Mary D. Waite Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Mary D. Waite of Garner, Iowa, who passed away at the age of 94, on September 20, 2023. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Mary D. Waite to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Werner Robert Braatz and Elizabeth Louise Braatz (Sprong); her husband Robert Earl Waite (Bob); her children, David, Andrew, Donald, Abbie and Annie; her siblings, Charles, Louis and Elizabeth Klein; her brothers-in-law, Leroy Klein and William Christerson; her son-in-law John Haugen; and her stepgranddaughter Julie Haugen.
She is survived by: her children, Allan Waite (Audrey) of Moorehead, MN, Debra Haugen of Garner, Diane Ingersoll (Doug) of Clover, SC and Amy Waite (David Zavortink) of Camas, WA; her sisters, Betty Christerson of Marshalltown, IA and Sharon Meggison (Jim) of Waterloo, IA; her grandchildren, Deana Lickteig, Kayla Benttine (Curtis), Lincoln Waite, Adam Roberts (Pamela), Brent Roberts (Jennifer), Craig Roberts, Katie Ingersoll (Julie Tozer), Ivan Zavortink (Katie Veys) and Kira Zavortink (Dylan Mitchell); her stepgranddaughter Deanna Haugen; her great grandchildren, Lillith Harbaugh (Jeremy), Olivia Lickteig, Elizabeth Kulow (Ian), Jillian Butner, Krysta Waite, Kaitlyn Waite, Alan Benttine, Wesley Waite, William Waite, Wren Waite, Cody Roberts (Thea), Kourtney Roberts, Brandon Roberts, Paige Roberts, Clayton Roberts, Connor Roberts, Madeline Roberts, Isabella Roberts, Louise Tozer, Theodore Zavortink and Ryla Mitchell; her stepgrandchildren, Jonathon Burress and Samantha Haugen; and her great great grandchildren, Melodie, Logan Samson, Freya Scharlau, Alistair Roalfs, Celeste DeRaad, Cameron Zirbel, Seeley Kulow and Arthur Kulow.
In lieu of flowers, please make a memorial donation to one of your favorite charities or the National Audubon Society (http://www.audubon.org), Reading is Fundamental (http://www.rif.org), or the Parkinson's Foundation (http://www.parkinson.org) in Mary's name.
