Marion Kjornes Mulligan, 96, of Dubuque passed away Monday, January 15, 2018.

Friends may greet the family from 1:00pm-4:00 pm on Sunday, January 21 at Hoffmann Schneider & Kitchen Funeral Home and Cremation Service 3860 Asbury Rd. The funeral mass will be held at St. Anthony Catholic Church 1870 Saint Ambrose St. at 10:00 am on Monday, January 22 conducted by Rev. Steven Rosonke. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery.

Marion was born September 4, 1921 in Janesville, Wisconsin daughter of Engebret Eivindsen and Gudrun Margrethe Dalen (Simensen) Kjornes. On November 28, 1942 she married her high school sweetheart James F. Mulligan at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Janesville. Jim passed away in 2013 after 70 years of marriage. They were blessed with 2 sons, 5 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren.

Following graduation Marion worked at Parker Pen in Janesville during WWII, traveled with Jim while he was in the US Army Air Corp, moved to Dubuque when Jim began his career with John Deere. She also lived in Monterrey, Mexico for 3 years while Jim was on assignment for Deere there.

While they lived in Dubuque Marion enjoyed bowling, Swing Club at Bunker Hill, bridge with the ladies, volunteering at “Thing and Things” Catholic gift shop, sewing, quilting, cross stitch, embroidering and furnishing her dollhouse. Marion was a loyal Cub’s fan and rarely missed watching a game.

After retirement Marion and Jim enjoyed being Snowbirds spending time in Arizona, Florida and Texas where they met many treasured friends. Marion was an avid reader especially enjoying biographies and current affairs. She was always interested in new things from computers, to cameras, to cell phones. She enjoyed writing and receiving e-mails from friends and family into her 96th year.

Marion was always very involved in her family’s lives and tried to attend events from birthdays to school music programs to sports. She especially liked to play board games and card games, read, and color with the grandkids and great-grandkids. Marion will truly be missed by all who knew and loved her. We were so blessed to have her in our lives so many years. She was such a gracious, kind, and caring person.

Those left to cherish her memory are her two sons Michael (Ann) of Dubuque and Patrick (Sarah) of Iowa City; grandchildren, Dan (Kelly) Mulligan of Dubuque and their children Eli and Jacob; Brian (Jody) Mulligan and their daughter Emmy of Salt Lake City, Utah; Lucie, Felix, and Henry Mulligan all of Minneapolis, Minnesota; siblings, Carrie (Dwayne) Rose of Janesville and Sonja Dowdy of Laguna Hills, California; in-laws Bernie Stewart of Libertyville, Illinois and June Kjornes of Janesville; and many very special nieces and nephews.

Marion was preceded in death by her sisters; Ruth Stewart, Eleanor Schultis, Betty Oertel Delitz and brothers; Gerald, Donald, Edwin, and Tom Kjornes, and in-laws; Donna Kjornes, Mary Ann Kjornes Treichel, Priscilla Kjornes, Catherine Kingsley, Larry Oertel, Red Delitz, Lynn Dowdy, and Ralph Kingsley.

Memorials in Marion’s memory may be made to Hospice of Dubuque, St. Anthony’s Church, Wahlert High School, Ennoble Manor Care Center, or as desired.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at Ennoble Manor for the care and kindness Marion received while there for rehab and skilled nursing. They would also like to thank the staffs at Dubuque Internal Medicine and Unity Point Health-Finley Hospital for the care they provided to Marion.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.hskfh.com