, where together they raised their family and spent the remainder of their lives. Stan and Marian were married for 58 years when he passed away at age 85 in 2008.
Marian was a longtime member of the Catholic Daughters of America, the Altar Society of St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church, and enjoyed her time with the Mother's of Twins Club, which she joined after the birth of her twin daughters, Teresa and Sandra. Marian was an exemplary homemaker, sewing all her children's clothing, canning peaches, pears, pickles and tomatoes, and making jam and pies, all with produce primarily from Stan's garden. Every Christmas, she made fudge and divinity, and her children looked forward to homemade cookies weekly. She took pride in an organized and tidy home and taught her daughters to sew and bake. Marian died peacefully at her home at The Woods on August 28, 2014 in Salem, Oregon. She was preceded in death by her husband Stan, brother Harold Axtell of Wyoming, and sisters Leona (Axtell) Trautman and Maxine (Axtell) Ames, both of North Dakota. Marian is survived by her children: Carol (Mathern) Wilborn (Wilsonville, OR), Janice Mathern (Tigard, OR), Gordon Mathern, Teresa Mathern, (both of Portland, OR) and Sandra Mathern-Smith (Granville,OH), grandson Cyrus Smith (Prague, Czech Republic) and granddaughter Eva Smith (Grinnell College, IA).
The family would like to thank the kind, attentive staff at The Woods for the care and love they gave to Marian during her years there.
Roman Catholic mass at St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church in Salem will be held in honor of her life on Friday, September 5th. Recitation of the Rosary will begin at 12:00pm, followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 12:30pm. Graveside committal service will be at 2pm at Restlawn Memory Gardens. Online condolences may be made at www.anewtradition.com.
Published in StatesmanJournal on Sept. 3, 2014
November 25, 1918 - August 28, 2014
Marian Andrea (Axtell) Mathern was born November 25, 1918 to Lloyd W. and Lyla H. (Larson) Axtell in Medina, North Dakota, where the family had a farm. She spent her younger years helping on the farm, waking early to milk the cows, and going to school in Medina. Marian was an active member of 4H Club, and won several county fair ribbons for her sewing and baking. She graduated from Medina High School in 1936, and moved to Jamestown, ND in 1939 where she earned a degree in secretarial skills at the Central Dakota Commercial College. She worked as an executive secretary for the State of North Dakota Public Welfare Board at the capitol in Bismarck. While living in Bismarck she met her husband, Stanislaus Mathern, Jr., on a blind date set up by mutual friends, Dorothy and Joe Geiger. Stan and Marian were married on June 19, 1950, in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bismarck. For their honeymoon they took a road trip to the Western States. Marian and Stan moved from North Dakota to Oregon in 1953, where together they raised their family and spent the remainder of their lives. Stan and Marian were married for 58 years when he passed away at age 85 in 2008.
Marian was a longtime member of the Catholic Daughters of America, the Altar Society of St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church, and enjoyed her time with the Mother's of Twins Club, which she joined after the birth of her twin daughters, Teresa and Sandra. Marian was an exemplary homemaker, sewing all her children's clothing, canning peaches, pears, pickles and tomatoes, and making jam and pies, all with produce primarily from Stan's garden. Every Christmas, she made fudge and divinity, and her children looked forward to homemade cookies weekly. She took pride in an organized and tidy home and taught her daughters to sew and bake. Marian died peacefully at her home at The Woods on August 28, 2014 in Salem, Oregon. She was preceded in death by her husband Stan, brother Harold Axtell of Wyoming, and sisters Leona (Axtell) Trautman and Maxine (Axtell) Ames, both of North Dakota. Marian is survived by her children: Carol (Mathern) Wilborn (Wilsonville, OR), Janice Mathern (Tigard, OR), Gordon Mathern, Teresa Mathern, (both of Portland, OR) and Sandra Mathern-Smith (Granville,OH), grandson Cyrus Smith (Prague, Czech Republic) and granddaughter Eva Smith (Grinnell College, IA).
The family would like to thank the kind, attentive staff at The Woods for the care and love they gave to Marian during her years there.
Roman Catholic mass at St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church in Salem will be held in honor of her life on Friday, September 5th. Recitation of the Rosary will begin at 12:00pm, followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 12:30pm. Graveside committal service will be at 2pm at Restlawn Memory Gardens. Online condolences may be made at www.anewtradition.com.
