Mabel McCuen (née Wilson)

January 11, 1948 - June 8, 2023

Mable Wilson McCuen passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2023. Mable was a resident at the Stanton Care Center at the time of her passing. Funeral services will be held at Nelson-Boylan-LeRette Funeral Home in Red Oak at 10:30 on June 22, 2023. A lunch at the Eagle's Club will be served following the internment. Memorials may be given to the Stanton Fire Department or Red Oak Ambulance.

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Mable Marie McCuen, age 75, of Stanton, Iowa, passed away Thursday, June 8, 2023, at the Accura Healthcare of Stanton, Iowa. Mable was born January 11, 1948, in Villisca, Iowa, the daughter of Casey Albert and Marjorie Ellen (Smith) Wilson. She graduated from Villisca High School in 1966 and was united in marriage to Everett Hutchings in 1967. Mable lived in Red Oak for 22 years before moving to Stanton where she had lived for 34 years. Over the years, she provided in home care, worked at Union Carbide, Red Oak Tap, the Derby station, the County Home and operated Mable’s Palace in Stanton for 4 years. Mable attended DMACC where she received her Associates Degree in Health Administration. She then continued caring for people in their homes. Mable also worked 26 years for her brother Jim on Busch All Star Tour then on the World Dirt Racing League as an official. She also went to Florida twice during Speed Weeks. Mable was united in marriage to Clarence McCuen in 2005 and claimed his family as her own. Mable enjoyed people and loved having fun. In her younger years, she was a bowler and a fisherman.

Preceding her in death were her parents; husbands: Everett Hutchings and Clarence McCuen; and sisters: Geneva, Norma, and Jeanette. Survivors include her step-children: Jessica Avila and husband Luis of Corning, IA; Jule McCuen and wife Lori of Villisca, IA; and Summer Chafa and husband Andrew of Washington, IA; grandchildren: Michele Avila of Des Moines, IA; Micheal Avila wife Tasha of Knoxville, IA; Sara Avila of Corning, IA; Morgan Jones of Omaha, NE; Logan McCuen of Villisca, IA; Chase Poort of Corning, IA; Haley Poort of Corning, IA; Spencer Chafa of Corning, IA; and Wyatt Chafa of Corning, IA; great grandchildren: Joe, Drew, Maverick, and William; brothers: James Wilson and wife Nancy of Missouri; Eldon Wilson of Des Moines, IA; Steve Wilson of Shenandoah, IA; Russell Wilson of San Francisco, CA; and Raymond “Lloyd” Wilson and wife Sammie of Mississippi; many nieces and nephews including Tammy Lathrop of Red Oak; Allen Wilson of Red Oak, IA; Denise Eggleston and husband Brent of Cottonwood, AL; Becky Scott and wife Amanda of Beaver Creek, OH; Dee Berns and husband Stuart of North Liberty, IA; and Robyn Schubert-Skalberg and husband Bob of Bloomington, MN; and many other relatives and friends.

A celebration of life service will be held 10:30 AM Thursday, June 22, 2023, at Nelson-Boylan-LeRette Funeral Chapel with burial of ashes to be held in the Evergreen Cemetery at Red Oak and Arlington Cemetery near Villisca, Iowa. Memorials are suggested to the Stanton Fire Department or the Red Oak Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association.

Nelson-Boylan-LeRette Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

This obituary originally appeared on the website of Nelson-Boylan-LeRette Funeral Chapel.