MEADE – Mary F. Isaac, age 101, passed away early Tuesday morning, February 23, 2016, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.

She was born December 23, 1914, in rural Meade County, Kansas, the daughter of John J. and Mary (Friesen) Reimer. As a young girl she attended the McNaulty Grade School in rural Meade County. A resident of Meade Cunty, she was a wife, mother, grandmother, and a homemaker.

She was a member of the Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Meade, having been involved as a Sunday School teacher, VBS teacher, and assisting with the AWANA; and was a member of the Emmanuel Mennonite Ladies Sewing Society. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, reading, working puzzles, and traveling with her husband on several traveling tours. In 1980, they traveled to Mali, Africa on a short term missions trip.

On September 8, 1932, she married Corneilus K. "Corny" Isaac at Meade. He precedes her in death on May 13, 2006.

Survivors include:
Three sons, Menno Isaac and wife Alice of Morro Bay, California
Dewayn Isaac and wife Marilyn of Belleville, Pennsylvania
Ken Isaac and wife Diane of rural Meade, Kansas

Five daughters, Alma Schmidt of Newton, Kansas
Mary Ann Spiva and husband Charles of Jet, Oklahoma
Joan Becker and husband Ken of Upland, California
Betty Friesen of rural Meade, Kansas
Sharon Schell and husband John of Lees Summit, Missouri

Nineteen grandchildren Fifty-three great-grandchildren

Two sisters, Katherine Friesen of Meade, Kansas
Eva Rempel of South Hutchinson, Kansas

She is preceded in death by her husband; a son John Eldon Isaac; a granddaughter, Laurie Spicher; two son-in-laws, Olin Schmidt and Leroy Friesen; a brother, John F. Reimer; and four sisters, Agnes Classen, Anna Classen, Elizabeth Isaac, and Sara Classen

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Meade. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. with the family present from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday in the Emmanuel Mennonite Church Cemetery, rural Meade.

The family would welcome memorials to the Emmanuel Mennonite Church Building Fund or the Lone Tree Retirement Center in care of the funeral home.