Gerald "Jerry" Quintus,
1932-2009
July 8, 2009
Gerald "Jerry" Quintus, 77, of
Garner, died on Thursday, July
2, 2009, at the Concord Care
Center in Garner.
Funeral services were held on
Monday, July 6, at the Faith
Lutheran Church in Miller, with
Lay Minister, Rose Visser
officiating. Burial was in the
Concord Township Cemetery in
Garner. The Cataldo Funeral
Chapel in Garner was in charge
of the arrangements.
Gerald Edward Quintus, the son
of Roy and Mildred (Stewart)
Quintus, was born on March 24,
1932, on the family farm east of
Garner. He was baptized and
confirmed at the United
Presbyterian Church in Garner.
Jerry graduated from the Garner
High School in 1950. Following
high school, he worked in the
construction industry in South
Dakota until his retirement. On
April 22, 1994, he married
Verneil Dodd at the Faith
Lutheran Church in Miller. They
made their home in Garner.
After his
retirement, Jerry drove bus for
Opportunity Village in Clear
Lake. In May of 2008, he became
a resident of the Concord Care
Center. He loved his family,
church, motorcycles, NASCAR,
traveling and having coffee with
the guys. He was an active
member of the Faith Lutheran
Church in Miller where he served
on the church council and was an
usher.
Jerry is survived by his wife,
Verneil of Garner; children,
Debbie (Steve) Crane of Rock
Rapids, Sandra Rice of Rapid
City, South Dakota, James
(Roxanne) Quintus of Rapid City,
South Dakota and Shelly (Trent)
Sack of Center, North Dakota;
step-children, Robert (Linda)
Dodd of Klemme, Scott (Diane)
Dodd of Garner, Rodney Dodd of
Miller, Elizabeth (Jeffrey)
Powers of Garner and Steven
(Judy) Dodd of St. Louis,
Missouri; mother-in-law, Helen
Humphrey of Garner; nine
grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; thirteen
step-grandchildren; nine
step-great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Virginia (Harlan)
Haberkamp of Garner and Dorothy
Jeter of Garner; a brother, Don
(Lynne) Quintus of Garner; two
sisters-in-law, Phyllis Quintus
of Hampton and Ruth Quintus of
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota; and
many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his
parents; twin brother, James;
brother, Dean; sister, Margaret
Allen; and brothers-in-law, Dean
Jeter and Leonard Allen.
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Paul M. Orr, 1927-2009
July 15, 2009
Paul
M. Orr, Sr., 82, of
Marshalltown, died on Monday
July 6, 2009, at the Iowa
Veterans Home in Marshalltown.
Funeral services
were held on Thursday, July 9,
at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial
Chapel in Clear Lake. Interment
was in the Clear Lake Cemetery,
with military honors provided by
the Clear Lake V.E.W. The family
requests all memorials to go to
the Hospice of North Iowa or to
the Clear Lake V.F.W.
Paul was born on
April 26, 1927 in Duncombe,
Iowa, the son of George and
Gladys (Reckard) Orr. He
attended school in Duncombe. He
lived on the Brushy Farm rural
Duncombe, until serving in the
U.S. Army during WW II.
Following the service he moved
back to Fort Dodge. He married
Erma Quillen in 1949. She
preceded him in death in 1959.
While living in Fort Dodge, he
drove Midget Race Cars in
Webster City. He married Marilyn
Marshall in 1962. They moved to
Clear Lake in 1965. Marilyn
preceded Paul in death in 1987.
He worked for the
Clear Lake Schools as a bus
driver, "Smiley," for over nine
years. He moved to the Iowa
Veterans Home in Marshalltown in
2000. Paul attended
auctioneering school and enjoyed
auctioneering.
Paul is survived
by four children, Sally Ellefson
and her husband, Vern of Clear
Lake, Paul M. Orr Jr. of Forest
City, Roberta Prescott and her
husband, Clayton of Garner and
Barbara Oelberg of Joice; nine
grandchildren, LeRoy Perteet,
Matthew Flaten, Tammy Heginger,
Candy Kiss, Trixy Smith, Shelly
Mego, Bridgett Purcell, Chad
Oelberg and Daniel Orr; 19
great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Robert Orr and his
wife, Bonnie of Sonoma,
California and Loyd Orr and his
wife, Margaret of Lincoln,
Nebraska; three sisters,
Florence Stephensen of Webster
City, Laura Kilborn and her
husband, Melvin of Ostrander,
Minnesota and Mary Bentley and
her husband, Clair of Webster
City.
He was preceded
in death by his parents; two
wives, Erma and Marilyn; infant
daughter, Pauline; and two
sisters, Wanda Cunningham and
Rose Marie Orr.
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Harry E. Hayner, 1930-2009
July 22, 2009
Harry Edward
Hayner, age 79, of Klemme, Iowa,
died on Monday, July 13, 2009,
at the Hospice of North Iowa,
Mason City, after battling
cancer.
Harry's wishes
were to be cremated. Harry also
wished for no formal services.
Because his love of fishing, a
"Fish in Memory of Harry" event
was held on Saturday, July 18,
at the Eldred Sherwood Park
Shelter (Indian Lake) located
east of Goodell. The Andrews
Funeral Home of Klemme was in
charge of the arrangements.
Harry grew up in
the Cody, Wyoming area and did
various jobs. He worked for
Winnebago Industries for the
last 17 years. He loved to fish,
read and hunt. He also loved
being with his family.
Surviving Harry
are wife, Arlene of Klemme;
children, Mark (Marie) Hayner of
Forest City, Melanie (David)
Perry of Ankeny, Kristie Hayner
of Klemme and Kim (Jon) Jensen
of Charles City; two
grandchildren, Tyler and Jordan
of Ankeny; one brother, Frank
(Barbara) Hayner of Cody,
Wyoming; and three sisters,
Harriet Humphrey and Caroline
(Dwight) Trumbell, all of Cody,
Wyoming and Katie (Jerry)
Kuchera of Farmington, New
Mexico.
