Gordon Haes, 1923-2007
October 10, 2007
Gordon
Haes, 84, of Garner, died on
Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at the
Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa
in Mason City.
Funeral services
were held on Monday, October 8,
at the St. Paul Lutheran Church
in Garner, with the Rev. Dale
Glawatz as officiant. Burial was
in the Concord Township Cemetery
in Garner, with military rites
by the Garner Veterans
Ceremonial Unit. The Cataldo
Funeral Chapel, Garner was in
charge of the arrangements.
Gordon Marlen
Haes, the son of Benjamin and
Ida (Lenz) Haes was born on
April 13, 1923 in Garner. He was
baptized and confirmed at the
St. Paul Lutheran Church. He
graduated from the Garner High
School in 1940.
On February 7,
1942, he married Shirley Maxine
Dakken at Chillicothe, Missouri.
Gordon served his country in the
U.S. Army in the 82nd Airborne
Ordinance Division. He was
transferred to the infantry
division and was then stationed
in the European Theater,
primarily in Germany, where he
received the Purple Heart.
Gordon served in
the Garner Ceremonial Unit for
over 45 years. He had worked at
Goodrich & Bethke, was a partner
with Ray Bunkofske in the
Farmer's Produce and also worked
at Iowa Mold & Tooling, retiring
at age 65.
Gordon enjoyed
hunting, fishing, helping
others, Western movies and
books, Louis L'Amour, Emeril
Lagasse (food cooking shows),
dogs and birds. He especially
enjoyed spending time with his
wife, Shirley, his children,
grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. He was a
godfather to eight children.
Gordon lived his entire life in
Garner, living only two blocks
from his place of birth.
He was a member of the St. Paul
Lutheran Church, the Garner VFW
Post #5515, and the National
Rifle Association.
He is survived by
his wife, Shirley Haes of
Garner; his four children,
Marlen "Mick" Haes and his wife,
Kathy of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Margo Greiman of Windsor,
Colorado, Marsha Johnson and her
husband, Marion of Garner and
Mareen Nedved of Forest City; 18
grandchildren; and 31
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded
in death by his parents; a
sister, Irene Maryter; his
son-in-law, Gary Greiman; a
granddaughter, Jennifer Nedved;
and two great-grandchildren,
Tate and McCoy Nedved.
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Melva Nannenga, 1929-2007
October 10, 2007
Melva Nannenga,
78, of Garner, died on
Wednesday, October 3, 2007, at
the Hancock County Memorial
Hospital in Britt.
Funeral services
were held on Saturday, October
6, at the Garner Evangelical
Free Church on Highway 18, with
Terry Baxter as officiant.
Burial was in the Memorial Park
Cemetery in Mason City. The
Cataldo Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Melva Jean
Nannenga, the daughter of Emmons
and Leona (Kast) Cannon was born
on April 29, 1929, at home in
Ventura. Melva and Melvin were
twins. She attended and
graduated from the Ventura High
School.
On April 22,
1948, she was married to George
Washington Nannenga at the
Lakeside Church near Clear Lake.
They farmed in the Garner-Klemme
area for 25 years and then moved
into Garner. Melva worked at the
Concord Care Center in Garner
and then for Winnebago
Industries in Forest City.
She enjoyed knitting,
embroidering and watching
baseball games. She had attended
the Clear Lake Evangelical Free
Church.
She is survived
by her son, Dennis Nannenga and
his wife, Cathy of Garner; two
grandchildren, Henry and Lenita
Nannenga of Garner; a brother,
Joe Cannon and his wife, Sheryl
of Rockford; and a
sister-in-law, Clarice Cannon of
Mason City.
She was preceded
in death by her husband, George
Nannenga; her parents; two
brothers, Melvin Cannon and Earl
Cannon; and a sister-in-law,
Ruth Cannon.
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Clara Holm, 1916-2007
October 10, 2007
Clara
Holm, 91, of Garner, died on
Thursday, October 4, 2007, at
the Muse Norris Hospice
Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
Funeral services
were held on Monday, October 8,
at the Faith Lutheran Church in
Miller, with Rose Visser, lay
minister officiating. Burial was
in the Ellington Prairie
Cemetery. The Cataldo Funeral
Home was in charge of the
arrangements.
Clara Holm, the
daughter of Adolph D. and Anna
Melinda (Hall) Holm, was born on
October 1, 1916, on a farm
northeast of Garner. She was
baptized and confirmed at the
Ellington Prairie Lutheran
Church. Clara graduated from the
Ventura High School and
continued her education at
Waldorf College in Forest City.
