Meta M. Mahoney

Meta M. Mahoney, 91 of Cedar Rapids, NE, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2019 at Good Samaritan Society, Albion, Nebraska

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids, NE with Fr. Mark Tomasiewicz officiating.  Burial will be at the parish cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Monday at the church, with a 7 p.m. Wake Service at church.

Levander Funeral Home of Cedar Rapids, NE is in charge of the arrangements.

Meta Marie Mahoney, daughter of Eldon and Clare (Giles) Cary was born of January 31, 1928 at Wallace, NE. She was baptized in Wallace, NE and confirmed in Greeley, NE. She graduated from Greeley High School in 1946. Meta attended normal training and taught school at a rural school near Pibel Lake.

It was love at first sight when Meta spotted John "Jun" Mahoney Jr. at a dance in Cedar Rapids and she hoped he would ask her to dance; he did! On May 3, 1949 Meta was united in marriage to Jun at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Greeley, NE. The couple lived on a farm southeast of Cedar Rapids, NE.

Meta was a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, NE as well as serving as president and various offices on the altar society there. She also served on the Boone County District #30 School Board. Meta enjoyed playing cards, sipping coffee, reminiscing with her family, shopping, having her hair done, and spending time at the farm. She was a great historian, and sharp as a tack her entire life.

Meta is survived by her sisters-in-law: Marilyn Nealon of Texas and Katie Mahoney of Cedar Rapids, brother-in-law Richard Mahoney of Albion, NE; along with many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Jun; brothers: Aaron "Bud" (Louise) and Gerald "Jerry", and sisters: Frances "Speed" Zeiger (Clarence), Clara "Clarabell" Vanderloop (Eugene), and Charlotte "Eulalia" Cunningham (Eldred); brothers-in-law: Robert Mahoney, James Mahoney, and Gene (Carol) Mahoney, and Jack Nealon sisters-in-law Jean Mahoney, and Irene Mahoney, and nephew Ron Zeiger.