Obituaries

Mary Pfile

Mary Pfile, age 102, of Baxter, Iowa,

passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at Baxter Health Care Center.

She was born on November 8, 1908 near Clyde, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Hestella Todhunter. She graduated from Baxter High School in 1928.

She married Elmer Dannen, of Melbourne, Iowa in or about 1929. He died of a ruptured appendix about three years later. After a period of mourning, she then married Edward E. Pfile, also of Melbourne, on New Year’s Day, 1934. Unable to have children naturally, they adopted a baby boy, whom they named Kenneth Wayne, in April of 1944.

They bought into a small farm two miles northeast of Baxter that was owned by Ed’s uncle, Henry Wintermeier, and lived there until their retirement in the 1960’s, when they sold it to Dwight and Kathy Fisher and moved into Baxter, where they lived until Ed’s death in 1986. Mary continued to live there to age 95, when she sold the house and moved to Newton Village. After three years, she moved back to Baxter, to Baxter Health Care Center.

She was preceded in death by her parents, three older brothers – Frank, Allen, and Leo Todhunter, a younger brother, Richard Todhunter, and a grandson, Adam Pfile. She is survived by her son, Kenneth and his wife, Wanda Smith of Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, a granddaughter, Elizabeth Pfile, of Phoenix, Arizona, and many nieces and nephews and cousins, as well as many friends.

Viewing will be at Fredregill Family Funeral Home, 107 E. Fox, Baxter, Iowa, from 5 - 7 p.m, Friday, May 13. The funeral will be held at Congregational United Church of Christ, Baxter, Iowa on Saturday, May 14, at 11:00 a.m. Everyone who knew her is welcome to attend.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Mary Pfile
Birth - November, 08, 1908                              
Death - May, 10, 2011
Age - 102 years