MCGG 01/15/1997

Grace May Schonemann

THORNTON 



Grace May Schonemann, 94, of Thornton, died Monday (Jan. 13,

1997) at the Sheffield Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the

Richland Lutheran Church, Thornton, with Pastor Jerome Gernander

officiating. Burial will be in the Richland Lutheran Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Grarup

Funeral Home.



Grace May Worthington was born March 4, 1902, at Maloy, the

daughter of Harry and Mary Eva (Sconce) Worthington.



She received her education in the Maloy Consolidated School

and was their first and only graduate in 1920.



She attended Iowa State Teachers College and taught in Maloy

and a rural school near Thornton.



On June 7, 1922, she was united in marriage to William Schonemann.



They resided on the family farm near Thornton. In February

of 1964, they retired and moved to Thornton.



She was a member of the Richland Lutheran Church, the Richland

Lutheran Ladies Aid, Thornton Woman's Club and Thornton Senior

Citizens.



She entered the Sheffield Care Center in November of 1991.



She leaves to cherish her memory, four daughters, Mrs. Jack

(Virginia) Beale, Mrs. Duane (Shirley) Mabb, Mrs. Marion (Pauline)

Schoneman and Mrs. Larry (Judith) Lightbody, all of Thornton;

one sister, Rachel Straley, Seattle, Wash.; one son-in-law, Jack

Stiles, Portland, Ore.; eight grandchildren, Mrs. Keith (Jane)

Sersland, Mrs. Craig (Pamela) Deuel, Mrs. Randy (Suzanne) Ruiter,

Mrs. Bart (Jody) Pals, Kirk and Kathy Lightbody, Lisa Faulk,

Mrs. Bill (Megan) Bryant and Tim and Mary Stiles; great-grandchildren,

Tom and Evan Sersland, Megan and Bethany Ruiter, Katie and Logan

Pals, Kristin and Kelly Faulk, Jack and Samantha Bryant, Lane

and Carly Stiles, Sara Jo and Abbey Goff and their father, Darrell

Goff. She is survived by several nieces and many friends.



She leaves to join her husband, William, who preceded her in

death in 1984; her daughter, Marian, in 1987; her parents; and

two sisters.



NOTE Jane: Schoneman in the survivors is spelled with only one``n''

at the end.

MCGG 01/15/1997

Walter Grimm

KANAWHA 



Walter Grimm, 87, of Kanawha, died Tuesday (Jan. 14, 1997)

at Westview Care Center, Britt.



Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday  at the Kanawha

Lutheran Church, with the Rev. David A. Lee officiating. Burial

will be in Norway Township Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Ewing

Dugger Funeral Home, and one hour prior to services at the church.



Walter Grimm was born July 22, 1909, in Oklahoma.



Survivors include his wife, Iola, of Kanawha; one daughter,

Deanna Stevenson of Cedar Rapids; four sons, Howard of Council

Bluffs; Thomas of Brainerd, Minn.; Terry of Garner, and Robert

of Kanawha; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one

brother, Henry of California.



He was preceded in death by his parents and nine brothers and

sisters.

MCGG 01/15/1997

Helen Jaren

TITONKA 



Helen Jaren, 95, of Titonka, died Monday (Jan. 13, 1997) at

the Titonka Care Center.



Memorial services will be held at a later date at the Titonka

Care Center.



Garry-Roberts-Murphy-Schaaf Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.



Helen Jaren was born on June 23, 1901, at West Union.



Survivors include two sons, Cecil Jaren of Sun City, Ariz.,

and Phil Jaren Sr. of Titonka; six grandchildren; eight great-

grandchildren; and one sister, Betty Houghten of Titonka.



She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

MCGG 01/15/1997

Maxine Abbas

ROCKWELL  



Maxine Abbas, 75, of Rockwell, died Tuesday (Jan. 14, 1997)

at her home.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Fullerton Funeral

Home.

MCGG 01/15/1997

Lloyd Marth

NORA SPRINGS 



Lloyd Marth, 74, of Nora Springs, formerly of Rudd, died Tuesday

(Jan. 14, 1997) at the Nora Springs Care Center.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Sheckler Colonial Chapel,

114 N. Hawkeye.

MCGG 01/15/1997

Norman Marlin Bruns

TITONKA 



Norman Marlin Bruns, 70, of Titonka, died Monday (Jan. 13,

1997) at Hancock County Hospital, Britt.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Immanuel

Lutheran Church, rural Titonka, with the Rev. Virtus Stoffregen

officiating. Burial will be in Immanual Lutheran Cemetery, with

military graveside services conducted by Breen American Legion

Post #465 and the William F. Kennedy VFW Post #4071, Titonka.



Visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the Garry-

Roberts-Murphy-Schaaf Funeral Home.



Norman Bruns was born Oct. 30, 1926, in rural Kossuth County.



Survivors include his wife, Marlys, of Titonka; four sons, Wayne

of Urbandale; Russell of Titonka; Brian of St. Paul, Minn., and

Scott of Minneapolis, Minn.; five grandchildren; and one sister,

Velida Bruns, Titonka.



He was preceded in death by his parents.

MCGG 01/15/1997

Mary Ann Exline

CHARLES CITY 



Mary Ann Exline, 47, 1221 Shadow Ave., rural Charles City,

passed away in the early morning hours of Monday (Jan. 13, 1997)

at her home, surrounded by her family.



A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, U.S. Highway 18 and Clark

Street, with  Monsignor Walter Brunkan, pastor of St. Mary's

Catholic Church, Roseville, celebrating the Mass. Burial will

be in Calvary Cemetery.



Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Fullerton

Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., with the family receiving friends

from 7 to 9 p.m. There will be a  3 p.m. rosary and a ``Time

for Remembrance'' at 7 p.m. The family encourages friends to

bring memories, poems and songs to share.



Mary, the daughter of Marko and Anna Bjelica, was born in Munich,

Germany, in 1949.



In 1950 her family came to America. She attended St. Mary's

Catholic Elementary School in Roseville, and Charles City High

School, graduating in 1967.



She then received her RN degree at Mercy School of Nursing in

Cedar Rapids.



She married her high school sweetheart, Steve Exline, son of

Ed and Anne Exline, on Dec. 27, 1969, at St. Mary's Church in

Roseville. They lived in Bemidji, Minn., where Mary practiced

nursing for one year, and then moved to Forest Lake, where Mary

continued her career for a year.



Shortly thereafter, Steve and Mary moved to Charles City, where

they raised pigs, corn, soybeans and four daughters.



Mary was an avid golfer (better than her husband), loved canoeing,

skiing, walking at noon, and bicycling with her family. Mary

was a proud chaplain in the Chapter CY of the P.E.O. Sisterhood.



She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and

St. Michael's Circle of the church.



Most of all, Mom loved her family and friends.



Mary was a loving wife to Steve of Charles City; mom to four

beautiful daughters, Michelle (26), Sue (22), Heidi (20) and

Kristina (17), all of Charles City. Mary is also a sister to

four caring brothers, Peter, Nicholas and Thomas Bjelica, all

of Charles City, and Paul Bjelica of Kansas City, Mo.; and a

beloved daughter of Anna of Charles City. She is also survived

by one lovely sister-in-law, Roxann, an angelic niece, Elizabeth;

and two smart nephews, Adam and Alex.

F

Mary was preceded in death by her father, Marko Bjelica.



Mary will be remembered for being better at giving than receiving,

for finding something positive in everything, even when it was

difficult, and for teaching everyone around her the importance

of love and friendship. Mary touched us all in her own special

way and she will never be forgotten.



In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Mary A. Exline

Scholarship Fund, in care of First Citizens National Bank, 300

N. Main St., Charles City, Iowa 50616. Considering how much Mary

valued education, she would have wanted it that way.

MCGG 01/15/1997

Nina G. Robenson

ROCKFORD  



Funeral services for Nina G. Robenson, 85, formerly of Rockford,

will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Rockford United Methodist

Church, with the Rev. Rosemary Rohde-Frank officiating. Burial

will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens, Charles City.



Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Schumburg

Funeral Home.



Mrs. Robenson passed away at the Strawberry Point Lutheran Care

Center in Strawberry Point on Monday (Jan. 13, 1997).



She was born in Manchester on Jan. 10, 1912.



She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. William (Joan) Collard

of Winter Springs, Fla.; two sisters, Margaret Burrack of Strawberry

Point, and Mabel (Mrs. Robert) Henderson of Oelwein; and three

brothers, George Keller of Manchester, Arthur Keller of San Juan

Capistrano, Calif., and Charles Keller, Shreveport, La.



Nina was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Glen.

MCGG 01/15/1997

Mabel V. Novak

MASON CITY  



Mabel V. Novak, 80, of Mason City, died Tuesday (Jan. 14, 1997)

at the Willow Creek Health Care Center.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Major Erickson Funeral

Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave.

MCGG 01/15/1997

Jacob `Jake' P. Frank

MASON CITY  



Jacob ``Jake'' P. Frank, 78, of 1435 N. Madison Ave.,  died

Tuesday (Jan. 14, 1997) at the Willow Creek Health Care Center.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Major Erickson Funeral

Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave.

