After a life of love and quiet grace, Mary Manson, 56, has passed.
Here is the shape of a life remembered with love.
Mary entered this world in 1956 — the start of a journey that would span 56 years.
Mary spent her working life as ['RN at the Freeman Regional Hospital and Nursing Home in Freeman'] — and was, by all accounts, loved by those who knew her best.
The work of a parent is rarely finished — it lives on in the children she loved.
Mary Manson, CNP, age 56 died Thursday, August 30, 2012 at the Freeman Regional Hospital after a long courages battle with cancer. Memorial services will be 2:00pm Sunday, September 2, 2012 at the Marion School Gymnasium, Marion. Arrangements with Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Chapel, Marion. Mary Jean Jantzen was born on February 9, 1956 at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD to Edwin and Ardis (Leder) Jantzen. She grew up on a farm near Marion, SD where she graduated from Marion High School in 1974. In 1978 she graduated from the college of nursing at South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD. On May 19, 1978 she was united in marriage to Mark Manson at the Bethel Mennonite Church in rural Dolton, SD. They lived on the farm near Marion where she worked as a RN at the Freeman Regional Hospital and Nursing Home in Freeman, SD. In 1993 she graduated from SDSU and received her master's degree in nursing and became a Certified Nurse Practitioner. She was employed with University Physicians in Sioux Falls where part of her responsibilities was teaching before returning as a CNP to the Freeman Regional Health Services and the Rural Medical Clinic in Marion. Mary accepted Jesus as her personal Lord and Savior at a very young age and committed her life in service to her Lord. They attend the First Church of God, Marion, SD. Those who love her most are her husband Mark; 4 children, Joshua and wife Leah Manson of Lincoln, NE and their children Josiah and Kezia, Heidi and husband Andy Jans of Sioux Falls, Ryan and wife Jessie Manson of Sioux Falls and their daughter Krista, and Luke and wife Angela Manson of Harrisburg, SD; her parents Edwin and Ardis Jantzen, Freeman; and 4 sisters, Carol (Ken) Boehlje, Sheffield, IA, Cathy (Kevin) Neuharth, Fairmont, MN, Sandy (John) Ostraat, Canton, SD, and Audrey (Larry) Sloan, Chadron, NE; and many nieces and nephews.
