MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Mabel G. Mahler, 87, of Muscatine, died Friday, Oct. 20, 2000, at Unity Hospital in Muscatine.

Services will be at the Geo M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home in Muscatine. The Rev. Leif Pohl will officiate. Pallbearers were Steve LaRue, Ed Downey, Ivan Day, Bill Stalkfleet, Mike Dillion and Lawrence Bednender. Honorary pallbearers were Vernon LaRue, Bill Downey, Edgar West, Richard Hidlebaugh and John Briggs. Burial will be at the Greenwood Cemetery in Muscatine.

Mrs. Mahler was born on April 18, 1913, in Muscatine the daughter of George A. and Clara Schmitt Mentink. She married Arthur 'Ottie' Mahler Jan. 13, 1940, in Muscatine.

She was a homemaker and enjoyed fishing, playing cards and traveling. She worked at Rose's Style Shop.

Survivors include her sister, Hazel Gaidies of Muscatine; and special friends, Vernon and Merry Ann LaRue and their family, Melody, Steve, Tammy, Dawn, Shelley and Rylee; Bill and Lois Downey and their family, Ed, Sarah, Susy, Mike, Eric and Kierra; and two step-sisters, Lois Hines of Coralville and Mary Wagner of Muscatine.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, three sisters, two step-sisters, and her step-mother.