MCGG 01/15/1997

Duane O. Andresen

CHARLES CITY  



Duane O. Andresen, 77, 805 Eighth Ave., died Monday (Jan. 13,

1997) at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the First

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 807 S. Main St.



Visitation will be held from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday at the

Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., with the family receiving

friends from 7 to 9 p.m. There will be further visitation one

hour prior to services at the church.



Memorials may be directed to the First Christian Church or Heart

to Home Hospice.



Other arrangements are incomplete at the funeral home.

MCGG 01/16/1997

Rhonda Wood Smith

GARNER  



Rhonda Wood Smith, 35, of Garner, died Wednesday (Jan. 15, 1997)

at North Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason City.



Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial

Chapel, 101 Fourth St. N., Clear Lake.

MCGG 01/16/1997

Geneva Kozak

OSAGE 



Geneva Kozak, 80, of Osage, died Wednesday (Jan. 15, 1997)

at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Our Savior's

Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Dennis Hanson and the Rev. Roy

Ott officiating. Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery.



Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Friday at the Champion Funeral

Home.



Geneva Kozak was born July 29, 1916, at Castalia.



Survivors include one daughter, Jean Matthews of Phoenix, Ariz.;

three sons, Duane Brockney of Osage, Dale Brockney of Charles

City and Kenneth Kozak of Stacyville; 10 grandchildren; and five

great-grandchildren.



She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son,

one daughter and one sister.

MCGG 01/16/1997

Silence D. Levang

FERGUS FALLS, Minn.  



Silence D. Levang, 84, of Fergus Falls, passed away Monday (Jan.

13, 1997) at Lake Region Hospital.



Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Bethel Lutheran

Church, with the Rev. William Colbeck, the Rev. Everald Strom

and the Rev. Omar Gjerness officiating.



Visitation was held Wednesday at the Glende-Johnson-Nelson &

Nilson Funeral Home. Visitation will resume one hour before services

today at the church.



There will also be a service at 11 a.m. Friday at the Bethel

Lutheran Brethren Church, Joice, Iowa, with the Rev. Elwin Walvatne

and the Rev. Everald Strom officiating, with visitation one hour

before services.



Burial will be in Elim Lutheran Cemetery, Fertile, Iowa.



Silence DeEtta (Seglem) Levang, daughter of John W. and June

(Ouverson) Seglem, was born June 13, 1912, in Fertile Township,

Worth County, Iowa, the youngest of four children.



She took her elementary education in the rural school and graduated

from Fertile High School in 1930. That summer, she attended Iowa

State Teachers College. For the next several years, she taught

rural schools. In 1935, Silence enrolled at Northwestern Bible

School, Minneapolis, graduating in 1938 and Lutheran Bible School

in 1939.



Silence and Joseph Levang were united in marriage in the Seglem

home on June 9, 1940, with the Rev. S.L. Klyve officiating. They

lived in several places where Joe served churches, with Silence,

including Aitkin, Minn.; Brooklyn, N.Y.; Huxley, Iowa; Chicago,

Ill.; West Union, Iowa; and Pasadena, Calif. In the fall of 1957

Joe, Silence and family moved to Fergus Falls where they have

made their home since.



Silence came to a personal knowledge of salvation in April of

1931 in the revival at Fertile, Iowa, and she loved and served

her Lord faithfully throughout her life. In all of the churches

they served, Silence was active in the Women's Missionary Fellowship,

Sunday School and in the earlier years was also active in the

youth ministries of the church.



She was a member of the Bethel Lutheran Church and was active

in many capacities  including the Library Board, the Women's

Missionary Fellowship, Synodical Missions and Lutheran Brethren

School activities.



She was a charter member of the Bethel Stitch-a-Quilters, having

also helped organize a quilters' group in Pasadena. Silence also

served as a substitute elementary teacher for 25 years.



An ardent and exacting quilter, she worked at cross-stitching

and needlepoint, striving for perfection in everything. Her children

and grandchildren were very precious to her and she loved them

dearly.



Silence and Joe were always a ``team'' in virtually all that

they did. Where you saw the one, you saw the other. This was

their wish to serve the Lord as a team and God granted them 56

years together.



She is survived by her husband, Joseph H. Levang; her son, Mark

(Marie) Levang and her daughter, Linda (James) Bjork, all of

Fergus Falls; six grandchildren; a sister, Helen (John) Humphrey;

several nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.



To paraphrase what Paul said in II Timothy 4:7-8, it can be

said of Silence at the close of her long life that ``she has

fought the good fight, she has finished the race, she has kept

the faith. Now there is in store for her the crown of righteousness,

which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to her on that

day  and not only to her, but also to all who have longed for

his appearing.''



Silence will be laid to rest in Elim Lutheran Cemetery, rural

Fertile, Iowa, resting in a lot next to her brother, Enos.

MCGG 01/16/1997

Mabel V. Novak

MASON CITY  



Mabel V. Novak, 80, of 222 S. Pierce Ave., died Tuesday (Jan.

14, 1997) at the Willow Creek Health Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Major Erickson

Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with the Rev. Jack Gannett

of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating.  Burial will be in Memorial

Park Cemetery.



Friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. today where the family will

greet friends at the funeral home, and until service time on

Friday.



The family suggests memorials to the Mabel V. Novak Memorial

Fund.



Mabel V. Novak was born Feb. 14, 1916, the daughter of Robert

and Petra (Sundfloat) Ericson in Minneapolis, Minn.  Mabel moved

with her family to Mason City at a young age and attended and

graduated from Mason City High School in 1934.  Mabel worked

as a telephone operator for Northwestern Bell Telephone for 28

years, retiring in 1981.  Mabel was married to Wendell Hobbs

in 1937 in Mason City, and later married Marvin Novak in 1962

in Glenville, Minn.  Mabel was very caring and generous, and

she loved doing for others.  She loved being with her family

and she cherished her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

 She enriched our lives more than ever realized and she will

be sadly missed.



She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and Telephone Pioneer

Club.  She volunteered at KCMR Radio, R.S.V.P. and at Mercy Hospital

in the surgical waiting room.  Mabel was an avid walker and enjoyed

the outdoors.



She is survived by her son, Douglas W. Hobbs and his wife, Jane,

of Des Moines; one daughter, Charlotte Hill and her husband,

Ronald, of Mason City; one daughter-in-law, Cheryl Hobbs of Mason

City; three grandchildren, Andrea Bartholomew and her husband,

Paul; Mark Hobbs; and Bryan Hobbs and his wife, Kathy; three

great-grandchildren, Jeremy Hobbs and Tyler and Alex Bartholomew;

and one brother, Albert Ericson and his wife, Lucy, of Tucson,

Ariz.



She joins her beloved son Gale who preceded her in death in

1974; her parents; her husband, Marvin, in 1975; and her sister,

Lucille Abel.

MCGG 01/16/1997

Cliff D. Hoskinson

BRITT 



Cliff D. Hoskinson, 75, of Britt, died Monday (Jan. 13, 1997)

at North Iowa Mercy Health Center, Mason City.



Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Bethel Baptist

Church with the Rev. D. Stephen Kowbel officiating. Burial will

be in Evergreen Cemetery, with military rites conducted by the

Crystal Lake American Legion.



Visitation was held from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Ewing

Funeral Chapel, Britt. There will be further visitation one hour

before services today at the church.



Cliff D. Hoskinson was born Oct. 9, 1921, in Corning.



Survivors include his wife, Fern Hoskinson of Britt; two daughters,

Nancy Eden of Woden and Jannean Eliason of Crystal Lake; four

grandchildren; and one brother, Kenneth, of Sarasota, Fla.



He was preceded in death by his parents.

MCGG 01/16/1997

Duane O. Andresen

CHARLES CITY  



Duane O. Andresen, 77, of Charles City, died Monday (Jan. 13,

1997) at  Floyd County Memorial Hospital.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at First

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) with the Rev. Greg Lugn

officiating.  Burial will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens, with

military graveside honors conducted by the Charles City Ceremonial

Unit.



Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. today at the Fullerton

Hage Funeral Home.  The family will receive friends from 7 to

9 p.m.  Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at

the church.



Those considering an expression of sympathy may direct memorials

to the First Christian Church or Heart to Home Hospice.



Duane Oscar ``Andy'' Andresen was born May 18, 1919, near Nora

Springs.



Survivors include his wife, June, of Charles City; three children,

Sharon Baker of Anchorage, Alaska, Patrick Andresen of Tucson,

Ariz., and Sandra Willhite of Farmington, Minn.; eight grandchildren;

a brother, Paul Andresen of Gulfport, Miss.; and a sister, Donna

Campbell of Story City.



He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one

sister.

MCGG 01/16/1997

Maxine Abbas

ROCKWELL  



Maxine Abbas, 75, of Rockwell, died Tuesday (Jan. 14, 1997)

at her home.



Memorial services are tentatively planned for 1:30 p.m. Friday

at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.  Inurnment will be at Sacred

Heart Catholic Church Cemetery.



There will be no visitation.  Other arrangements are incomplete

at the Fullerton Funeral Home.

