Mary Atkinson

Mary E. Atkinson, age 70, of Waukon died Thursday, May 9 in her daughter’s home in Ossian after a long illness. Service and interment will be in the Mt. Horeb, WI area.

Mary moved from Blue Mounds, WI to be close to her granddaughter, Brettina (Scott) Gordon, and her great-granddaughter, Isabella, in 2015. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Don and Helen; her husband, Theodore; her daughter, Susan; her brother, Ken; and her nephew, Donald. She is survived by her son, Juan (Rolanda) Franklin; her daughter, Leanna Higgins, and her children, Angelica, Adam and Marcus; Susan’s children, Brettina Gordon and Joseph Baird; five step-children, Curt, Nick, Becky, Mona and Melissa; her brother, William (Carol); her sister, Dot (Andy); 14 other grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.