Visitation will be held Thursday, October 9th, 5:00 – 7:00 pm at the Honey Creek New Providence Friends Church, New Providence, IA.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 10th, 11:00 am at the Honey Creek New Providence Friends Church, New Providence, IA.

Burial will be in the Melbourne Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the family, designated to the American Milking Shorthorn Society.

For more information and online condolences, go to: www.boekefuneralhomes.com

Boeke Funeral Home of Hubbard is caring for Marcia and her family.

Marcia Louise Shaver was born on August 22, 1937, in Eldora, IA, the daughter of Noran Robert and Myrl (Herndon) Shaver.

Marcia married Robert Schradle in 1954, with whom she welcomed two children, Heather, of Aurora, CO and Lane, of Charles City, IA. She happily married to Dale Floyd from 1994 until his death in 2008.

Marcia was an accomplished self-taught artist and known for the many birthday and wedding cakes she baked and decorated, but anyone who knew her was well aware of her love for Milking Shorthorns. She showed her first Milking Shorthorn at the Iowa State Fair when she was just 5 years old. Later, following in her father’s footsteps, she was elected to the American Milking Shorthorns Society (AMSS) Board of Directors for two terms. She took pride in the fact that she judged dairy cattle at 13 state fairs as well as the World Dairy Expo in Madison, WI, and even Australia. Additionally, she received the AMSS Citizen of the Year, the Iowa State Fair Dairy Sportsmanship Award and was honored by the Iowa State University Dairy Science Club.

Left to cherish her memory are her two children: Heather (Russ) Paper, of Aurora, CO and Lane (Sigrid) Schradle, of Charles City, IA; five grandchildren: Derek (Carrie) Paper, of Blair, NE, Brandon (Renee) Schradle, Jesse (Lindsey) Schradle, Ben (Tiffany) Schradle, of Ottumwa, IA, and Kristin (Rob) McNeese, of Britt, IA; 16 great grandchildren: Charlie, Ellie, Lilah and Sadie Paper, Wyatt, Claire and Elizabeth Schradle, Devon Breed, Camden and Kinsley Schradle, Elena and Archer Schradle, Aiden, Graysen, Emmersyn and Palmer McNeese; one great-great granddaughter Rylie Breed; and her sister Patricia Sue Casey, of Marshall, MI; along with a number of other relatives and friends.

Preceding her in death were Marcia’s parents, husband Dale Floyd, brothers Laurence “Peck” Shaver and Harold “Red” Shaver and sister Phyllis Muzzy.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the family, designated to the American Milking Shorthorn Society.