MCGG 01/16/1997

Anna K. Emhoff

SHEFFIELD  



Anna K. Emhoff, 97, of Sheffield, died Wednesday (Jan. 15, 1997)

at the Sheffield Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Zion-St.

John Lutheran Church with the Rev. Kent Mechler officiating.

Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Grarup

Funeral Home, Sheffield.



Anna K. Emhoff was born on Aug. 12, 1899, on the family farm

in Westfork Township near Sheffield, the daughter of Henry and

Anna (Diers) Kruckenberg.



She attended the Westfork country school. Following school,

she worked as a housekeeper for several families in the Sheffield

area until being united in marriage to Clifton Emhoff on Sept.

29, 1920.



They made their home farming in the Sheffield area and purchased

a farm north of Sheffield in 1942.



In 1949, they built a new home and moved into Sheffield.



Anna enjoyed sewing for her family. Her spare time was spent

in her back yard where she raised a large garden and many beautiful

flowers.



She was a member of  the Zion-St. John Lutheran Church of Sheffield,

where she held various offices in the Ladies Aid.



She was baptized on Sept. 10, 1899, and confirmed on March 16,

1913.



She is survived by one daughter, Phyllis Levitt of Sheffield;

one daughter-in-law, Florence Emhoff of Sheffield; three grandchildren;

eight great-grandchildren; and  seven great-great-grandchildren.



She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, one son,

two grandchildren, two sisters and seven brothers.

MCGG 01/16/1997

Patricia A. Severtson

GLENVILLE, Minn.  



Patricia A. (Tenny) Severtson, 61, of Glenville, died Tuesday

(Jan. 14, 1997) at Naeve Hospital, Albert Lea.



Cremation Society of Minnesota, 4343 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis,

Minn., is in charge of arrangements. Services are pending.



Patricia A. Tenny was born July 27, 1935, in Mason City, Iowa,

to Francis and Leone (Zeien) Tenny.



She was united in marriage to Carol Severtson on Nov. 2, 1950.



She was a waitress for many years before working at Farmstead/Wilson

cafeteria for 13 years.



She enjoyed fishing, camping, her family, grandchildren, great-grandchildren

and her bulldog, Brina.



She is survived by her husband, Carol; sons, Bill and wife Sandra

of Lake Lillian, Minn., Mike of Glenville, Dan of Gordonsville,

Minn., and Brian of Glenville; grandchildren, Greg and wife Micki,

Michelle and husband, Dave, Dawn, Holly, Robert, Blaine, Garette;

great-granddaughter, Brittany; brother, Bill Tenny and wife,

Idelle, of Mason City; sisters, Shirley Donahue of Albert Lea,

Minn., and Barbara Graves of Dougherty; stepmother, Dorothy Tenny

of Mason City; stepbrother, Eugene Neeley and wife, Joanne of

California; and nieces and nephews.



Memorials may be given to the First Lutheran Church, Glenville,

in her memory.

MCGG 01/16/1997

Lloyd Marth

RUDD



Lloyd Marth, 74, of 1081 Foothill Ave., Rudd, died Tuesday (Jan.

14, 1997) at the Nora Springs Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the

Rudd United Methodist Church with the Rev. Deborah Stowers officiating.

Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Sheckler

Colonial Chapel, 114 N. Hawkeye, Nora Springs, and one hour prior

to services at the church on Saturday.



Lloyd Marth was born Aug. 14, 1922, at Ulster Township, rural

Rockford, the son of Henry and Anna (Adolphs) Marth.  He attended

school in Rockford and graduated from Rockford High School in

1941.  Lloyd served in the United States Air Force from 1942

to 1946.



He was married to Velda M. Andresen on Sept. 10, 1948, at the

Little Brown Church, Nashua.  Lloyd enjoyed his career in farming.

 He also liked sports, especially football, and traveling.



He was a member of the Rudd United Methodist Church and the

Rudd American Legion Post.



Survivors include one son, Mike Marth and his wife, Leah, of

Rudd; one daughter, Dianne Truex and her husband, Rick, of Clear

Lake; seven grandchildren, Hillary, Emily, Erin and Katie Marth,

and Brian, Amanda and Nicholas Truex; one great-granddaughter,

Tessa Truex; three brothers, Lester Marth of Mason City, Harold

Marth of Rockford, and Richard Marth of Marion; two sisters,

Luella Brandau of Rudd, and Janet Rawley of Iowa City; a sister-in-law,

Donna Campbell of Story City; and brother-in-law, Paul Andresen

of Gulf Port, Miss.; and many nieces and nephews.



He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Velda; one

brother, Melvin; and two sisters, Dorothy and Ruth.

MCGG 01/16/1997

Jacob `Jake' P. Frank

MASON CITY  



Jacob ``Jake'' P. Frank, 78, of 1435 N. Madison Ave.,  died

Tuesday (Jan. 14, 1997) at the Willow Creek Health Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Holy Family

Catholic Church, 714 N. Adams Ave., with the Rev. John Kremer

officiating.  Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery.



Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today with a Scriptural wake

at 7 p.m. at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania

Ave.  



The family suggests memorials to the Jacob P. Frank Memorial

Fund.



Jacob P. ``Jake'' Frank was born Feb. 10, 1918, in Fort Dodge,

the son of Clemens and Mary (Rupp) Frank.  Jake attended school

in Fort Dodge, then married Loretta M. DiGregorio on Nov. 30,

1940, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Mason City.  Jake served

in the U.S. Army during World War II.  He was discharged in November

of 1946 and returned to Mason City where he was employed by Jacob

E. Decker and Sons for 37 years, retiring in 1975.  Jake was

a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus,

enjoyed fishing, bowling and watching the Minnesota Vikings.



Survivors include his wife, Loretta M. Frank of Mason City;

two sons, Jerry Frank of Mason City, and Ron Frank of Mason City;

five grandchildren; four brothers, John Frank, Robert Frank,

Joe Frank and William Frank, all of Mason City; four sisters,

Katie Schwab of Milwaukee, Wis.; Dory Strong and Charlotte Walker,

both of Mason City, and Ann Vondracek of Kentucky; and many nieces

and nephews.



He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Marty

Frank; three sisters, Rose Dunahoo, Barbara Frank and Elizabeth

Rupp.

MCGG 01/16/1997

James J. Chisholm

OSAGE 



James J. Chisholm, 69, of Osage, died Wednesday (Jan. 15, 1997)

at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Champion Funeral

Home, Osage.

MCGG 01/17/1997

Maxine A. `Hejlik' Abbas

ROCKWELL 



Maxine A. ``Hejlik'' Abbas, 75, of 317 E. Washington, died

Tuesday (Jan. 14, 1997) at her home.



Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Sacred

Heart Catholic Church, with the Rev. Steve Meyer officiating.

Inurnment will be at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery.



There is no visitation planned. Fullerton Funeral Home is in

charge of arrangements.



Maxine was born on Feb. 13, 1921, in  Garner, the daughter of

William F. and Rose Ann ``Bothovia'' Hejlik.



She was a correspondent for the Globe-Gazette and completed

her first assignment in 1939 while in junior high.



She graduated from Rockwell High School in 1940 and went to

work for the Clerk of Court in Mason City.



She rejoined her family produce business in Rockwell in 1942.

She was active in the Hejlik and Abbas Produce Company until

her retirement in 1994.



She also drove school bus for 10 years for the Rockwell School

system.



She was united in marriage to Edward Abbas on Aug. 16, 1952,

at the Little Brown Church in Nashua.



She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and a former

member of the Women of the Moose in Mason City.



She enjoyed cooking, reading and visiting friends.



Maxine is survived by her brother, William and his wife, Recca

Hejlik, Sheffield; her niece, Becky and her husband, John Carstens,

Burchinal; her three nephews, Brick W. Hejlik and his wife, Janelle,

Sheffield; Steve A. Hejlik, Sheffield; and Craig R. Hejlik and

his wife, LuAnn, Rockwell.



She was preceded in death by her husband on Feb. 11, 1976; her

mother in 1974; and her father in 1977.

MCGG 01/17/1997

Beverly `Bev' E. Calicchia

MASON CITY  



Beverly ``Bev'' E. Calicchia, 48, of 777 S. Eisenhower Ave.,

died Thursday morning (Jan. 16, 1997) at the Muse Norris Hospice

Inpatient Unit.



Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. James

Lutheran Church, 1148 Fourth St. S.E., with the Rev. David Anderson

officiating. 



The family will gather from 4 to 8 p.m. today for a time of

remembrance at the Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E.



Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider

memorials to the Bev Calicchia Memorial Fund.



Bev was born on the family farm at Grafton on July 15, 1948,

the daughter of John and Alberta (Everhart) Berding.



She attended St. Ansgar High School. During her early years,

she worked various jobs and most recently she worked as a waitress

and bartender for the Stein Inn, Rosebowl and the Other Place

as a prep cook and was a custodian at the Mason City High School

until ill health led her to retirement in July of 1996.



She was united in marriage to Steven Calicchia on Nov. 19, 1970,

in Sioux Falls, S.D.



