Isabelle M. Maltbey, age 89 of Shawano, passed away on Thursday August 30, 2012 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Isabelle was born on December 24, 1922 in the Town of Hayes, the daughter of the late Gust and Leona (Peterman) Moede. After college she worked for Dunn and Bradstreet in Milwaukee. She married Eugene Maltbey on June 14, 1947 and moved back to Shawano where she worked for the Shawano Evening Leader and the Shawano Library on the book mobile. She was a business owner most of her life with her husband Gene, running a chicken farm of 17,000 chickens for 12 years in the Embarrass area. They then moved to a small grocery store on the Clover Leaf Lakes. This was her favorite business, with the small town feel, like the local barber shopyou would always find a queue of people there visiting. Their final business was the Pine Acre Motel which was located here in Shawano, which they ran until they retired. Isabelle was a member of Peace United Church of Christ in Shawano where she volunteered for the chili dinners, funerals and her favorite, the church fair stand. She also volunteered at the Heritage Museum, hospital gift shop and the food pantry. Isabelle is survived by: her daughters, Kathleen Mallett of Shawano, Jayne (Charles) Strause of Shorevview, MN; grandchildren, Chris and Mark Mallett, Nick and Stephenie Strause; siblings, Mae Krueger of Shawano, Anne Belle (Arnold) Krause of Shawano, Elaine (Ray) Midkiff of Germantown, OH, Patty (Donna) Moede of Oshkosh, Marshall "Mike" (Beatrice) Moede of Clintonville, Jim (Nancy) Moede of Marshfield and John (Dehlia) Moede of California. Isabelle was preceded in death by: her parents; her husband Eugene; grandson, Samuel; and five brothers and sisters, Louise Berger, Charlotte Heinz, Lucy Johnston, Orvis (Butch) Moede and Gordon Moede. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 7, 2012 at the Peace United Church of Christ in Shawano, with the Rev. Marty Black officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Shawano. Visitation will be held at the church from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the services. www.swedbergfuneralhome.com