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E. Marie Novy, 82, West Liberty
Obituaries · September 11, 2014



E. Marie Novy, 82, died Wednesday September 4, 2014 at the Simpson Memorial Home in West Liberty.

Funeral service was Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home. Visitation was Saturday. Burial was in the Oak Ridge Cemetery in West Liberty. A memorial fund has been established. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com.

Edith Marie Kessler was born Aug. 29, 1932, near Perlee, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur and Thelma Coil Kessler. She attended Pleasant Plain No. 6 country school. On Aug. 28, 1951, she was united in marriage to Arlis “Bud” Novy in Bentonville, Ark.; he died in 1989.

She was a member of the Women of the Moose in Muscatine, where she served as chairman for many years. Marie also had served as a volunteer in the community.

She is survived by a brother Joe (Mary) Kessler of Fairfield, Iowa; sister Josephine Ferrel of Booneville, Ark.; two half-sisters: Marjorie (Mike) McMillin and Dixie (Floyd) Watson; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Bud; brothers- and sisters-in-law: Bill and Wilma Kessler, and Tommy and Darlene Bouse, Donald Ferrel and Ron Wright; and nephew Scott Wright.