Mavis Hereid

Mavis Adeline Hereid, age 87, of New Hampton, died Thursday, February 12, 2015 at the New Hampton Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in New Hampton. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at the Jerico Lutheran Church, rural Lawler, with Pastor Daniel Larson officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery with Joel and Theresa Knutson, Victoria Knutson, Melinda Knutson, Nathan Schmitt and Spencer Schmitt as pallbearers. Friends may greet the family 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at the Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home in New Hampton. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday. Mavis Adeline Hereid was born September 7, 1927, in Howard County, IA, the daughter of Andrew J. and Anna (Thompson) Johnson. She received her education in both Howard County and Chickasaw County country school and was a 1946 graduate of the New Hampton High School. She continued her education at the Upper Iowa University where she obtained her teaching certificate and taught for six years in Howard and Chickasaw County Schools. On August 26, 1951, at the Jerico Lutheran Church, she married Orlo Julian Knutson. To this union two children were born. Mavis was a housewife, raising her children and helping Orlo with all the farming chores. Orlo died in a farming accident on June 5, 1973. Mavis then worked briefly at the Farmers Mill in Protivin and at Schueth Ace Hardware from 1973-1989. On January 13, 1979, at the Jerico Lutheran Church, she married Lowell “Pete” Hereid. Following Pete’s death in 2010, Mavis became a resident at the New Hampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mavis was very active in her church having served in several offices at the Jerico Lutheran Church. She enjoyed playing cards, especially Euchre and Rucka, BINGO, watching and feeding goldfinches and going for rides in the countryside. She especially cherished her time with family and friends. Survivors include one daughter, Karen (Mark) Schmitt of New Hampton; a daughter-in-law, Ann Knutson of New Hampton; grandchildren, Joel (Theresa) Knutson of New Hampton, Victoria Knutson of Sioux City, IA, Melinda Knutson of New Hampton, Nathan Schmitt of New Hampton, Spencer Schmitt of New Hampton; great-grandson, Daniel Steven Knutson of New Hampton; one brother, Spencer Johnson of Fredericksburg; two sisters, Hazel Newgard of Glenville, MN and Norma Jean (Robert) McArthur of Victoria, Canada; brother-in-law, Paul (Lucy) Hereid of New Hampton; sisters-in-law, Ann (Art) Borlaug and Hazel Hereid all of New Hampton, Ada Engstrom of Chaska, MN, Orrie Hereid of Edina, MN and Marcia (Dale) Wagoner of Lawler; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Orlo Knutson on June 5, 1973; one son, Daniel Lee Knutson on June 15, 1997; her husband, Lowell 'Pete' Hereid on June 27, 2010; brothers, Robert Johnson in infancy and Thomas James Johnson.