Clara lived with
her family in Garner before
moving to the Prairie View
Apartments in Garner. Due to ill
health she recently moved to the
Concord Care Center. She enjoyed
her family, friends, quilting,
handwork, collecting teacups,
entertaining and her trip to
Norway.
She was a member
of the Faith Lutheran Church in
Miller, WELCA and the Faith Hope
Circle.
Clara was
preceded in death by her
parents; sister, Dorothy Alice
Holm January 25, 1987; and
her brother, Gaylord Holm on
January 19, 1998.
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Lenabelle Bock, 1904-2007
October 17, 2007
Lenabelle
(McGinnis) Bock, died on
Saturday, October 6, 2007, at
the Pinecrest Manor in Mt.
Morris, Illinois.
Born on June 30,
1904 in Linden, Iowa, she was
the daughter of Gertrude
(Holloway) and Robert McGinnis.
She was raised in Linden,
Redfield, South Dakota and
Stanley, Iowa.
Her teaching
degree was earned at Iowa State
University and Northern Iowa
University, followed by teaching
assignments in Swaledale and
Klemme, where she met her
husband, Edwin Frederick Bock.
They were married in 1930. They
established their home in
Garner, Iowa where Ed Bock was
an oil jobber. Since school
boards did not hire married
women, Lenabelle cooked a noon
meal in their home for teachers
in the Garner Public School
District.
The couple raised
two daughters, Mary Margaret and
Virginia Mae. When World War II
broke out, school districts were
only too glad to have married
women as teachers. She returned
to the Klemme Schools and then
to the Hayfield, Iowa School
System, where she taught Home
Economics until 1947.
Always a
volunteer in the Garner
community, Lenabelle was an
ardent member of the Republican
Party. She was asked to run for
a seat in the Iowa Legislature
in 1960. She accepted, ran and
won and represented Hancock
County for two terms. Lenabelle
was one of five women in the
Iowa House of Representatives.
She worked hard both in the
legislature and in her district.
She is remembered for her
statement, "Women in the
legislature need to look like a
girl, act like a lady, think
like a man and work like a dog."
Her political papers reside in
the Iowa Women's Archive at the
University of Iowa.
In 1970,
Lenabelle and her husband built
a home in Clear Lake where they
lived for 25 years. When Ed Bock
retired they spent their winters
in Arizona. At his death in 1995
she moved to Pinecrest Village
in Illinois.
She is survived
by her daughters, Mary B.
Bushnell (Meg) and her husband,
Fred and Virginia Lemire and her
husband, Robert; six
grandchildren, Frederic Bushnell
111 and his wife, Drusie
(Taylor), John Bushnell and his
wife, Christine (Zimmerman),
Cade Bushnell and his wife, Mari
Lyn (Gilmore), Edwin (Ned)
Bushnell and his wife, Lyrah
(Austin), Elise Lemire and her
husband, James Taylor and Robert
(Bo) Lemire and his wife,
Melissa (Strong); and eight
great-grandchildren, Thomas,
Benjamin and Matthew Bushnell,
Grace and Ross Bushnell, Eli
Taylor-Lemire, Zachary and
Sophia Lemire.
Preceding her in
death were her husband, Edwin F.
Bock; her parents; two brothers,
Gerald and Howard McGinnis; and
a sister, Frieda McGinnis
Conrath.
Lenabelle Bock's
ashes will be interred at Clear
Lake, Iowa at a later date.
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Steven Schnell
October 17, 2007
Steven R. Schnell, 50, of
Belmond, died unexpectedly on
Thursday, October 11, 2007, at
the Belmond Medical Center.
Funeral services
were held on Tuesday, October
16, at the Belmond United
Methodist Church. The Rev. Donna
Buckman of the United Church of
Christ Congregational
officiated. Burial was in the
Belmond Cemetery. The Andrews
Funeral Home, Belmond, was in
charge of the arrangements.
Steven Schnell
was owner of Schnell Associates,
PC, in Belmond.
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Darrell D. Keifer, 1953-2007
October 17, 2007
Darrell
D. Keifer, 54, of Garner, died
on Saturday, October 13, 2007,
surrounded by his family and
friends, at the Muse Norris
Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason
City following a brief battle
with cancer.
Funeral services
will be held at 10:30 a.m., on
Wednesday, October 17, at the
Zion Evangelical and Reformed
Church in Garner, with Rev. Tim
Diehl officiating. Burial will
be in the Concord Township
Cemetery in Garner. Visitation
will be held from 3:30 to 8:00
p.m., on Tuesday, at the Cataldo
Funeral Chapel, Garner and will
continue one hour prior to the
services at the church.
