Pauline Stott

Pauline (Overbeck) Stott—1927-2025—formerly of Elkader and Mason City, died peacefully at her daughter, Jo Powell’s, home in Eden Prairie, Minn.

Pauline was born and raised in Mason City. In 1946, she married LuVane (Louie, L.B.) Stott of Garner. The couple moved to Elkader and had four children, twin boys and two girls. Her husband, Louie, died in 1974, and in 1985 she moved back to Mason City to care for her mother and be with her sister. In 2019 she moved to Eden Prairie, Minn., to live with her daughter Jo.

Over her 98 years, Pauline worked taking care of her family and out of the home as a telephone operator, a nurse aide, a bookkeeper and a retail floor clerk. In Elkader, she was a volunteer for Red Cross and spent many hours at the pool organizing swim lessons. She was also a volunteer for the music boosters at Central Community Schools.

Pauline enjoyed cooking, baking, sewing, swimming, playing cards, growing flowers, fishing, music, dancing, walking and going to the community center to work out. Pauline was very active and was told repeatedly she looked and acted more like a 78 year old than a 98 year old person.

She was preceded in death by her husband Louie Stott and two good friends, Dethlef Carstens and Lowell Chesnut, her two sisters, Rhoda Riley and Margaret Smith, and her parents.

Left who are grateful to have known and loved her are her children, Larry Stott (Wendy Waldron), Greg (Anita) Stott, Jo (Jay) Powell and Nancy (Darrill) Burgett; nephew Bill (Barb) Dietrich; sister-in-laws Leona (Stott) Straw and Edna (Lincke) Stott; a very special friend, Sue Stott; 19 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. She will be missed by all.

A private ceremony is planned for a later date.