In Loving Memory
Mary Whitney Schany
February 20, 1925 - November 30, 2020

VISITATION
Friday, December 4, 2020
4:00 - 7:00 P.M.
Martin-Mattice Funeral Home
Emmetsburg, Iowa

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL
Saturday, December 5, 2020
11:00 A.M.
Holy Family Catholic Church
Emmetsburg, Iowa

CELBRANT
Rev. Bill Schreiber

INTERMENT
St. John's Catholic Cemetery
Emmetsburg, Iowa

Mary M. Whitney Schany, was born February 20, 1925 in Emmetsburg, Iowa, the daughter of Wilbur and Mary (McCormick) Price. She grew up in Emmetsburg and a few years in Graettinger. She attended St. Mary's Academy where she completed grade school and then attended Emmetsburg High School, graduating in 1942. Mary had an unusually pretty voice and therefore was very active in school musicals, programs and was much in demand as a soloist. Following high school Mary worked at National Cash Store for a year and a half.

On February 16, 1944 Mary was united in marriage to Robert J. Whitney in Emmetsburg. They were blessed with four children. Bob and Mary farmed south of Cylinder for one year before moving to a farm north of Emmetsburg on River Road. Being a city girl, she knew nothing about farming, but it didn't take her long to learn. She was soon driving tractor, and she loved doing field work, raising chickens and pigs. She walked beans and even learned to milk cows. In 1955 Bob and Mary bought a farm in Cylinder and moved there. Besides farming they also had an excellent herd of Holstein dairy cattle.

In August, 1969 Mary was employed by the Emmetsburg School System as a secretary, a position she held for twenty one years until her retirement in 1990. She also served as City Clerk in Cylinder for twenty one years. Bob passed away on October 18, 1993.

On November 25, 1995 Mary was united in marriage to long time friend, William P. Schany in Emmetsburg. They farmed together, getting ground ready for planting in the spring and in the fall, Mary drove the grain cart and Bill drove a truck, hauling the grain Their field work stopped when Bill had a heart attack in 2010.

Mary was a devoted and faithful member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Emmetsburg. While living near Ayrshire Mary became a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Mary passed away Monday, November 30, 2020 at the Palo Alto County Hospital in Emmetsburg, Iowa, at the age of 95. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wilbur and Mary Ann Price; her first husband, Robert "Bob" Whitney; her second husband, William "Bill" Schany; and son-in-law, Phil Gunther.

She is survived by her children, Sharon (Tom) Storey of Red Oak, Iowa, Judy Gunther of Fairmont, Minnesota, Bill (Bonnie) Whitney of Emmetsburg, Iowa; Barbara (Paul) Thoreson of Swea City, Iowa; sixteen grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; as well as many other relatives and friends.

Arrangements by Martin-Mattice Funeral Home