Mary Genevieve Haase (Gen), 97, died September 13, 2024, at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home in Fort Dodge.
Mass of the Resurrection, celebrated by Fr. Bill Schreiber, will be Sept. 18 at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Grand Junction. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Grand Junction.
Gen, daughter of Thomas L and Laura Kersey Higgins, was born May 18, 1927, in Hardin Township, Greene County.
She attended Hardin Township Country School, St. Mary’s Academy in Grand Junction, and graduated from Grand Junction Consolidated School in 1945. After graduation, she worked in offices in Des Moines, the Iowa State Employment Service in Perry, Farm Bureau in Boone, and Credit Bureau and Greene County REC in Jefferson.
She married Wilber E Haase on December 30, 1967 at St Brigid Church at Grand Junction. They farmed in rural Boxholm for two years. They moved to rural Dayton and farmed there until they retired in 1994 to the Grand View Apartments in Dayton.
She belonged to Christ the King Church and St. Agnes Alter Society. She enjoyed family, friends and reading. She was a beloved mom, grandma, and Aunt Genny to so many.
Survivors include her daughter Mary Kay Haase of Waterloo; son Steve Haase (Diane Dubansky Haase) of Denver; granddaughter Cheyenne Gates of Waterloo; grandson Jordan Gates of Cedar Falls; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services by Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home, Jefferson. 515-386-2171
