Ardith L. Furness
July 26, 1922-December 1, 2010
GARNER
- Ardith L. Furness, 88, of
Garner, died on Wednesday,
December 1, 2010, at the IOOF
Home in Mason City.
Funeral services will be held 10
A.M., Saturday at St. John's
Lutheran Church, east of Garner
with Rev. Carl Hedberg
officiating. Burial will be in
Ellington Prairie Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 4
to 7 P.M., Friday at the Cataldo
Funeral Chapel in Garner and
will continue one hour prior to
services at the church.
Ardith Lorraine Furness, the
daughter of Conrad and Cora
(Hall) Anderson, was born July
26, 1922 at Ventura. She was
baptized and confirmed at
Ellington Prairie Lutheran
Church northeast of Garner.
Ardith graduated from Ventura
High School in 1940. On December
1, 1946 she was married to Edwin
Furness at Ellington Prairie
Lutheran Church. As members of
Ellington Prairie Lutheran
Church they were active as
Luther League counselors. They
farmed near Lake Mills until
1951 when they moved to the
Anderson family farm northeast
of Garner. In 1986 they retired
from farming and moved into
Garner. Ardith also worked at
Winnebago Industries in Forest
City from 1968 until her
retirement in 1990. In 2006, she
moved to Prairie View Apartments
and in 2008 to Concord Care
Center in Garner. In February of
2010 she became a resident of
IOOF Home in Mason City.
She enjoyed
cooking, embroidering and
driving her friends to church on
Sunday. Her home was always open
for people to have coffee and a
little lunch. She was a member
of St. John's Lutheran Church
where she taught Sunday school.
She also belonged to the
Fellowship Club, Ladies Aid, was
a charter member of the Evening
Guild and a volunteer for Meals
on Wheels.
Ardith is survived by her four
sons, Dennis (Karen) Furness of
Story City, Donald (Janis)
Furness of Pottsboro, TX, Ralph
(Nancy) Furness of Sioux City
and Roger Furness of Garner;
nine grandchildren; sixteen
great-grandchildren; a
sister-in-law, Beverly Anderson
of Ventura; and many nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; husband, Ed, July 21,
2004; son, Marlin, Mar. 24,
1964; and four brothers,
Nordahl, Grant, Leonard and Roy
Anderson.
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Brigett Ann Wirtjes
February 17, 1983-December 6,
2010
Brigett
Ann Wirtjes, 27, of Manly, Iowa,
died Monday Dec. 6, 2010, at her
home.
Funeral services will be 10:30
a.m. Saturday, December 11,
2010, at the Bethel United
Methodist Church, Manly, with
Rev. Don Preston officiating.
Visitation will be Friday from
4:00-7:00 p.m. at the Bride
Colonial Chapel, Manly, Iowa and
then one hour before the service
at the church. Following the
service she will be cremated and
a private graveside service will
be held at a later date in
Sunset Rest Cemetery, Northwood,
Iowa. Family suggests memorials
to Brigett Ann Wirtjes memorial
fund.
Brigett was born Feb. 17, 1983
in Mason City, Iowa the daughter
of Donald Bottleman and Lesa
(Wood) Eckert. She was involved
in Girl Scouts for many years.
She attended Garner Hayfield
Community Schools and graduated
in 2001. While attending
N.I.A.C.C. with a full-time
schedule to receive her L.P.N
Nursing Degree she balanced
taking care of her new born baby
and a part-time job. Brigett
worked at the Mason City Clinic
Heart Center. She was very proud
to be a part of the heart center
team. She married the love of
her life Tyler Wirtjes April 28,
2007 at the Bethel United
Methodist Church, Manly, Iowa.
Her greatest enjoyment in life
was being a mom and spending
time with family. She enjoyed
camping, playing spider
solitaire, shopping, gardening,
canning and baking. Her favorite
color was orange.
