Evelyn Howe Hollister
September 24, 1921 — February 4, 2022
Evelyn Howe Hollister, 100, of Marion, Iowa, passed away Friday, February 4, 2022, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Funeral Services will be held at Murdoch Funeral Home in Marion on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at 1 p.m. Reverend Mike Morgan will officiate. Burial will take place at Wilcox Cemetery in Viola, Iowa. A livestream of the funeral service may be accessed on the funeral home website tribute page for Evelyn, under “photos and videos or media,” starting at 1 p.m. on February 17, 2022.
Evelyn was born September 24, 1921, in Anamosa, Iowa, in her grandparents upstairs bedroom, the daughter of Frances Snyder and Harold Howe. She graduated from Marion High School with the class of ’39. She worked for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, US West and Qwest for 36 ½ years. On May 23, 1943, she married Vernon Blietz; they divorced on December 16, 1969. On June 16, 1972, she married Richard J. Hollister at First United Methodist Church in Marion; Richard died April 24, 1984.
Evelyn was a charter member of Marion Business Girls, Rebekah Circle, over 75-year member of First United Methodist Church, Women’s Friendship Group, New Encounters, Telephone Pioneers, Scarlett O’Hatters Red Hat Group, Gardner Women’s Golf Group, Ameigo Club, and Marion Nature and Garden Club.
Survivors include her step-sons, Terry (Lynn) Hollister and two grandsons, Justin and Jordan of New Hampton, Iowa, and Mark (Theresa) Hollister of Tampa, Florida; several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews; special daughter-in-law, Teri Hollister and two granddaughters, Morgan and Mackenzi of Florida.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Ava Howe, Patricia Ann Lister; brother, Howard “Bud” Howe; and sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Arlene and Howard Moss.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church of Marion or Camp Courageous of Iowa.
Please share a memory of Evelyn at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Evelyn was born September 24, 1921, in Anamosa, Iowa, in her grandparents upstairs bedroom, the daughter of Frances Snyder and Harold Howe. She graduated from Marion High School with the class of ’39. She worked for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, US West and Qwest for 36 ½ years. On May 23, 1943, she married Vernon Blietz; they divorced on December 16, 1969. On June 16, 1972, she married Richard J. Hollister at First United Methodist Church in Marion; Richard died April 24, 1984.
Evelyn was a charter member of Marion Business Girls, Rebekah Circle, over 75-year member of First United Methodist Church, Women’s Friendship Group, New Encounters, Telephone Pioneers, Scarlett O’Hatters Red Hat Group, Gardner Women’s Golf Group, Ameigo Club, and Marion Nature and Garden Club.
Survivors include her step-sons, Terry (Lynn) Hollister and two grandsons, Justin and Jordan of New Hampton, Iowa, and Mark (Theresa) Hollister of Tampa, Florida; several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews; special daughter-in-law, Teri Hollister and two granddaughters, Morgan and Mackenzi of Florida.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Ava Howe, Patricia Ann Lister; brother, Howard “Bud” Howe; and sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Arlene and Howard Moss.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church of Marion or Camp Courageous of Iowa.
Please share a memory of Evelyn at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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