n Mason City where she received her degree in Business Management.
Marie married Gorman Raney in 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Marie worked for the Department of the Navy in Washington DC before moving to Kansas City. While in Kansas City she held the position of office manager for Black and Veech Consulting Engineering for 33 years until her retirement in 1982.
Marie then returned to Mason City where she was a member of Epiphany Parish - St. Joseph Catholic Church. Marie's gift was hospitality; she enjoyed hosting gatherings in her home and loved to decorate. For several years Marie was active in Funeral Ministry at St Joseph's where she oversaw arranging funeral luncheons.
Those grateful in sharing in her life at her sisters, Agnes Lewis, Mason City, and Elizabeth Washburn, Peoria, IL; her sister in law, Sally Lewis, Dubuque; and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, and extended family.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Grover and Agnes Lewis; her husband, Gorman; and siblings, Ambrose, Frank, John, Ann, Gertrude, Nora, and Josephine.
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