Edna Mae Nix

August 1, 1931 - January 23, 2021

Edna Mae Nix, of Marion, Iowa, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2021, at the home of her daughter, Dianna Waters in Jasper, Arkansas. A visitation will be held from 1 – 2 p.m. on Thursday, January 28, 2021, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 520 Wilson Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. Entombment will take place at the Linwood Cemetery Mausoleum in Cedar Rapids. All guests are respectfully requested to wear a mask and practice social distancing. A livestream of the funeral service may be accessed on the funeral home website tribute page for Edna under “photos and videos or media,” starting at 2 p.m. on Thursday, January 28, 2021. The daughter of Edward and Elnora (Kitto) Loseau was born August 1, 1931, in Cedar Rapids. Edna worked at Collins in Cedar Rapids for 27 years. She enjoyed doing crafts and scrapbooking with family and friends. She also loved going on cruises and trips with her children and grandchildren. She is survived by her son, Michael Smith and his wife Thelma of Harrison, Arkansas; her daughter, Dianna Waters and her husband Richard of Jasper, Arkansas; her son-in-law, Virgil Mullins of Blue Grass, Iowa; 15 grandchildren; 34 great grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews she loved dearly. She will be missed by all that knew her. Edna was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Junior C. Nix of 37 years; her son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Gail Nix of Marion; her daughter, Catherin Mullins of Blue Grass, Iowa; three brothers, Harry Loseau, Ted and Ivan Beetem; seven sisters, Rose, Violet and Audrey Beetem, Eva, Mary, Nellie and Helen Loseau; one grandson; and three great-grandchildren.