Marie Margaret Hainline, wife, mother, grandmother, great & great great grandmother & friend to many, went to
her Heavenly Home February 1, 2025, at the age of 101, at the Keosauqua Care Center, Keosauqua, Iowa where
she has resided since December 2023.
Funeral services will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 7, 2025, at the
Cranston Family Funeral Home in Keosauqua, IA.
Burial will be in the Bonaparte Cemetery in Bonaparte, IA immediately following the service. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions in Marie’s honor may be directed to the Bonaparte First Responders or to the Bonaparte
Cemetery Association and mailed c/o Cranston Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 189, Fairfield, IA 52556. Friends may
leave online condolences or join the livestream at www.cranstonfamilyfuneralhome.com.
Marie was born in Stockport, lowa at home to Harm Harms Overlander and Grace (Ommen) Overlander on May
25, 1923. Marie graduated from Stockport High School in 1940. After high school she worked for various families
cleaning and taking in ironing, some of which took her to Bonaparte where she met Bruce Hainline, and they fell in
love. Bruce enlisted in the Marine Corp and was stationed in Oceanside, California. Love is strong and Marie’s
adventurous side kicked in and she boarded a train and off to California she went. This, too, was an adventure for a
young woman from Iowa who had barely been out of the County. There are stories too numerous to mention of
her train ride and early days in Oceanside. Marie and Bruce were married July 7. 1943, before Bruce was to ship
out. Now was the war: WWII. Marie would return to lowa. Four children were born to that union.
In Marie’s life she lived on a farm with all that farming can bring. It sometimes brings the unexpected and Bruce
was badly injured in a car accident which left the farming burden on Marie’s shoulders. Unexpectedly again, a new
door opened, and Marie became the owner/operator of Hainline Custodial Home 1956-1973. Marie nurtured,
cared for and served others throughout her life. Marie worked at the Van Buren County Home. Marie cared for
others in the same facility where she spent the final months of her life; then known as Good Sam Care Facility.
Marie continued her life of service by helping Rose & Ben at the Bonaparte Retreat. Marie never met a stranger
and assumed the best in everyone. Marie made fast, life-long friends in her years there and took pleasure in being
known as the Oldest Waitress in Iowa. Marie had a hidden talent: that of an actress. Marie enjoyed her roles in
several plays as a star or villain. Marie enjoyed reading, was somewhat of a self-diagnosing, non-trained doctor as
she often consulted her medical book for aches and pains. She was passionate about the Cubbies and the Golden
State Warriors. Anyone who knew her would agree. Marie hosted Christmas Eve day dinners for her family for
many years and delighted in giving gift bags filled with goodies to all who were able to come…and those who were
unable to be there would still receive contents of the gift bags.
Left to honor her memory, children: Linda Sweatman (Carl); Steven Hainline (Sandra); Melody Unkrich (Lonnie); 10
Grandchildren, 21 Great-Grandchildren, 7 Great-great Grandchildren with one addition she will not have the
privilege to meet. Many nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Marie was preceded in death by her parents Harm and Grace Overlander; husband Bruce Hainline; daughter Merri
Christy Hainline: 3 Sisters Heika Overlander; Christina (Stina) Murray (Floyd); Mattie Van Patten (Frank); 1 brother
Henry Overlander (Mildred); several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers: Jason Snyder, Andy Bartholomew, Brandon
Hainline, Lyle Clark, Shawn Phillips, Travis Phillips, Dustin Phillips. Honorary Pallbearer: Scott Robson.