She was a member of St. James Lutheran Church and enjoy crocheting

and spending time with her family.



Bev is survived by her husband, Steven, Mason City; two daughters,

Teresa and her husband, Bryan Matney, Thousand Oaks, Calif.;

and Michelle and her husband, Mark Ridley, Mason City; one son,

Bradley Calicchia and Bobbie, Mason City; two grandchildren,

Tyler and Taylyn Ridley; five sisters, Darlene Adams, Hayward,

Minn.; LaVonne and her husband, Dean Blackmer, Mason City; Bonnie

Reyerson, Alden, Minn.; Shirley Berding of Mason City; and Lorraine

Sailor, Albert Lea, Minn.; seven brothers, Herman ``Bud'' and

his wife, Prudy; Larry and his wife, Elaine; LeRoy and Carolyn;

Benny Berding and Muriel, all of Mason City; Roger and his wife,

Sharon, Plymouth; Johnny Berding and Marge, Mason City; Darrell

``Butch'' and his wife, Carol, Mason City; and many nieces and

nephews.



She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Dale

Berding.

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Norman Marlin Bruns

TITONKA 



The funeral service for Norman Marlin Bruns, 70, of Titonka,

will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church,

rural Titonka, with the Rev. Virtus Stoffregen officiating.



The funeral, originally scheduled for Thursday, was postponed

because of bad weather.

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Jane: there are two separate spellings for Olsen-this is correct.

Archie M. Olsen

MASON CITY  



Archie M. Olsen, 86, of 304 Third St. N.E., died Thursday (Jan.

16, 1997) at the Good Shepherd Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ward-Van

Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, with Chaplain

Kathy Graves of Hospice of North Iowa officiating. Interment

will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery on Monday.



There will be no visitation prior to services.



The family suggests memorials to the Archie M. Olsen Memorial

Fund.



Archie was born Nov. 14, 1910, at the Olson Homestead Farm near

Clear Lake, the son of Arne and Minnie (Golien) Olson.



He received his education in rural schools.



He married Elizabeth Bitker in 1932.



He lived in the Mason City and Clear Lake area all of his life

where he worked many years at the Hanford Hotel and Bergo's.



He married Rachael Curtis in 1951.



Archie enjoyed gardening and dancing.



Archie is survived by a special friend, Ethel Jacot, Mason City;

two daughters, Rosemary Ward and her husband, Chan, Clear Lake,

and Rhonda Williams, Waterloo; one son, David Rockow, Columbus,

Ohio; stepson Glen Curtis, Northwood; two sisters, Amelia Neu,

Forest City; and Nell Smith and her husband, Erv, Clear Lake;

one brother, Melvin Olson, Mason City; five grandchildren; six

great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.



He was preceded in death by his parents, wives, Elizabeth and

Rachel; and one sister, Alma Tinkham.

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Alberta E. Conway

ROCKWELL  



Alberta E. Conway, 87, of Rockwell, died Thursday (Jan. 16,

1997) at the Rockwell Community Nursing Home.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Fullerton Funeral

Home.

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Walter R. Gratias

NORA SPRINGS  



Walter R. Gratias, 83, of Nora Springs, died Thursday (Jan.

16, 1997) at North Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason City.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Sheckler Colonial Chapel.

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Rhonda Renee Wood Smith

GARNER 



Rhonda Renee Wood Smith, 35, of 470 W. Eighth St., died Wednesday

(Jan. 15, 1997) at North Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason

City.



Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Ward-Van Slyke

Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St. Clear Lake, with the Rev.

John W. Hemann and Chaplain Rosie Schlueter officiating. Interment

will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.



There will be no visitation prior to services.



The family suggests memorials be made to Hospice of North Iowa

or Rhonda Wood Smith Memorial Fund.



Rhonda was born Feb. 20, 1961, in Mason City, the daughter of

Ronald K. and Barbara L. (Anderson) Wood.



She graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1979.



Rhonda worked for NIACOG in Mason City until going to work for

Simmering and Cory Inc. in Clear Lake as a municipal consultant.



Rhonda had lived in Garner the last 16 years where she was on

the city council and was mayor of Garner the last three years.

She was the first female mayor of Garner.



Rhonda enjoyed golfing, reading, debating, working with people

and most of all her children.



She was a member of the Iowa League of Cities, served on the

policy committee, selective service board, a member of Hancock

County Development Group, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in Garner,

Garner PTO and was a former member of Crown Jewel Committee,

Garner.



Rhonda is survived by her two children, Ronald David Smith and

Taylor Louise Smith, both of Garner; her parents, Ronald K. and

Barbara L. Wood, Clear Lake; three brothers, Steven Wood and

his special friend, Karla, Boise, Idaho; Keith Wood and his wife,

Leslie, Mason City, and David Wood and his wife, Shannon, Clear

Lake; maternal grandmother, Mabel Anderson Francis, Osage; paternal

grandmother, Frances L. Wood, Hamburg; and several nieces and

nephews.



She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Melvin

S. Anderson; paternal grandfather, Willis Wood; and one sister,

Debra Louise Wood.

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James Joseph Chisholm

OSAGE  



James Joseph Chisholm, 69, of Osage, died Wednesday (Jan. 15,

1997) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred

Heart Catholic Church with the Rev. Dennis Cahill officiating.

Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery.



Visitation will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Champion Funeral

Home, with a Scripture service at 7 p.m., and a Knights of Columbus

Rosary at 8 p.m.



James Joseph Chisholm was born Jan. 7, 1928, in Osage.



Survivors include his wife, Barbara, of Osage; five sons, Mark,

Mike, Monte, Marty and Matthew, all of Osage; one daughter, Melany

Hejlik of Woodland Park, Colo.; three brothers, Leo of Osage,

Larry of Minneapolis, Minn., and Dan of Mason City; three sisters,

Mercedes Bredahoft, Joan Cole and Kay Sloan, all of Minneapolis,

Minn.; and 12 grandchildren.



He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.

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Mary Affeldt

RICEVILLE  



Mary Affeldt, 80, of Riceville, died Thursday (Jan. 16, 1997)

at Colonial Manor Nursing Home, Elma.



Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Peter's

Lutheran Church with the Rev. Matthew Versemann officiating.

Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.



Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Lindstrom

Funeral Home with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m.



Mary Affeldt was born Nov. 10, 1916, in Fillmore County, Minn.



Survivors include three daughters, Edith Asfahl and Jane Groth,

both of Riceville, and Margie Hunt of Millsap, Texas; two sons,

Louis of Destrahan, La., and Philip of State Center; 14 grandchildren;

17 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Rebecca Alexander of

Spring Valley, Minn., and Louise Hendrickson of Lime Springs.



She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

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Josephine Horstman

BRITT  



Josephine Horstman, 95, of Britt, died Thursday (Jan. 16, 1997)

at the Westview Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the United

Methodist Church with the Rev. Dennis Bailey as officiant.  Burial

will be in Evergreen Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Cataldo

Funeral Chapel.



Josephine Marie Horstman, the daughter of Jens H. and Maria

(Gilje) Moe, was born Feb. 5, 1901, at Morris, Ill.  She was

baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church in Garner.  After

graduating from Garner High School in 1919, she attended Cornell

College in Mount Vernon.  She received her teaching certificate

and taught in the schools of Hancock County.  On Feb. 5, 1925,

she was married to Clarence C. Horstman in the Lutheran parsonage

at Forest City.  They farmed in the Britt area until they retired.



She had been a member of the United Methodist Church in Britt

since April 5, 1942.  She was active in her church work as a

member of the U.M.W., choir, the Official Advisory Board, the

Worship Committee, and the U.S.C.S.  Since 1944, she belonged

to the Order of the King's Daughters and Sons.



She is survived by two daughters, Jean Anderson and her husband,

Max B. Harris, of Denver, Colo., and Jeanette Govig and her husband,

Richard, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a son-in-law, Dan Healey of Cincinnati,

Ohio; seven grandsons; and a sister, Theressa Gault of Britt.



She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence C. Horstman

on July 22, 1979; her daughter, Colleen Healey on April 19, 1996;

her parents, Jens and Maria Moe; a son-in-law, Bill Govig; and

brothers and sisters, Harry Moe, Bargot Wigen, Truman Moe, Thelma

Blank and Martha Hildebrand.

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Robert H. Guild

COUNCIL BLUFFS 



Robert H. Guild Sr., 77, of Community Care North, died late

Sunday night (Jan. 12, 1997) at his residence.



Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Fifth

Avenue Methodist Church, with the Rev. Jim Riley officiating.

Burial will be in the Cedar Lawn Cemetery.



The family received friends from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Meyer's

Funeral Home, 545 Willow Ave., Council Bluffs.



Memorials may be given to the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church,

Council Bluffs, or the First Methodist Church, Mason City.



Robert H. Guild Sr. was born July 19, 1919 ,in Mason City, the

son of Harry T. and Gladys Kershaw Guild.



He was united in marriage to Lorna F. Nelson on Jan. 13, 1944.



They moved to Council Bluffs in 1961.



He served with the United States Army Air Corps as a pilot flying

53 missions during World War II.



