Obituary - Mary Alice (Arnold) Negus
October 8, 1920 - January 8, 2015
Mary Alice Negus, 94, of Whitewater, passed away Thursday, January 8, 2015,
at Fairhaven Retirement Community.
She was born on October 8, 1920, in Greenfield, Indiana, daughter of
McKinley and Hilda (Scudder) Arnold. Mary Alice graduated from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison where she met her future husband. She
married Frederick W. Negus, Sr. on February 17, 1945, in Washington D.C at
the end of the war.
While Mary Alice was at the University of Wisconsin she was a member of the
Delta Delta Delta Sorority. Mary Alice had been an active member of PEO for
many years. She was a homemaker and active in many civic clubs and church
activities in her early years. An entrepreneur, she developed and marketed a
line of dollhouses under the name Corri Products. Mary Alice was blessed
with many lifelong friends and their families. Most of all she enjoyed
spending time with her family. In her later years she received excellent
care from the staff at Fairhaven Retirement Community. Mary Alice was a
member of the First Congregational Church UCC in Fort Atkinson.
Mary Alice is survived by her son, Fred (Janet) Negus, Jr. of Jefferson;
daughters, Jane (Tom) Schoback of Delafield and Susan Negus of Anchorage;
grandchildren, Jessica Negus of Oshkosh, Claire (Kort) Frank of Madison,
John (fiancée Natalie Keeley) Negus of Minneapolis, Ty (Sarah) Schoback of
Edina, and John Schoback of New York, and great grandchildren Briella and
Adeline Schoback. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and
grandson Thomas Negus Schoback.
Private funeral services are pending. A private burial will be at Evergreen
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Fort Atkinson Community Foundation, 244 North
Main Street, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538.
The Dunlap Memorial Home in Fort Atkinson is assisting the family.