GARNER - Marie M. Moe, 88, of Garner died Thursday (January 14, 2009) at Prairie View Apartments in Garner.

Funeral services were held 10:30 A.M., Monday at St. John's Lutheran Church east of Garner with Rev. Carl Hedberg officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Cataldo Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Marie M. Moe, the daughter of Herman and Emma (Boehnke) Pueggel, was born March 22, 1921 at Ventura. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church. Marie attended St. John's Parochial School and graduated from Ventura High School in 1939. After high school, she attended La' James Cosmetology in Mason City and operated beauty shops in Sheffield and Garner. On May 15, 1944 she was married to C. Keith Moe at St. John's Lutheran Church. They lived in Garner where Marie operated a beauty shop out of her home. In March of 1948 their daughter, Janelle, was born. In 1962, they moved to Des Moines. Marie managed beauty shops in Des Moines until her retirement in 1994. After Keith passed away in 1995 she continued to live in Des Moines until moving to Garner in June of 2007. Marie enjoyed playing bridge, traveling and quilting.

She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and LWML.

Marie is survived by her daughter, Janelle (Earl) Ashby of St. Charles, MO; two sisters, Viola Monahan of Ft. Collins, CO and Harriet (Eugene) Oetting of Seward, NE; a brother, Harold (Carol) Pueggel of Ventura; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Keith, May 5, 1995; and two sisters, Evelyn Gronbach and Marlys Dreyer.
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