Europe and Canada. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, playing cards, and was an avid fan of Bishop Garrigan athletics and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Marion passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona, Iowa. She was 95. She is survived by her children, Sue and John Surges of San Francisco, CA; Charlene Connelly of Kingwood, TX; Brian and Becky LaBarre of Spencer; Mark and Tracey Ferris of Franklin, OH; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother, Jack Schouten and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Robert LaBarre and Donald Ferris; son-in-law, John Connelly; sisters, Helen Morris and Geraldine Risser.