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obituaries are our very early work at
preparing obituaries for the internet. These
obituaries may or may not be as they
appeared in the Mason City Globe Gazette.
Obituaries often repeated two, three and
sometimes even more times in subsequent
editions of the Globe Gazette. Each printing
reflected a correction or change someone
felt was necessary. PAF-Ways founding
president Kermit Kittleson invested a labor
of love during this early period combining
multiple obituaries to read as one. He did a
good and faithful job. The date used should
not necessarily be considered the
publication date but should be considered
"circa" or about the time the obituary
appeared.
MCGG 5/26/1995
Mason City (Iowa) Globe Gazette
Ardis M. Flanigan
BRISTOW
Ardis M. Flanigan, 67, died Wednesday (May 24, 1995) at Franklin
General Hospital, Hampton. Graveside services will be held at
10:30 a.m. today at Oakhill Cemetery, rural Bristow, with the
Rev. Todd Smith of the Bristow Church of Christ officiating.
There will be no visitation. Sietsema Vogel Funeral Home, Hampton,
is in charge of arrangements.
Ardis M. Flanigan was born Sept. 7, 1927, in Davenport. There
are no immediate survivors.
MCGG 5/27/1995
Mason City (Iowa) Globe Gazette
S. Louva Johansen
HAMPTON
A memorial service for S. Louva Johansen will be held at 10 a.m.
Saturday (May 27, 1995) at the Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home in Hampton.
Immediately following, a reception will be held at the Gold Key
Dining Room in Hampton. Pastor David Nelson from the Church of Christ
will officiate at the memorial service.
The family has requested that anyone who sends flowers to the
memorial service take them after the service to a graveside of
their choice in observance of Memorial Day. Thank you for the
S. Louva Johansen family.
MCGG 5/27/1995
Mason City (Iowa) Globe Gazette;
Cora Sterling
ALGONA
Cora Sterling, 103, died Wednesday (May 24, 1995) at Colonial Manor,
Amana.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First United
Methodist Church with the Rev. Ellis E. Andrews officiating. Burial
will be in Riverview Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
today at Wilson Funeral Home.
Cora Sterling was born Feb. 20, 1892, in Kossuth County.
Survivors include one daughter, Joyce Krause of Iowa City; two
grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.
MCGG 5/27/1995
Mason City (Iowa) Globe Gazette
May 27, 1995
George O'Brien
MASON CITY
George O'Brien, 71, of 522 13th St. S.E., died Thursday (May 25, 1995)
at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be
held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church with the
Rev. Clifton L. Bruland officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph
Cemetery with full military rites by the Mason City Memorial Association.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Major-Erickson Funeral
Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and will continue one hour prior to
services at the church on Saturday. Memorials may be directed to the
George O'Brien Memorial Fund.
George O'Brien was born Oct. 11, 1923, to John O'Brien and Blanche (nee)
Andrew O'Brien in Murrayville, Ill. George moved with his family in 1929 to
Clear Lake. He attended Clear Lake and Mason City schools. He enlisted
in the U.S. Navy during World War II and served with the Armed Guard on
Merchant Ships.
After the war, he returned to Mason City. He married Viola Anderson on
Sept. 3, 1949, in Minneapolis. George worked for O'Brien moving and storage
for many years. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, and a lifetime
member of the V.F.W.
Survivors include his wife, Viola O'Brien of Mason City; two sons, George P.
O'Brien and his wife, Cheri, and Shawn K. O'Brien and his fiancee, Kelly, all of
Coon Rapids, Minn.; five grandchildren, Jonathan, Paul, Kristi, Kendra and
Amerita; four sisters, Catherine Fuller of Clear Lake, Ellen McGriff of Newton,
Osa Tuthill of Mason City and Veryl Carlson and her husband, Jack, of Des
Moines; one sister-in-law, Sara O'Brien of Mason City; 37 nieces and nephews;
and 37 grandnieces and grandnephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, one brother, four nieces and nephews.
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