He worked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers in the

real estate division, retiring in 1986.



He was a member of the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church, the Elks

and Junior Chamber of Commerce in Mason City, as well as being

a life member of the VFW in Mason City and a charter member of

the  Board of Realty in Mason City.



He and his wife, Lorna, have been married 53 years.



He is survived by his wife, Lorna F. Guild of Council Bluffs;

one son, Robert H. Guild Jr. and his wife, Sandy, Mason City;

one sister, Helen Winterton, Hemet, Calif.; five grandchildren,

Susan Beirnes, Jennifer, Sarah, James and Kimberly Guild; and

two great-grandchildren, Cole and Samantha Beirnes; and one sister-

in-law, Patty Guild, Ralston, Neb.



He was preceded in death by two sisters, Dorothy Guild (when

young), and Pauline  Bjork who died on Jan. 6, 1997; one son,

Michael W. Guild, who died  on June 18, 1987.

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Barry Bridges

GARNER  



Barry Bridges, 37, of Garner, died Thursday (Jan. 16, 1997)

at his home.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Cataldo

Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Robert T. Ellis officiating.  The

Garner Veterans Ceremonial Unit will conduct a flag presentation

ceremony at the funeral service.  Burial will be in Fairview

Cemetery, Dows.



Visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral

home.



Barry Lynn Bridges was born Nov. 19, 1959, in Hampton.



Survivors include his parents, Ronald and Darlene Bridges of

Garner; three brothers, Michael Bridges and Blair Bridges, both

of Garner, and Danny Bridges of Dows; two sisters, Connie Steffen

and Calleen Mehmen, both of Garner; his maternal grandmother,

Esther Conrad of Britt; and his paternal grandmother, LaVon Bridges

of Dows.



He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather and his

paternal grandfather.

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Vesta Eymann

FOREST CITY 



Vesta Eymann, 99, of Forest  City, died Thursday (Jan. 16,

1997) at home.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Petersen Lund Funeral

Home.

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Dorothy Colbertson

NORTHWOOD  



Dorothy Colbertson, 89, of Northwood, died Wednesday (Jan.

15, 1997) at the Lutheran Retirement Home.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Schroeder and Sites

Funeral Home.

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Franklin Betow

ST. ANSGAR 



Franklin Betow, 76, of St. Ansgar, died Thursday (Jan. 16,

1997) at the Good Samaritan Center.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Schroeder and Sites

Funeral Home.

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Valera Harper Stover

HANSELL  



Valera Harper Stover, 75, of Hansell, died Thursday (Jan. 16,

1997) at North Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason City.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Hansell

United Methodist Church with the Rev. Edward Clevenger officiating.

Burial will be in Harlan Cemetery, rural Dumont.



Visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Sietsema

Vogel Funeral Home, Hampton, where the family will greet friends

from 4 to 6 p.m.



Valera Harper Stover was born Nov. 5, 1921, in Franklin County.



Survivors include her husband, Walter Stover of Hansell; five

sons, Charles Harper of Iowa Falls; Steven Harper of Des Moines;

Daryl Harper of Olympia, Wash.; Wayne Harper of Rockwell, and

Ralph Harper of Hampton; two sisters, Doris Knueppel and Vernice

Kelly, both of Hampton; 16 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.



She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband,

four brothers and one sister.

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Dale Blaas

MASON CITY  



Dale Blaas, 56, of Mason City, died Sunday (Jan. 12, 1997) in

Cedar Rapids.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Sietsema

Vogel Funeral Home, Allison, with the Rev. Paul Schultz officiating.

Burial will be in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery,

rural Greene.



There will be no visitation.



Dale Blaas was born Aug. 3, 1940, in Waverly.



Survivors include three sons, Steve Blaas of Chicago, Ill.,

and Aaron and Daniel Blaas, both of Mason City; one daughter,

Taunya Krueger of Mason City; and five grandchildren.



He was preceded in death by his parents and two sons.

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Alice Stauffer

CHARLES CITY  



Alice Stauffer, 75, of 3176 260th. St., died Thursday (Jan.

16, 1997) at Floyd County Memorial Hospital.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Trinity

United Methodist Church with the Rev. J. Larry Vallery and the

Rev. Debra Lincoln officiating.  Burial will be in the Rose Hill

Cemetery, Greene.



Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Hauser Funeral

Home, 1205 S. Main St., where the family will greet friends from

6 to 8 p.m., and one hour prior to services at the church on

Monday.



Alice Marie Litterer Stauffer was born April 9, 1921, in rural

Clarksville.



Survivors include her husband, Dale, of Charles City; one son,

Roger Stauffer of Allison; two daughters, Lin Sinclair of Charles

City, and Vicky Sonne of Rockford; 11 grandchildren; two great-

grandchildren; her mother, Marie Litterer of Charles City; two

sisters, Edna Franke of Charles City, and Gladys Stauffer of

Greene; and two brothers, Elmer Litterer of Clarksville, and

Ken Litterer of Lost Nation.

MCGG 01/18/1997

Izzy J. Tamres

PHOENIX, Ariz.  



Izzy J. Tamres, 85, of Scottsdale, died Thursday (Dec. 12,

1996) in Scottsdale.



Sinai Mortuary of Arizona, Phoenix, was in charge of arrangements.



A native of Mason City, Iowa, he came to Scottsdale 10 years

ago from San Francisco, Calif.



A U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, he was a retired health

club owner and manager.



Survivors include his wife, Hazel; and many much loved nieces

and nephews.

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Lester L. Richard

AREDALE 



Lester L Richard, 89, of Aredale, died Thursday (Jan. 16, 1997)

at the Bartels Lutheran Home, Waverly.



Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Sietsema-Vogel

Funeral Home, Dumont. Burial will be in the Dumont Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral

home.



Lester L. Richard was born April 26, 1907, in Aredale.



Survivors include his wife, Marion Richard, Aredale; two daughters,

Barbara Hahn of Waterloo and Betsy Polston of Waterloo; one son,

Loren Murphy of Mason City; three brothers, Walter Richard of

Osage, Jeane Richard of Aredale, and Merlyn Richard of Marble

Rock; 17 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.



He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and two

sisters.

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Helen Marie Pell

OSAGE 



Helen Marie Pell, 76, of Osage, died Thursday (Jan. 16, 1997)

at the Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Champion Funeral

Home, with the Rev. Jerry Newland officiating. Burial will be

in the Bohemian Cemetery, Myrtle, Minn.



Visitation is after 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Champion Funeral

Home.



Helen Marie Pell was born Jan. 24, 1920, in Oelwein.



Survivors include one son, Richard Pell, Nora Springs; three

daughters, Patricia Williams of Eucha, Okla.; Ardith Heins, Cedar

Falls, and Mary Lou Smith, Waterloo; 11 grandchildren; and numerous

great-grandchildren.



She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and one sister.

MCGG 01/18/1997

Walter R. Gratias

NORA SPRINGS  



Walter R. Gratias, 83, of Nora Springs, died Thursday (Jan.

16, 1997) at North Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason City.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the First

Methodist Church, with the Rev. Richard Pippert and the Rev.

John Bates officiating. Burial will be in the Rudd Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Sheckler

Colonial Chapel, 114 N. Hawkeye.



Walter R. Gratias was born April 5, 1913, in Nora Springs, a

son of Hugo and Katherine Gratias. He was a 1931 graduate of

Nora Springs High School.



He was united in marriage to Florence Weitze on Feb. 20, 1937,

at her parent's home.



He farmed north of Nora Springs and worked for the P.M.A. government

program. He also worked for Floyd County Maintenance.



He was a member of the First Methodist Church, Nora Springs.



Survivors include his wife, Florence Gratias, Nora Springs;

three daughters, Loretta Bremer and her husband, Pat, of Chicago,

Ill.; Shirley Witt and husband, Gerry, of Chicago, Ill.; Debra

Norton and her husband, Phillip, of Bloomfield; one son, Gordon

Gratias and his wife, Linda, of Des Moines; eight grandchildren,

Kelly, Jeff and Scott Gratias, all of Des Moines; Dawn and Todd

Witt, both of Florida; Nicole, Abby and Drew Norton, all of Bloomfield;

two great-grandchildren, Andrew Gratias and Jason Collins, both

of Des Moines;  three sisters, Helen Quandahl, Mason City; Ethel

Taylor, Mason City; and Lorraine Siemens of Dysart; three brothers,

Arthur Gratias of Mason City; Ralph Gratias of Mason City, and

Paul Gratias of Osage.



He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Dorothy.

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Vesta Eymann

FOREST CITY 



Vesta Eymann, 99, of Forest City, died Thursday (Jan. 16, 1997)

at her home.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Petersen

Lund Funeral Home, 505 N. Clark, with the Rev. Sharon Worthington

of  Immanuel Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in the

Oakland Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Petersen

Lund Funeral Home.



Vesta I. Eymann was born on March 2, 1897, in the home her father

built in Forest City, the daughter of L.S. and  Sofie (Johnson)

Lewis.



She attended Forest City Schools and Waldorf Academy.



On Oct. 25, 1922, she was married to L.K. Eymann in Albert Lea,

Minn.