She is survived by her husband
Tyler Wirtjes, Manly, Iowa two
children Shelby Heyden and
Trenton Wirtjes, Manly, Iowa;
her father Don Bottleman and his
wife Janet, Grafton, Iowa; her
mother Lesa Eckert, Garner,
Iowa; 6 siblings Tara (Casey
Swyter) Bottleman, Manly, Iowa,
Eric (Jennifer Carrison) Jensen,
Northwood, Iowa, Brandon
Bottleman, Cedar Falls, Iowa,
Lacie Eckert, Garner, Iowa,
Abagail Eckert, Garner, Iowa and
Devon Eckert, Garner, Iowa;
mother-in-law Pamela Wirtjes,
Grafton, Iowa; grandparents Avis
Wood, Rockford, Iowa and Phyllis
Biekert, Mason City, Iowa and
many aunts, uncles, nieces and
cousins.
She was preceded
in death by her grandparents
Elmer and Florence Bottleman,
Russel Wood, Arnold Biekert and
Irene “Perm” Shahan.
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David M. Neuberger II
May 16, 1969-December 24, 2010
David
M. Neuberger II, 41, of Garner,
died Friday, December 24, 2010,
at the Muse-Norris Hospice
Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
Funeral services will be held 2
P.M., Tuesday, Dec. 28th at St.
Boniface Catholic Church in
Garner with the Very Rev.
Kenneth B. Gehling officiating.
Cremation will follow.
Visitation will be held from 4
to 7 P.M., Monday at St.
Boniface Catholic Church in
Garner and will continue one
hour prior to services at the
church.
David Myron Neuberger II, the
son of David and Janice
(Millard) Neuberger, was born
May 16, 1969 in Belmond. Dave
grew up on a farm south of
Ventura and graduated from
Ventura High School in 1987. He
continued his education at the
Spartan School of Aeronautics in
Oklahoma where he received his
degree in aviation maintenance
technology. On August 12, 1995
he married Kerry Furst at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church in
Clear Lake. They lived in rural
Klemme until moving to Garner in
2000. Dave was employed with
Hawkeye Sow Centers based in
Emmetsburg, Ia., for the last
twelve years. As their
production supervisor, Dave
oversaw the production and
management of numerous sow farm
facilities while working in
conjunction with Pipestone Vet
Clinics. Through his work, Dave
attended various workshops to
enhance his leadership skills,
national symposiums, and was
involved in consultations in
Oklahoma, Canada, and Chile.
Dave was always
full of energy and ready to have
fun. Very seldom would Dave pass
up on a chance for fun, whether
that was seeing how many times
he could drive backwards around
the Ventura Heights circle, or
showing Dane and Derek that
spring yard work was fun. When
planning events, his friends
always knew when it came to
Dave's vote, it would be, "I'm
in!" Dave truly enjoyed spending
time with family and friends,
and lived life to the fullest.
Summer weekends, he was seldom
far from the cabin and boat on
Clear Lake, pulling the boys and
their friends tubing, "toodling"
around the lake, and tying up
together with friends' boats at
Farmer's Beach. Fall often found
Dave and family at Iowa State
Football games, supporting his
friends' Hawkeye team, and
cheering for the boys at their
football games. Golfing and
snowmobiling also seemed to find
their way into his schedule.
Regardless of all else, the Uno
card game tournament with the
boys was ongoing.
Dave was a member of numerous
organizations including the Iowa
Pork Producers and the National
Pork Producers Association.
Dave's family includes his wife,
Kerry of Garner; two sons, Dane
(14) and Derek (10) of Garner;
his father, David (Judy)
Neuberger of Garner; his mother,
Janice Millard of Clear Lake;
two sisters, Julia (Lauren)
Trembath-Neuberger of Clear Lake
and Nicole (Greg) Willson of
Waldorf, MN; a brother, Johan
Neuberger (Nicole) of Waterloo;
step-sisters, Michelle Luscombe
of Ventura and Melody Thome of
Garner; a step-brother, Mike
Stout of Clear Lake;
parents-in-law, Martin and Rita
Furst of Crystal Lake;
brother-in-law, Marty (Nicole)
Furst of Garner, and
sister-in-law Kate (Greg) Winter
of Cedar Rapids; and nephews &
nieces, Andrew, Ben, and Avery
Furst, Ethan, Josie, and Grace
Winter, Cole Willson, and Kaelen
and Aleena Neuberger.