Darrell David
Keifer, the son of Ralph and
Maxine (Reuter) Keifer, was born
on August 28, 1953 at Waterloo.
He grew up in Gilbertville and
graduated from the Orange High
School in Waterloo in 1971.
Following high school, he moved
to Colorado and worked in sales
at Drive Train Industries. In
1977, he moved to Wichita,
Kansas, where he was employed as
a salesman at Inland Truck
Parts.
On November 12,
1978, he and Linda Buholzer
started their journey together.
They moved to Billings, Montana
and were married in the First
Methodist Church of Billings and
a few years later had a second
ceremony at the Holy Rosary
Catholic Church also in
Billings.
Darrell worked at Montana Break
Engineering where he started as
a salesman and eventually became
president/owner of the company.
In 1986, he and his family moved
to Garner to be closer to family
and Darrell worked for the BMD
Company in Klemme, until
securing a job with Anco
Construction. He was the manager
for the Princeton, Missouri hog
confinement production plant for
nine years. He spent the last
nine years working at the Zinpro
Corporation of Garner.
Darrell enjoyed
fishing, hunting, and the Denver
Broncos. His greatest passion
was cooking for his family and
friends, but most of all he
loved being a dad to his three
daughters and husband to his
wife, Linda. His hobbies
included fly tying, designing
fishing poles and woodworking.
For the past 10 years he took
great pride in announcing for
the Garner-Hayfield softball,
baseball and wrestling programs.
He was a dedicated Cardinals fan
and proud to be a board member
of the new Garner Sports Booster
Club. Darrell also made several
special friendships with the
Forest City softball team and
their families while watching
his wife coach.
He was a member
of the Zion Evangelical and
Reformed Church in Garner,
Masonic Lodge, Shrine and a
founding member of the Garner
Sports Booster Club.
Darrell is
survived by his wife, Linda of
Garner; three children,
Katherine Keifer (fiancée,
Brandon Schmidt) of Garner,
Karin Keifer of Wichita, Kansas
and Konnie Keifer of Garner; his
father, Ralph Keifer of
Gilbertville; a sister, Gail
(Don) Dunnwald of Waverly; two
brothers, Mike (Michelle) Keifer
of Nashville, Tennessee and Jim
(Jody) Keifer of Jesup; his
mother-in-law, Marie Buholzer of
Wichita, Kansas; a
brother-in-law, Doug (Leann)
Buholzer of Lee Summit,
Missouri; many nieces, nephews,
great-nieces and nephews; and
special friends, Christine
(Jimmie) Breshears of Clinton,
Missouri and Kevin Clark of
Wichita, Kansas.
He was preceded
in death by his mother, Maxine;
sister, Jo Marilyn Kueter; and
father-in-law, Mel Buholzer.
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Violet "Vi" L. Berge, 1914-2007
October 24, 2007
Violet
"Vi" L. Berge, 93, of Garner,
died on Wednesday, October 17,
2007, at the Concord Care Center
in Garner.
Funeral services
were held on Saturday, October
20, at the St. Paul Lutheran
Church in Garner, with Rev. Dale
Glawatz officiating. Burial was
in the Concord Township
Cemetery. The Cataldo Funeral
Home was in charge of the
arrangements. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be
directed to the St. Paul
Lutheran Church Renovation Fund.
Violet "Vi" Leona
Berge, the daughter of Oscar O.
and Marie Sophia (Hanson)
Holden, was born on October 5,
1914, on a farm near Ottosen.
She was baptized and confirmed
at the St. Olaf Lutheran Church
in Bode. She graduated from the
Bode High School in 1932 and
then attended Iowa State
Teacher's College in Cedar
Falls. She taught in the rural
schools of Humboldt and Webster
Counties for four years.
She wanted to get
involved in the business world,
so she prepared herself by
attending the American Institute
of Business in Des Moines. She
worked for a loan company in Des
Moines and then moved to Denver,
Colorado and worked for a
wholesale building supply
company. When she moved to San
Francisco, she was employed by a
utility company. She retired in
1980 after working 30 years for
the school administration in
Wayzata, Minnesota. Vi often
said she enjoyed changing jobs
and moving to a different area
where she met new challenges,
made new friends and had the
opportunity to explore.
On November 6,
1982, she was married to B.C.
Berge at the Zion Lutheran
Church in Clear Lake. They made
their home in Garner, moving to
Prairie View Apartments in 1994.