The couple made their home in Forest City where Vesta joined

her husband in operating the Eymann Implement dealership.



Vesta enjoyed gardening, reading and sewing.



Being with her family was most important to her and she loved

caring for her children and grandchildren.



She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.



She died in the home she lived in nearly all of her life in

Forest City on Jan. 16, 1997, at the age of 99 years.



She will be missed by her family and caregivers, who were so

loving and kind to her.



Survivors include a son, Donald Eymann and his wife, Shirley,

of Clear Lake; two daughters, Norma Burns of Missouri City, Texas,

and Marilyn Hanna and her husband, Tom, of Kensett; two daughters-in-law,

Gloria Eymann of Olathe, Kan., and Mavis Langerud of Forest City;

15 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.



Vesta was preceded in death by her husband; two sons, Lewis

and John Eymann; a daughter, Patricia Lowman; her parents; three

brothers, Sylvanus, Peter and Dae Lewis; and a sister, Nellie

Lewis.

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Geneveive Johnson

OSAGE  



Geneveive Johnson, 83, of Osage, died Thursday (Jan. 16, 1997)

at the Good Samaritan Center, St. Ansgar.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Sacred

Heart Catholic Church, Manly, with the Rev. Thomas F. McAndrew

officiating. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery, rural Osage.



Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday with a Scripture service

at the Champion Funeral Home, with the family greeting friends

until 5 p.m.



Geneveive Johnson was born July 18, 1913, near Plymouth.



Survivors include one daughter, Darlene Johanns of Stockton,

Mo.; one son, Duane Johnson of Osage; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-

grandchildren; four sisters, Helen Scurlock of Daly City, Calif.;

Jerry Grant of Manly; Elaine Barsness of Lake Mills, and Dolores

Mathahs of Manly; and one brother, Frank Hebel of Twin Lakes, Minn.



She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son,

one brother and three sisters.

MCGG 01/18/1997

Joseph Graham

BURT 



Joseph Graham, 81, of Burt, died Wednesday (Jan. 15, 1997)

at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Algona.



Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.  at the United Methodist

Church, with the Rev. Susan Thomas officiating. Burial will be

Burt Township Cemetery, with military honors by the VFW of Burt.



Visitation will be held from noon until 2 p.m. Monday at church.



The Garry-Roberts-Murphy-Schaaf Funeral Home, Bancroft, is in

charge of arrangements.



Joseph Graham was born July 22, 1915, at Algona.



Survivors include three daughters, Sandra Collom of Golden,

Colo.; Arlinda Kissell of Wheatridge, Colo., and Diane Olson

of Lakewood, Colo.; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren;

brothers, Kenneth of Mason City; Glenn Graham of Algona; Leslie

 of Marshalltown; Melvin of Denver, Colo.; sisters, Lois Emmert

of Mason City; Maxine Mitchell of Greeley, Colo.; Joyce Bey of

Washington D.C., and Helen Olsen of Rochester, Minn.



He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one

son.

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Joyce P. Hackbarth

COULTER 



Joyce P. Hackbarth, 77, of Coulter, died  Thursday (Jan. 16,

1997) at Franklin General Hospital, Hampton.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Calvary

Baptist Church, Belmond, with the Rev. Dave Pestel officiating.

Burial will be at the Morgan Township Cemetery, Dows.



Visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Tenold

Funeral Home, Belmond.



Joyce was born Dec. 18, 1919, on a farm near Clarion in Wright

County.



Survivors include one son, Galen Hackbarth of Hampton; daughters,

Myrna Bertheau of Shell Rock, and Janet Hackbarth of Ankeny;

brothers, Robert Wharton of Latimer, and Ronald Wharton of Hampton;

sisters, Marjorie Wheeler of Morris, Minn., Joan Andreasen of

Algona, and Jean Markham of Belmond; four granddaughters; and

seven great-grandchildren.



She was preceded in death by her parents, huband and one brother.

MCGG 01/18/1997

Eda J. Hovland

LAKE MILLS 



Eda J. Hovland, 98, of Lake Mills, died Friday (Jan. 17, 1997)

at Naeve Hospital, Albert Lea, Minn.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Salem

Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Roger Dykstra and the Rev. Sara

Beth Akre officiating. Burial will be in  Salem Lutheran Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Mittelstadt

Funeral Home and one hour before services at the church.



Eda J. Hovland was born Nov. 27, 1898, in Scarville.



Survivors include one nephew, Don Johnson of Albert Lea, Minn.;

one niece Geraldine Sorenson of Albert Lea, Minn.; and one sister-in-law,

Jo Hovland, Lake Mills.



She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and one sister.

MCGG 01/18/1997

Ada Hardgrove Ogren

ALGONA 



Ada Hardgrove Ogren, 82, of Algona, died Thursday (Jan. 16,

1997) at the Kossuth Regional Medical Center.



Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Chapel

of the Wilson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Cliff Isaacson officiating.

Burial will be in Burt Township Cemetery.



Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Wilson Funeral

Home.



Memorials may be given to the Hospice of the Heartland in her

memory.



Ada Hardgrove Ogren was born Feb. 26, 1914, in Burt.



Survivors include four daughters, Barbara Schattschneider of

Algona; Kay Smith of Fort Dodge; Peg Hilbert of Livermore, and

Phyllis Pappe of Helena, Mont.; one son, Jack of Algona; 19 grandchildren;

22 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and one sister,

Ruth Manor of Moses Lake, Wash.



She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands and one son.

MCGG 01/18/1997

Franklin Warren Betow

ST. ANSGAR 



Franklin Warren Betow, 76, of St. Ansgar, died Thursday (Jan.

16, 1997) at the Good Samaritan Home.



Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Immanuel Lutheran

Church, with the Rev. Chris Gugel officiating. Burial will be

in the St. Ansgar Cemetery.



Visitation will be held after 10 a.m. today at the church.



Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.



Franklin Warren Betow was born Oct. 13, 1920, in Myrtle, Minn.



Survivors include three daughters, Alberta Cresswell of Mason

City, Luella Funk of Mason City and Frances Hannam of Lakewood,

Calif.; seven grandchildren; and one brother, Burton Betow of

Brainerd, Minn.



He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, one brother

and one daughter.

MCGG 01/18/1997

Geraldine Krug

ALGONA 



Geraldine ``Jeri'' Krug, 58, of Algona, died Thursday (Jan.

16, 1997) at North Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason City.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the First

Congregational Church U.C.C., with the Rev. Phil Webb of the

First United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in

the Riverview Cemetery.



Visitation will begin after 7:30 p.m. today at the Wilson Funeral

Home, and 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Sunday.



Geraldine Krug was born Oct. 17, 1938, in Pocahontas.



Survivors include her husband, Rolland ``Pete'' Krug of Algona;

two daughters, Sharon Albertson, Algona, and Mary Flaherty of

Columbia, Mo.; two sons, Virgil and Steven, of Algona; seven

grandchildren; and one sister, Cheryl Carney of Crystal Lake.



She was preceded in death by her parents.

MCGG 01/18/1997

Edith M. Ring

RICEVILLE 



Edith M. Ring, 82, of Riceville, died Thursday (Jan. 16, 1997)

at the Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Peter's

Lutheran Church. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Conway Funeral

Home and an hour prior to services at the church.



Edith M. Ring was born Sept. 18, 1914, at Rose Hill.



Survivors include her husband, Clarence; three sons, William

Ring of Manly; Richard Jones of Lodi, Wis., and Thomas Jones

of Guam, USA.; two daughters, Linda Kinneman of Riceville, and

Beverly Valencic of Waukegan, Ill.; 17 grandchildren; 16 great-

grandchildren; and one brother, Bill Denney of Davenport.



She was preceded in death by one son, one daughter, two grandchildren,

three brothers and one sister.

MCGG 01/18/1997

Catherine Ross

GARNER  



Catherine Ross, 79, of Garner, died Friday (Jan. 17, 1997)

at North Iowa Mercy Health Center East.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel.

MCGG 01/18/1997

Clara B. Larson

BELMOND 



Clara B. Larson, 79, of Belmond, died Friday (Jan. 17, 1997)

at the Belmond Healthcare Center.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Dugger Ewing Funeral

Home.

MCGG 01/18/1997

Wilhelmina Redington

MASON CITY 



Wilhelmina Redington, 93, formerly of 813 N. Polk Ave., died

Friday (Jan. 17, 1997) at the IOOF Home.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Fullerton Funeral

Home, 123 Second St. S.E.

MCGG 01/19/1997

Pete Voogd

BUFFALO CENTER  



Pete Voogd, 96, died Friday (Jan. 17, 1997) at the Timely Mission

Nursing Home.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Fist Reformed

Church, Buffalo Center with the Rev. William Peake officiating.

Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Winter Funeral

Home.



Peter ``Pete'' Voogd was born Jan. 6, 1901 in Harsweg, Germany.



Survivors include one son, Ervin Voogd of Sioux Center; one

daughter, Lydia Westra of Oskaloosa; 10 grandchildren; and 18

great-grandchildren.



He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, two brothers,

and four sisters.