Dave was preceded in death by
his paternal grandparents, Bill
and Emma Neuberger; maternal
grandparents, Cecil and Florence
Millard; cousin, Michael Herman;
and an uncle, Jerry Millard.
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Lillian V. Malek
May 10, 1909-December 27, 2010
Lillian
V. Malek, 101, of Britt, died on
Monday, December 27, 2010, at
the Hancock County Memorial
Hospital in Britt.
Funeral services
will be held at 10:30 a.m.,
Thursday, at St. Wenceslaus
Catholic Church in Duncan, with
Rev. Fr. Donald Hertges as
celebrant. Burial will be in St.
John's Catholic Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 3-6:00
p.m., on Wednesday, at the
Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Britt,
with a Catholic Workman rosary
at 4:30 p.m. and a Scriptural
Wake service at 5:00 p.m.
Visitation will continue one
hour prior to services at the
church.
Ludmilla
"'Lillian" Veronica Malek, the
daughter of Frank and Anna
(Tusha) Vavrik, was born May 10,
1909 in Duncan. After attending
school at Garfield Township # 9,
she worked as a nanny for her
sisters and also helped on her
parent's farm. In the early
1930's, she drove a "Model T
Ford" school bus on the Hayfield
bus route. On January 20, 1931,
she was married to William
George Malek, at St. Wenceslaus
Catholic Church in Duncan in a
double wedding with her sister,
Mayme and Joe Kubicka. Lillian
and Bill farmed in the Hayfield
and Duncan areas before buying
their own farm north of Britt in
1951. In 1990, she moved into
Britt living in her own home and
later at the Summit House and
Westview Care Center. Throughout
her life, she remained true to
her Czech heritage as shown in
her language skills, cooking,
baking, tatting, crocheting and
gardening. Bill and Lillian
enjoyed their family and fishing
trips to Minnesota.
She was a
life-long member of St.
Wenceslaus Catholic Church,
Catholic Workman FCSLA w51 and
was an honorary member of Rosary
Society.
She is survived
by her son, William "Bill" J.
Malek of Britt; three
grandchildren, Daniel Malek of
San Jose, CA, James (Mette)
Malek of Sioux City and Rosanne
Malek of Urbandale; six
great-grandchildren, Rebecca,
Elizabeth, Catherine, Melinda,
Angela and Michael; and a
brother, Louis (Marge) Vavrik of
Ventura.
She was preceded
in death by her husband,
William, Sr. on February 29,
1988; her daughter-in-law, Sally
Malek on December 14, 2002;
three grandchildren, Paul,
Ramona and Carl; and her
siblings, Mayme Kubicka Suchy,
Rose (Jos. T) Formanek and
Frank, Bob, Willie and George
Vavrik.
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Georgia A. Molencamp
October 3, 1933-December 28,
2010
Georgia
A. Molencamp 77, formerly of
Garner, went home to her Lord
and Savior, Tuesday, December
28, 2010, at the Muse-Norris
Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason
City.
A memorial service will be held
at 10:00 a.m., on Friday,
December 31, 2010, at the Zion
Lutheran Church, Clear Lake,
with Reverend Dean Hess
officiating. Inurnment will be
held at a later date in Memorial
Park Cemetery, Mason City.
Visitation will be held today,
Thursday, December 30, 2010,
from 4-6:00 p.m., at the Ward
Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear
Lake and continue one hour prior
to the services at the church on
Friday. Memorials may be
directed to the Georgia A.
Molencamp Memorial.
Georgia A. Dunahoo, was born
October 3, 1933 in Mason City,
the daughter of Donald and
Philomena Rose (Frank) Dunahoo.
Georgia graduated from Mason
City High School in 1951. She
was united in marriage to Robert
Dean “Bob” Molencamp on October
5, 1951 and to this union four
children were born. Georgia was
a homemaker for most of her life
until she worked for Halford’s
Café and The Clear Lake Bakery.
