Mary Polhamus-Anthony
October 25, 1943 ~ May 29, 2024
Mary E. Polhamus-Anthony, 80, of What Cheer, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at the University of Iowa Hospital. Visitation: 11:00-1:00 p.m., Saturday, June 1, 2024, Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Mount Vernon, Iowa. Funeral: 1:30 p.m., Saturday, June 1, 2024, at the funeral home. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Mechanicsville.
Mary was born on October 25, 1943, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Edward and Naomi (Hartgrave) Kleinmeyer. She was united in marriage to Kermit Polhamus in McGregor, Iowa.
Mary enjoyed attending garage sales and auctions. She was an avid painter, sewer, and collector of angels. She loved spending time with her family and grandchildren.
Mary is survived by her children, Barbara (Jeff) Rhoads, Deborah (Mark) Mullan, and Ann Marie (Todd) Griffith; grandchildren, Jenny (Scott) Gramling, Brad (April) Rhoads, Brandon Mullan, Veronica Mullan, Jeremy Mullan, Amanda Henkel, Hunter Griffith, and Natasha Fumia; great-grandchildren, Chloe, Otis, Caleb, Madyson, Eli, and Finley; sister, Jeanne Garringer; brothers-in-law, Jim Fanning, and Eldon Penrod; and many nieces and nephews.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, Raymond W. Himes, Kermit C. Polhamus, and Keith Anthony; siblings, Robert Kleinmeyer, Ed Kleinmeyer, Gayle Fanning, and Judy Penrod, and brother-in-law, Jim Garringer.
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Sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Mary, you gave in to the peace of god first, as always the first at everything that happened in our lives together that we shares, when my Uncle Jim, married your eldest sister Jeanne Garringer. When I was so jealous of you moving back to Iowa and living at my GRANDPARENTS house in Williamsburg until your MOTHER found a job and place to live in the Cedar Rapids area, of course I was already in CR. You always seem to get thing’s first. I’m sure you won’t be standing by those gates for me, your out visiting with all those that were up in heaven waiting for you. I’ll be thinking of you always, but especially in October, when I turn 81 on 10/26/2024.
Such a sweet woman. Gave me a lot of good advice. When we would go there we would have so much fun. She and Kermit treated me Luke a daughter.