Alma Pauline Mairs

Alma Pauline (McMahon) Mairs of Marshalltown, Iowa, died peacefully at her home Saturday evening, April 24. James, her husband of 62 years, and her children Chane, Lynne, and Maury were at her bedside.Born January 20, 1921, Pauline Pony graduated from Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, and was awarded her B.S. and M.S. from Iowa State University. Commissioned as a Lieutenant, she served in the U.S. Army as a dietitian from 1944-1946. Pauline continued a professional career in nutrition while raising a family. She worked for Marshalltown Community Hospital, Iowa Methodist Hospital, Iowa State Dept. of Public Health, finally retiring from the Iowa State Extension Service in January of 1980.Pauline is survived by her husband, James; her children Maury (Glennis) Mairs, Lynne (Terry) Eygabroad, and Chane Mairs; her grandchildren Stacey and Lauren Mairs, Elizabeth and James Nixon, and Anna and Aimee Mairs; and her great-grandchild Sebastian Cook.Services will be private. The family requests that any memorials be directed to Iowa River Hospice.