MCGG 01/19/1997

Clara Belle Larson

BELMOND  



Clara Belle Larson, 79, passed away Friday (Jan. 17, 1997) at

the Belmond Health Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Dugger

Ewing Funeral Home with the Rev. Ken Fineran officiating. Burial

will be in the Belmond Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral

home and one hour prior to services Monday.



Clara Belle Prouty Larson was born April 19, 1917 at Webster

City.



Survivors include her husband, Jim Larson of Belmond; two daughter,

Mary Ausborn of Ames and Ruth Larson of Belmond; one son, Arthur

Larson of Sacramento, Calif.; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren;

and two sisters, Maureen Gow of Wilton, Calif., and Florence

Prouty of Des Moines.



She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, and

two sisters.

MCGG 01/19/1997

Lloyd R. Pletcher

BRITT  



Lloyd R. Pletcher, 85, died Friday (Jan. 17, 1997) at the Hancock

County Memorial hospital.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at First

Lutheran Church with the Rev. James A. Mattson officiating. 

Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Ewing Funeral

Chapel and one hour prior to service at the church.



A Masonic Lodge service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at

Ewing Funeral Chapel.



Lloyd, the son of Winton and Enna Reitz Pletcher, was born March

7, 1911 in Wright County near Kanawha.  He attended country schools.

 He was united in marriage with Florence Hecker Aug. 17, 1932

at the Little Brown Church in Nashua.  The couple farmed near

Hayfield, Corwith, and Garner.  In 1959 they moved to a farm

near Kanawha until they retired and moved into Kanawha in 1973.

 Lloyd drove truck for several different companies from 1974

until 1979.  



The couple wintered in Texas.  On June 4, 1984 Florence passed

away. Lloyd was united in marriage with Ruth Johnson on July

1, 1985 at Kanawha.  The couple made their home in Texas.  Following

the death of Ruth, he return to the Britt area on May 1, 1990,

where he lived until moving to Forest Haven Apartments in Forest

City.



Lloyd was a member of First Lutheran Church of Britt, a member

of the Masonic Lodge for over 50 years, and the Silver Stars

Senior Citizens Club of Britt.  He enjoyed hunting and fishing

trips to Canada.



Lloyd is survived by a son, Don and his wife Vivian of Britt;

six grandchildren, Diane Eisenman of Britt, Linda Hildman and

husband Luke of Britt, John and special friend Darlene of Britt,

Connie of Ankeny, Bonnie Vavik and husband Bill of Britt, Ron

and wife Lilia of San Jose, Calif.; eight great-grandchildren;

one great-great-grandson; three brothers, Leonard of Dodge Center,

Minn., Howard and wife Evelyn of Alexander, Minn., Bob and wife

Irene of Forest City; and many nieces and nephews.



He was preceded in death by his parents, wives Florence and

Ruth, and one sister Mildred Johnson.

MCGG 01/19/1997

Alberta Ethelda Conway

ROCKWELL  



Alberta Ethelda Conway, 87, of 613 Maple, died Thursday (Jan.

16, 1997) at the Rockwell Community Nursing Home.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Fullerton

Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E., Mason City.  Mr. Robert E.

Orr Evangelist will be officiating.  Interment will be in the

Rockwell Cemetery.  The family will great friends from 4 until

8 p.m. Sunday at the chapel in Mason City.



Alberta was born on June 21, 1909 the daughter of James Samuel

and Florence Mae (Woodside) Wray in Hansel.  She attended grade

school in the Joice area before moving with her parents to a

farm west of Rockwell.  She later graduated from Rockwell High

School in 1928.



Alberta Ethelda Wray was united in marriage to Russell N. Conway

on March 12, 1931 in Hampton.  After there marriage the couple

farmed in the Sheffield and Dougherty areas. In 1943 they moved

into Rockwell.  As a resident of Rockwell she was employed at

the Rockwell Community Nursing home for several years.  She later

became a resident of the nursing home in 1981.



Alberta took great pride in her home and her grandchildren she

also spent a lot of time in her garden.  she was also known to

be an excellent seamstress who enjoyed crocheting and embroidery

work.



She was a member of the Gospel Hall in Hampton for many years.



Alberta is survived by three daughters; Mrs. Jack (Jo Ann) Petersen

of Sunlakes, Ariz., Mrs. Lynn (Janet ``Kay'') Peters of Rockwell,

Karen Dralle of Phoenix, Ariz.; two sons, Gerald and his wife

Huberte Conway of Tampa, Fla., Allen ``Chip'' and his wife Diane

Conway of Sunlakes, Ariz.; 17 grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren.



She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Russell in

Feb. 1995; three sisters, Sadie Pannhoff, Alta hanawalt, Leone

Wickwire; and one brother, James E. Wray.

MCGG 01/19/1997

Edwin L. ``Eddie'' Moline

MASON CITY  



Edwin L. ``Eddie'' Moline, 78, of 1004 N. Jackson Ave., died

Saturday (Jan. 18, 1997) at his home.



Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Hogan-Bremer

Colonial Chapel, 126 Third Street N.E., with the Rev. John R.

Kremer officiating.  His body was cremated.  There will be no

visitation.



The family suggests memorials be made to the Edwin L. Moline

Memorial Fund.



Ed Moline was born, Sept. 14, 1917 at Fort Madison, the son

of Frank and Marie (Wiebler) Moline.



He was united in marriage to Loretta Philbrick in 1938, at Cahoga,

Mo. They moved to Mason City in 1945.  Ed was a former manager

at the Piggly Wiggly Stores in Mason City.



He loved spending time with his grandchildren and having them

around the house.  He was a great joke teller and enjoyed baseballhis

favorite team was the Chicago Cubs.



Ed will be sadly missed by all.  He was a loving husband, father,

grandfather and great-grandfather.



He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and was head

usher at the church for many years.



Survivors include his wife, Loretta Moline of Mason City; two

daughters, Linda  Goldsberry of Des Moines, and Sherry Mix and

her husband, Harold of Mason City; nine grandchildren, Gina McCarthy

of Mason City, Courtney Biscoe of Phoenix, Ariz., Kim Goldsberry

of Norman, Okla., Shauna Raisch of Minneapolis, Minn., Tiffany

Creekmur of Mason City, Jason Raisch of Minneapolis, Minn., Gretchen

Freel of Santa Rita, Guam, Crescent Hollinger of Mason City,

and Carl Goldsberry III of Des Moines; nine great-grandchildren,

David McCarthy, David Bowers, Alexandra Hollinger, Brittany Bowers,

Sydney Hollinger, Nicholas Shober, Caitlin Freel, Emily Freel,

Cassandra Shober; and special friend Missy, the weiner dog.



He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter Beverly

Raisch, one brother and two sisters.

MCGG 01/19/1997

Mary Griffin

WEBSTER CITY  



Mary Griffin, 96, of Webster City, died Saturday (Jan. 18, 1997)

at her home, northeast of Webster City.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Foster

Funeral Home 800 Willson, Webster City, with the Rev. Mike Morgan

officiating. Burial will be in the Cass Township Cemetery, north

of Webster City.



Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home and

until service time Monday.



Mary Anna Miller, daughter of Edward and Katie Singer Miller,

was born Oct. 11, 1900, on a farm, northeast of Webster City.

she attended Sunnyside rural School. On July 16, 1919, she married

Bryan Griffin at Webster City.  The couple resided on a farm

near Blairsburg, where they lived for 22 years.  In March of

1942 the family moved to a farm ear Buffalo Center, residing

there for 19 years.  In 1961, the family moved to the Miller

family farm nine miles northeast of Webster City.  They retired

in 1967.  Mr. Griffin died in January of 1981.  She continued

to reside on the family farm.



She was a former member of the Mulberry United Methodist Church,

the Mulberry Helping Hand Club and the Buffalo Center Sunshine

Birthday Club and was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church,

Webster City.



Mrs. Griffin is survived by her daughter, Ruth Adams of Webster

City; two sons, Lee and Dolores Griffin of Buffalo Center and

Ray Griffin of Webster City; one son-in-law, Glen Gilbert of

Webster City; six grandchildren, Jim Adams of Webster City, Mike

Adams of Dodge Center, Minn., Amy Kleckner of Altoona, Bryan

Gilbert of Webster City, Julie Christianson of Eden Priaire Minn.,

Edward Griffin of Buffalo Center; 10 great-grandchildren; and

several nieces and nephews.



In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter,

Kathryn Gilbert; two grandchildren; a brother, Edward Miller;

four sisters, Erma, Thressa and Jessie Miller and Rosy Berleen.

MCGG 01/19/1997

Anthony ``Tony'' Johnson

KANAWHA  



Anthony ``Tony'' Johnson, 51, died Saturday (Jan. 18, 1997)

at the Hancock County Hospital.



Funeral arangements are incomplete at Ewing Dugger Funeral Home,

Kanawha.

MCGG 01/19/1997

Dorothy S. Colbertson

NORTHWOOD  



Dorothy S. Colbertson, 89, died Wednesday (Jan. 15, 1997) at

the Lutheran Retirement Home.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at First Lutheran

Church with the Rev. Mark Bents officiating, burial will be in

the Sunset Rest Cemetery.