Harry was
preceded in death by his
parents, Harry Edward Hayner and
Virginia (Tayler) Hayner. Also
his first wife, Shirley
(Whitney) Hayner and brothers,
Glen and Gordon Hayner; and one
brother-in-law, Dale Humphrey.
Special thanks is
extended by the family to the
Hospice of North Iowa.
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Helen J. Malek, 1915-2009
July 29, 2009
Helen
J. Malek, 94, of Garner, died on
Sunday, July 26, 2009, at the
Concord Care Center in Garner.
Funeral services will be held at
10:30 a.m., on Thursday, at St.
Wenceslaus Catholic Church in
Duncan, with Fr. Brian Dellaert
officiating. Burial will be in
the St. John's Catholic Cemetery
in Duncan. Visitation will be
held from 5-8:00 p.m., on
Wednesday, at the Cataldo
Funeral Chapel in Garner, with a
combined Rosary Society and
Catholic Workman Rosary at 5:00
p.m. and a Scriptural Wake
Service at 8:00 p.m. Visitation
will continue one hour prior to
the services at the church.
Helen Josephine Malek, the
daughter of Jilji and Rose
(Hejlik) Hrubes, was born on
March 25, 1915, on the family
farm south of Duncan. She was
baptized and confirmed at the
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church.
Helen attended the rural schools
of Liberty Township and the
Britt High School. On September
21, 1937, she was married to
Sylvester Malek at the St.
Wenceslaus Catholic Church. They
settled on the Malek farm
northwest of Garner where she
kept busy helping with the
farming and raising their three
children. Helen spent many years
as a waitress and cook in area
restaurants along with selling
Stanley Home products for 38
years. She also was employed at
the Britt News Tribune selling
subscriptions and worked part
time for 4 years at Opportunity
Village in Clear Lake.
In 1974, Helen
and Syl retired from farming and
moved into Garner. In 2004, she
moved to the Concord Care
Center. She enjoyed her family
and supporting her husband in
his band over the years. Her
hobbies included bowling in
women's league, gardening,
playing cards, playing the
button accordion and bingo. She
especially enjoyed her trip to
Alaska and Hawaii with Syl
celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.
She was a member of the St.
Wenceslaus Catholic Church where
she sang in the choir, Catholic
Workman FCSLA w52 and Rosary
Society.
Helen is survived by her
children, Shirley Rasche of
Garner, Bob Malek (fiancée, Peg)
of Garner and Donna (Don)
Jacobsen of Garner;
grandchildren, Shane Rasche,
Ryan (Tracey) Lester, Brent
(Amy) Lester, Heidi (Mike)
Seaberg, Eric (Kimberly) Malek
and Crystal Malek;
great-grandchildren, Morgan and
Payton Lester, Braydon, Jakob
and Tatum Lester and Nolan and
Gabby Seaberg; a sister, Mary
Trca of Britt; brothers, Joe
(Leona) Hrubes of Britt and
Clarence (Joan) Hrubes of
Garner; sisters-in-law, Margaret
Hrubes of Garner and Eileen
Malek of Wisconsin; and many
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; husband, Syl in
September of 1994; son-in-law,
Karl Heinz Rasche; brothers,
Frank, John and Ray Hrubes;
sisters, Agnes Nedved, Emily
Trca, Rose Johanns and Elsie
Vavrik; and brother-in-law, Ed
Malek.
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Deloris "Dee" Montgomery,
1934-2009
August 5, 2009
Deloris
"Dee" Montgomery, 74, of Garner,
died on Sunday, July 26, 2009,
at the St. Marys Hospital in
Rochester, Minnesota.
Funeral services were held at
10:00 a.m., on Friday, July 31,
at the Zion Evangelical and
Reformed Church in Garner, with
Rev. Frank Beaty officiating.
Burial was in the Ell Township
Cemetery in Klemme. The Cataldo
Funeral Home was in charge of
the arrangements.
Deloris "Dee" Katheryn
Montgomery, the daughter of
Luppo and Trienna (Workman)
Schriever, was born on November
10, 1934 at Bristow. She was
baptized and confirmed at the
Bristow Reformed Church and
graduated from the Bristow High
School in 1952. She attended and
graduated from a lab technician
school in Minneapolis and began
working at a hospital in
Bradford, Pennsylvania. Dee
returned to Iowa in 1957 after
the death of her parents. She
then became the legal guardian
for her younger sister and
brother and worked as a lab
technician at Mercy Hospital in
Mason City.
On January 31,
1959, she was married to Leon
Casey at Mason City. They lived
in Hampton where they raised
their two children and Dee
continued working as a lab
technician at the Hampton
Clinic. On September 19, 1986,
she was married to Bud
Montgomery. They made their home
in Garner. Dee enjoyed bowling
and sewing quilts at her church.
She was a member of the Zion
Evangelical and Reformed Church
and Women's Fellowship.
Dee is survived by her husband,
Bud of Garner; children, Doug
(Tammie) Casey of Hampton and
Barbara (Mylon) Card of Hampton;
a step-daughter, Ann (Troy)
FitzHenry of Mankato, Minnesota;
grandchildren, Nicole, Jenna,
Jordan, Emily and Chase Casey,
Ciara, Rachel, Aubrey and Alexis
Card and Drew and Cassandra
FitzHenry; a sister, Sharron
(Robert) Johnson of Latimer; a
brother, LeRoy (Connie)
Schriever of Davenport; and many
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; and a sister, Lavon
(John) Young.
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