Published in StatesmanJournal on Sept. 3, 2014
Marian Andrea Mathern
November 25, 1918 - August 28, 2014
Marian Andrea (Axtell) Mathern was born November 25, 1918 to Lloyd W. and Lyla H. (Larson) Axtell in Medina, North Dakota, where the family had a farm. She spent her younger years helping on the farm, waking early to milk the cows, and going to school in Medina. Marian was an active member of 4H Club, and won several county fair ribbons for her sewing and baking. She graduated from Medina High School in 1936, and moved to Jamestown, ND in 1939 where she earned a degree in secretarial skills at the Central Dakota Commercial College. She worked as an executive secretary for the State of North Dakota Public Welfare Board at the capitol in Bismarck. While living in Bismarck she met her husband, Stanislaus Mathern, Jr., on a blind date set up by mutual friends, Dorothy and Joe Geiger. Stan and Marian were married on June 19, 1950, in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bismarck. For their honeymoon they took a road trip to the Western States. Marian and Stan moved from North Dakota to Oregon in 1953, where together they raised their family and spent the remainder of their lives. Stan and Marian were married for 58 years when he passed away at age 85 in 2008.
Marian was a longtime member of the Catholic Daughters of America, the Altar Society of St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church, and enjoyed her time with the Mother's of Twins Club, which she joined after the birth of her twin daughters, Teresa and Sandra. Marian was an exemplary homemaker, sewing all her children's clothing, canning peaches, pears, pickles and tomatoes, and making jam and pies, all with produce primarily from Stan's garden. Every Christmas, she made fudge and divinity, and her children looked forward to homemade cookies weekly. She took pride in an organized and tidy home and taught her daughters to sew and bake. Marian died peacefully at her home at The Woods on August 28, 2014 in Salem, Oregon. She was preceded in death by her husband Stan, brother Harold Axtell of Wyoming, and sisters Leona (Axtell) Trautman and Maxine (Axtell) Ames, both of North Dakota. Marian is survived by her children: Carol (Mathern) Wilborn (Wilsonville, OR), Janice Mathern (Tigard, OR), Gordon Mathern, Teresa Mathern, (both of Portland, OR) and Sandra Mathern-Smith (Granville,OH), grandson Cyrus Smith (Prague, Czech Republic) and granddaughter Eva Smith (Grinnell College, IA).
The family would like to thank the kind, attentive staff at The Woods for the care and love they gave to Marian during her years there.
Roman Catholic mass at St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church in Salem will be held in honor of her life on Friday, September 5th. Recitation of the Rosary will begin at 12:00pm, followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 12:30pm. Graveside committal service will be at 2pm at Restlawn Memory Gardens. Online condolences may be made at www.anewtradition.com.
Published in StatesmanJournal on Sept. 3, 2014
November 25, 1918 - August 28, 2014
Marian Andrea (Axtell) Mathern was born November 25, 1918 to Lloyd W. and Lyla H. (Larson) Axtell in Medina, North Dakota, where the family had a farm. She spent her younger years helping on the farm, waking early to milk the cows, and going to school in Medina. Marian was an active member of 4H Club, and won several county fair ribbons for her sewing and baking. She graduated from Medina High School in 1936, and moved to Jamestown, ND in 1939 where she earned a degree in secretarial skills at the Central Dakota Commercial College. She worked as an executive secretary for the State of North Dakota Public Welfare Board at the capitol in Bismarck. While living in Bismarck she met her husband, Stanislaus Mathern, Jr., on a blind date set up by mutual friends, Dorothy and Joe Geiger. Stan and Marian were married on June 19, 1950, in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bismarck. For their honeymoon they took a road trip to the Western States. Marian and Stan moved from North Dakota to Oregon in 1953, where together they raised their family and spent the remainder of their lives. Stan and Marian were married for 58 years when he passed away at age 85 in 2008.
Marian was a longtime member of the Catholic Daughters of America, the Altar Society of St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church, and enjoyed her time with the Mother's of Twins Club, which she joined after the birth of her twin daughters, Teresa and Sandra. Marian was an exemplary homemaker, sewing all her children's clothing, canning peaches, pears, pickles and tomatoes, and making jam and pies, all with produce primarily from Stan's garden. Every Christmas, she made fudge and divinity, and her children looked forward to homemade cookies weekly. She took pride in an organized and tidy home and taught her daughters to sew and bake. Marian died peacefully at her home at The Woods on August 28, 2014 in Salem, Oregon. She was preceded in death by her husband Stan, brother Harold Axtell of Wyoming, and sisters Leona (Axtell) Trautman and Maxine (Axtell) Ames, both of North Dakota. Marian is survived by her children: Carol (Mathern) Wilborn (Wilsonville, OR), Janice Mathern (Tigard, OR), Gordon Mathern, Teresa Mathern, (both of Portland, OR) and Sandra Mathern-Smith (Granville,OH), grandson Cyrus Smith (Prague, Czech Republic) and granddaughter Eva Smith (Grinnell College, IA).
The family would like to thank the kind, attentive staff at The Woods for the care and love they gave to Marian during her years there.
Roman Catholic mass at St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church in Salem will be held in honor of her life on Friday, September 5th. Recitation of the Rosary will begin at 12:00pm, followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 12:30pm. Graveside committal service will be at 2pm at Restlawn Memory Gardens. Online condolences may be made at www.anewtradition.com.
Published in StatesmanJournal on Sept. 3, 2014
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