She was a member
of the St. Paul Lutheran Church,
L.W.M.L. and the Ruth Circle.
She also had belonged to the Wa
Tan Ye's, Birthday Club and the
Garner Progressive Club. Vi was
a member of the Minneapolis
Municipal Club for 30 years.
Many of her summer vacations
were spent with this club in
such places as Mexico, Hawaii,
European countries and most of
the 50 states.
She is survived
by a step son-in-law, Harry
(Anne) Anderson of Garner; three
step-children, Barbara (Larry)
Weians of Parkville, Missouri,
Dr. Donald (Nicky) Berge of
Clear Lake and Alan (Carol)
Berge of Clear Lake; ten
step-grandchildren, Timothy
Anderson, Valerie (Tom) Alden,
Lorelei (Michael) Flanigan, Sara
(Scott) Wagner, Andrew (Majo)
Christensen, Heidi (Keith)
Weaver, Shannon (Nicole) Berge,
Kendra (Mark) Holtkamp, Leslie
(Dean) Walston and Alex Berge;
seven step-great-grandchildren;
two sisters, Joyce Wilke of
Tipton and Bonita Alexander of
Humboldt; a brother, Miles
(Edna) Holden of Humboldt; four
nieces; and one nephew.
She was preceded
in death by her husband, B.C.
Berge on October 24, 2006; her
parents; a step-daughter, Ann
Anderson; and a sister, Bernice
Coyle.
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G.W. "Bill" Templeton, 1918-2007
October 24, 2007
G.W.
"Bill" Templeton, 89, of Garner,
died on Saturday, October 20,
2007, at the Concord Care Center
in Garner.
Memorial services
will be held at 10:30 a.m., on
Wednesday, October 24, at the
United Methodist Church in
Garner, with Rev. David Wagner
officiating. Inurnment will be
in the Concord Township
Cemetery. Military rites will be
conducted by the Garner Veterans
Ceremonial Unit. Visitation was
held from 5-7:00 p.m., on
Tuesday at the United Methodist
Church Fellowship Hall in Garner
with a Masonic service at 7:00
p.m. Visitation will continue
one hour prior to services at
the church. The Cataldo Funeral
Home is in charge of the
arrangements. Memorials may be
directed to Hospice of North
Iowa or to donor's choice in
Bill's name.
George William
Templeton, the son of George A.
and Carolyn (Morris) Templeton,
was born on May 30, 1918 at
Panora. He attended school at
Panora until 1929 when he moved
with his family to Perry. He
graduated from the Perry High
School in 1935 and continued his
education for a year at the
University of Iowa. Bill then
transferred to Drake University
where he graduated with a law
degree in 1942.
In his senior
year of law school, Bill was
elected president of his law
class. A week after graduating
from law school, he entered the
U.S. Army Air Corps serving his
country as an instructor of
single and multi-engine
aircraft. Bill was very proud to
have served his country during
WW II.
On May 3, 1944,
he married Dorothy Mae Swift at
Strother Field, Kansas. In
January of 1946, they moved to
Garner where Bill had his own
law practice until retiring in
1983. He enjoyed flying
airplanes, wintering in Arizona,
traveling, woodworking, annual
deer hunting trips and, in his
younger years, playing in the
Garner Old Timer's Band.
Bill was an
active member of the United
Methodist Church where he served
in many capacities over the
years. He served on the board of
directors of the Hancock County
National Bank for 20 years, the
Garner Fire Department for 20
years, was the school board
secretary from 1946 to 1975 and
was county attorney from 1950 to
1962.
He also belonged
to the Garner American Legion,
Iowa State Bar Association,
Hancock County Bar Association,
the Garner Lions Club, Bethel
Masonic Lodge in Garner for 50
years where he also served as
Past Master and Za-Ga-Zig
Shrine.
He is survived by
his two sons, John (Darlene)
Templeton of Round Rock, Texas
and Steve (Bev) Templeton of
Garner; and five grandchildren
and their families, Ryan (Erin)
Templeton and their two
children, Quinn and Carsen of
Pflugerville, Texas, Bob
(Marsha) Templeton and their two
children, Camden and Braden of
Round Rock, Texas, Cari
Templeton (fiancée, Mitch
Klemme) of Preston, Iowa, Amy
Templeton of West Des Moines and
Erin Templeton of Washington,
Illinois.
Bill was preceded
in death by his wife, Dorothy on
October 10, 1993; his mother,
Carolyn in 1969; his father,
George in 1964; and a brother,
Morris in 1996.
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