Mary E. Bliss
			       11/18/03

Funeral services  for Mary E.  Bliss,73, of 12784 Ivy  Avenue, Greene,
were held Thursday, October 30,  2003, at St. Peter Lutheran Church in
Greene with  Pastor Gary Hatcher  officiating. Burial was in  the Rose
Hill Cemetery  in Greene. Flag Presentation conducted  by Tack Barnett
Post 268  American Legion  of Greene, Iowa.  Reidıs Funeral  Chapel of
Greene  in  charge of  arrangements.  Mary  Ellen  d'Happart was  born
October 10, 1929, in Villisca,  Montgomery County, Iowa, a daughter of
Arthur d'Happart  and Opal Pauline Sheppard  d'Happart Bisterfelt, and
died  Monday,  October 27,  2003,  at  the  Franklin General  Hospital
Nursing Facility in Hampton. She received her education at the College
Hill High  School in  Cedar Falls. She  entered the United  States Air
Force  on August 16,  1949. While  she was  in the  Air Force  she was
married to Arthur  Barnes and to this union was  born a daughter named
Pamela Lee. Following  her discharge on August 24,  1950, she returned
home and worked at Rath Packing  Plant as a secretary. She also worked
at the  telephone company  in Kansas City.  On March 10,1956,  she was
united in marriage  to Bernard Nicklaus in Parkersburg.  To this union
were born Lynn  Etta, Bernard Lawrence Jr. and Debra  Sue. On June 19,
1981, she was married to Donald E. Bliss at the Little Brown Church in
Nashua. They made  their home ar 1261 East 18th  Street in Des Moines,
where she was employed by Kelly  Services. They moved to their home in
rural Greene in 1998.  Mary enjoyed cooking, canning, crafts, bowling,
gardening, polka dancing, and Blue  Grass Festivals. Mary was a member
of the Polka Club of Iowa and the Society for the Preservation of Blue
Grass Music. She  was baptized June 21, 1931,  at the Methodist Church
in Villisca.  She was a faithful  member of Bethel  Lutheran Church in
Parkersburg  where she  taught Sunday  School, and  was active  in her
church circle  and studied the  Bethel Series. After moving  to Greene
Don and Mary  were faithful members of St.  Peter Lutheran Church. She
will be sadly missed by her  loving husband Donald E. Bliss of Greene;
daughter:  Pamela Lee  (Dick)  Kirkpatrick and  their  son Matthew  of
Waterloo;  daughter: Lynn  Etta  (Steve) Gleason  and their  children:
Trista and Kyle  of Waterloo; son: Bernard Lawrence  Nicklaus of Clear
Lake and  his children: Shawn,  Rachael, Michael, and Justin  of Shell
Rock; daughter; Debra Sue  (Fred) Taylor and their children: Jennifer,
Melanie, Leslie, Crystal, Troy, Craig, Adam, and Eric, all of Thorton;
stepson: Marvin (DeAnna) Bliss and their children, Jeremiah, John, and
Chelsea  of Janesville; seven  great-grandchildren: Madison  and Kelli
Johnston; Tanner  and Grace Shreckengost, Miranda  and Tjaden Johnson,
and Justin  Vega; four brothers:  Clarence "Bud" (Carol)  d'Happart of
Houston, TX, Larry  (Pat) Bisterfelt of Jim Bean,  TX, John Bisterfelt
of  Van Alstyne,  TX;  Floyd  (Ann) Bisterfelt  of  Honolulu, Hl;  two
sisters: Shirley Mae (Dave) Smith  of Ely, NV, and Laura Rose (Marlyn)
Nicklaus of  Parkersburg, and many nieces and  nephews. Also surviving
include  special friends: Pete  and Marilyn  Peterson of  Waterloo and
Marvin Wente of Toledo. She was  preceded in death by her parents, and
her step  father Lawrence Bisterfelt. Those planning  an expression of
sympathy  may  direct  memorials  to  Hospice of  North  Iowa  or  the
Alzheimer's Foundation in care of the family.


Tribune-Journal Clarksville Star, Clarksville, Iowa.
Also the Mason City Globe Gazette, October 28, 2003.