Georgia also worked in the
Dietary Department at USA
Healthcare in Mason City. She
retired from working at
Winnebago Industries. Georgia
relocated to Marshalltown with
her daughter and lived there for
several years until relocating
back to Garner.
Georgia loved the Lord, she was
a very faithful person and had
great devotion to the Lord and
helping others. She was a member
of Zion Lutheran Church, Clear
Lake. She loved baking, cooking,
playing cards, Bingo, sewing,
and tending to her flower
gardens especially her
Gladiolas. She enjoyed spending
time with her family and
friends; especially with her
girlfriend Donna Mostrom.
Georgia was a very adventurous
person. She was a Lion’s Club
Member for several years.
Georgia will be greatly missed
by her children Mark Molencamp,
Mickey (Vanetta) Molencamp, Deon
Marie Molencamp, and Jeffery
(Gloria) Molencamp, all of
Garner; grandchildren Lisa
Molencamp, Garner, Shawna
Shepherd, Ohio, Timmy Molencamp,
Nicole, Cassandra, Cody, Natasha
and Nicholas Molencamp, all of
Garner; great-grandchildren
Robert, Robyn, Sincere, Marcus,
Jessie, Erin, Gregory and
Carson; two
great-great-grandchildren; one
sister Donna Jensen, Lander, WY;
along with numerous brothers and
sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews,
other relatives and friends.
Georgia is preceded in death by
her parents, husband and one
brother Donald Dunahoo.
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Cleola Ann "Koky" Lackore
August 24, 1929-December 29,
2010
Cleola
Ann "Koky" Lackore, age 81 of
Garner, died on Wednesday,
December 29, 2010, at Concord
Care Center in Garner, Iowa.
Funeral services
will be held at 10:30 AM, on
Monday, January 3, 2011, at the
United Methodist Church in
Garner, with Pastor Sandy Gobeli
officiating. Burial will be at
Madison Township Cemetery in
Forest City. Visitation will be
held from 4 to 6 PM, on Sunday,
January 2, 2011, at the Cataldo
Funeral Chapel in Garner, Iowa.
Cleola "Koky" Ann
Lackore, the daughter of Harvey
Elmer and Edith Ross
(Forristall) Boller was born
August 24, 1929 at Goodell. She
attended school and graduated
from the Goodell Community
Schools. On December 23, 1946,
she was married to Marvin Keith
Lackore in Wichita, KS. She had
worked at various stores in
Garner as a sales clerk. Koky
enjoyed her family, especially
her grandchildren and
great-grandchildren, baking,
fieldwork, writing poetry, latch
hook, embroidering and attending
sports events. She was a member
of the United Methodist Church
and U.M.W.
She is survived
by her children, Peggy Dominguez
(Leo) of Tucson, AZ, Nancy
Kaduce (Rick) of Rockford, Jill
Schott (Dennis) of Garner, Sally
Bergman (David) of Britt, a
daughter-in-law, Doris Dallman
(Kurt) of Garner; 15
grandchildren, Lisa Warren
(Michael), Jody Buzicky, Polly
Ruiz (Armando), Lindsey Madsen
(Ed), Zachary Kaduce (Katie),
Bree Bartlett (Brad), Brandy
Anderson (Josh), Andrew Schott
(Ashley), Matthew Lackore
(Gina), Kelly Muth (Mitch),
Katie Koller (Chad), Melissa
Rager (Ryan), Benjamin Bergman,
Willie Bergman, and Holly
Cassady (Dustin); 22
great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Harriet Rust of Mason
City and Beth Lackore (Dale) of
San Luis Obispo, CA; two
brothers, Larry Boller (Evelyn)
of Goodell and Jerry Boller
(Toni) of San Luis Obispo, CA
and 2 sisters-in-law, Donna
Buckley of Clear Lake and Thelma
Boller of San Luis Obispo, CA.
She was preceded
in death by her husband, Marvin
Lackore on October 12, 2010; a
son, Harris "Skip" Lackore on
April 14, 1986; her parents; and
siblings, Helen Latch, Darwin
Boller, Howard Boller and
Eulelia Christie.
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