In Memory of Mary Katharine Foley

A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 3, 2016 at the Christensen – Van Houten Funeral Home of Ida Grove, Iowa. Father Richard D. Ball will officiate, committal services will be held at a later date. A Visitation will be held one hour prior to service from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home of Ida Grove, Iowa. The Christensen - Van Houten Funeral Home of Ida Grove, Iowa is in charge of the funeral arrangements. Condolences may be sent online to www.christensenvanhouten.com

Mary Katharine Foley the daughter of Bernard Joseph and Dorothy Beatrice (Ehrenberg) Lyman, was born on December 27, 1937, in Iowa City, Iowa. She grew up on the family farm outside of Quimby, Iowa until the age of nine when the family relocated to Cherokee, Iowa.

On August 30, 1954, Mary was united into marriage to Clare Triplett, Sr. in Cherokee, Iowa. The couple were blessed with four children, Marian, C.J., Tamara, and Lisa. After raising her family in Cherokee, she spent her years in California and the Iowa Great Lakes region, residing in Ida Grove, Iowa the last three years.

Mary enjoyed cooking, gardening, planning and creating, discovering the great outdoors, spending time with family, reading westerns and working crosswords and SUKDO puzzles. She will be fondly remembered as a jack of all trades, and devoted mother and grandmother.

Left to cherish her memory are her loving children, Marian Leonard of Beaverton, Oregon, C.J. Triplett of Ida Grove, Iowa, Tamara (Michael) Bender of Richmond Hill, Georgia, and Lisa (Doug) Hopkins of Ida Grove, Iowa; nine grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren; sisters, Dorothy Sessa of Des Moines, Iowa and Rose Waller of Tucson, Arizona; special friend Roger Schmidt of Ida Grove, Iowa; and numerous, nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clare Edward Triplett, Sr.; siblings, Charles Lyman, Bernard Lyman, Jr., and Jean Lyman; and one great granddaughter.