Macil Marine Humphrey

Macil Marine Humphrey, age 85, of rural Mt. Pleasant, passed away Saturday, September 9, 2006 at Independence Regional Health Center in Missouri.

Visitation will be held 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Thursday, September 14, 2006 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, IA.

Online condolences may be made via: www.behnerfh.com.

Funeral services will be held 2:30 PM, Friday, September 15, 2006 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery.

Memorials may be made, in lieu of flowers, to Outreach International or the Community Mediation Center.

Macil Marine Humphrey was born May 31, 1921 at the home of her parents, Edith and Henry Stark in SW Henry County, Iowa. Following graduation from Hillsboro High School, she attended Iowa State Teachers' College. For seven years, Marine taught kindergarten through 12th grade in various rural grade schools in the immediate area.

On December 28, 1946, in Corpus Christi, TX, Marine married Earl C. Humphrey. When his Naval enlistment ended in 1948, the couple returned with their infant daughter to rural Mt. Pleasant, where Marine was always most "at home".

Her primary careers as wife, mother, and daughter were interspersed through the years with employment at factory jobs in Mt. Pleasant. In 1990, Marine retired from her position as clerk in the Sears Catalogue Order Office to become full-time support/caregiver for Earl, who had suffered a stroke. They enjoyed 10 more years together before his death.

Marine is cherished in the memory of her daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Jim Hannah; her grandson, Jay Hannah, wife Andria, and great-grandson Zachary; her grandson Brad Hannah; the extended Stark and Humphrey families; her "church family" in the Community of Christ; and her beloved neighbors and friends, particularly Michael, Marilyn, Kristopher and Nicholas Thornburg.