Visitation will be held after 12 noon on Monday at the church.

Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home are in charge of arrangements.



Dorothy was born on April 21, 1907 in Crocus, N.D.



Survivors include her husband, William Colbertson of Northwood;

one son, David Colbertson of Northwood; four grandchildren; and

four great-grandchildren.



She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, and

one sister.

MCGG 01/19/1997

Wilhelmina Redington

MASON CITY  



Wilhelmina Redington, 93, formerly of 813 N. Polk Ave. died

Friday (Jan. 17, 1997) at the I.O.O.F. home.



Funeral services are tentatively set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at

Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E., Mason City.  Family

will greet friends from 2 until 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral

home.



Other funeral arrangements are incomplete.

MCGG 01/19/1997

Catherine Ross

GARNER  



Catherine Ross, 79, died Friday (Jan. 17, 1997) at North Iowa

Mercy Health Center, East, in Mason City.



Memorial services will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at St.

Boniface Catholic Church in Garner with the Rev. John W. Hemann

as celebrant.  There will be no visitation. Cataldo Funerel Home

of Garner is in charge of arrangements.



Catherine Rosecrans Ross, was born April 17, 1917 at Garner.



She is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth ``Betsy'' Staley

of Des Moines; her son, Harry ``Barnes'' Ross of Garner; seven

grandchildren; and great grandchildren.



She was preceded in death by her husband, and her parents.

MCGG 01/19/1997

Adela Salveson

FOREST CITY  



Adela Salveson, 96, died Saturday (Jan. 18, 1997) at the Good

Samaritan Center.

MCGG 01/10/1997

Christopher Allen Meyers

MASON CITY 



Christopher Allen Meyers, infant son of Ted and Beverly Meyers,

110 29th St. S.W., Mason City, died Wednesday (Jan. 8, 1997)

at the North Iowa Mercy Health Center East.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Fullerton Patterson

James Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E., Mason City.

MCGG 01/10/1997

Edna Slagle

GARNER 



Edna Slagle, 86, of Garner, died Thursday (Jan. 9, 1997) at

the Concord Care Center, Garner.



Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the United

Methodist Church, Garner, with the Rev. Robert Ellis officiating.

Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.



Visitation will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at the Cataldo

Funeral Chapel, Garner.



Edna Lucille Slagle was born July 28, 1910, at McCallsburg.



Survivors include her husband, Harold F. Slagle of Garner; a

son, Dale Slagle of Garner; four daughters, Norma Barkhaus of

Pomeroy, Jean Wilson of Clear Lake, Nadine Weaver of Clear Lake,

and Nancy Johnson of Panora; 22 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren;

a brother, James Womack of Riceville; three sisters, Gladys Grube

of Charles City, Opal Polen of Montezuma, and Hazel Kapka of

Thompson.



She was preceded in death by her two grandchildren, her parents

and eight brothers and sisters.

MCGG 01/10/1997

William J. Groth

ST. ANSGAR 



William J. Groth, 75, formerly of St. Ansgar, died Wednesday

(Jan. 8, 1997) at the Clarinda Treatment Complex, Clarinda.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the First

Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar, with the Rev. Robert Porisch officiating.

Burial will be in the First Lutheran Cemetery.



Visitation will begin after 12 p.m. Saturday at the First Lutheran

Church.



Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, is in charge of

arrangements.



William J. Groth was born Nov. 15, 1921, in St. Ansgar, the

son of William and Irene (Dahl) Groth.



He attended school in St. Ansgar and graduated from high school

in 1939.



He is survived by nieces, nephews and cousins.



He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, and one

brother.

MCGG 01/10/1997

Katherine Pals

MESERVEY  



Katherine Pals, 88, of Meservey, died Wednesday (Jan. 8, 1997)

at the Belmond Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Salem

United Methodist Church, Meservey, with the Rev. Jim Gochenouer

officiating. Burial will be in the Meservey Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Grarup

Funeral Home, Meservey.



Katherine ``Katie'' Pals, daughter of Chris and Marie (Becker)

Yakel, was born on Feb. 6, 1908, in a German settlement in Balzar,

Russia.



She came to the United States as a small child and later became

a citizen of the United States.



She graduated from Alexander High School in 1926 and went on

to attend Coe College before teaching country school.



She was united in marriage on Dec. 25, 1938, to Jacob E. Pals.



They operated a produce business in Meservey until they retired.



Katie enjoyed walking, playing cards and doing crochet work.



She was a member of the Salem United Methodist Church where

she taught Sunday School for many years, the Mary Circle, Federated

Womens Club, and the Senior Citizens.



She is survived by two daughters, Shirley Schmidt of Alexander,

and Phyllis Ruiter and her husband, Merlin, of Meservey; four

grandchildren, Linda Sheriff and her husband, Keith, of West

Des Moines, Michael Schmidt of Iowa Falls, Roxanne Ronsen and

her husband, Kurt, of West Minster, Colo., Ritch Ruiter of Meservey;

four great-grandchildren, Philip, Brian, Erin and Steven Sheriff

of West Des Moines; and one sister, Marie Jessen of Hampton.



She was preceded in death by her husband, Jacob in September

of 1984; two infant children; her parents; one sister, six brothers;

and a son-in-law.

MCGG 01/10/1997

Clifford Van Ry

ST. CHARLES, Mo. 



Clifford Van Ry, 66, 1742 Doris Walters Lane, St. Charles,

Mo., died Wednesday (Jan. 8, 1997) at the Barnes Jewish St. Peters

Hospital.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Major

Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City,

with the Rev. Greg Lugn of the Nora Springs Christian Church,

officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Albert Lea,

Minn.



Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until time of services

on Saturday at the Major Erickson Funeral Home.



Memorials may be given to the Alzheimer's Association of St.

Louis, Mo., 9374 Olive Blvd, St. Louis, Mo. 63132-3214.



Clifford Van Ry was born March 11, 1930, in Albert Lea, Minn.,

the son of Marinus and Pauline (Davignon) Van Ry.



Clifford attended school in Mason City and graduated from Mason

City High School.



He served during the Korean War from 1951-53.



Clifford then married Patricia Riley on June 11, 1955, in Mason

City.



He graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant in

1957.



Clifford was an accountant for Allis Chalmers Farm Equipment

for many years. In 1994, they settled in St. Charles, Mo.



Survivors include his wife, Patricia Van Ry, of St. Charles,

Mo.; daughter, Victoria Malinee and her husband, Matthew, of

St. Charles, Mo.; son, Michael Van Ry and his wife, Cathy, of

Las Vegas, Nev.; three grandchildren, Sean Malinee, Nikki and

Kirsti Van Ry; and one brother, Charles Van Ry, of Arnold, Md.



He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Paul.

MCGG 01/10/1997

Avis M. Ludeman

MASON CITY  



Avis M. Ludeman, 94, 23 S. Virginia Ave., died Tuesday (Jan.

7, 1997) at the Willow Creek Health Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Major

Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with the Rev.

Merlin Ackerson of the First United Methodist Church, officiating.

Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery.



Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at Major

Erickson Funeral Home.



Memorials may be given to the Kinney Pioneer Museum in her memory.



Avis was born Sept. 30, 1902, in Bath Township, Cerro Gordo

County, the daughter of James and Ara (Wass) Pedelty.



She graduated from Mason City High School and was a life-long

resident of the area.



She married George R. Ludeman on May 5, 1923, at her parents'

home in Bath Township.



Besides her family and home, she enjoyed nature and the outdoors.



She was a founder of the Kinney Pioneer Museum. She was a 70-year

member of the American Legion Auxiliary.



Survivors include one daughter, Georgia Ludeman of Mason City;

son, James Ludeman and his wife, Carole, of Mason City; four

granddaughters, Candice Marshall and husband, Pat, of Clear Lake;

Pam Downing and her husband, Mike, of North Oaks, Minn., Kristine

Gatewood and her husband, Steve, of Brownsville, Texas; and Joy

Under Baggage of Rapid City, S.D.; three great-granddaughters;

five great-grandsons; one sister, Betty Cimijotti and her husband,

Leo, of Mason City; and many nieces and nephews.



She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and three

brothers.

MCGG 01/10/1997

Clara F. Fischer

MASON CITY 



Clara F. Fischer, 81, 1317 N. Quincy Ave., died Wednesday (Jan.

8, 1997) at the Willow Creek Health Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Grace

United Methodist Church, 200 14th St. N.W., with the Rev. Herbert

Shafer officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Major

Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and one hour

prior to services at the church on Saturday.



Memorials may be given to the Clara F. Fischer Memorial Fund.



Clara was born Feb. 27, 1915, at Mitchell, Iowa, daughter of

Lee B. and Iva Belle (Bartell) Phillips.



She grew up in the Mitchell and Osage areas and attended schools

there also.



She was married to Melvin F. Fischer on Aug. 18, 1932, at Osage,

Iowa.



She lived in Charles City for 25 years, then moved to Stoddard,

Wis., for six or seven years, then lived in LaCrosse, Wis., for

many years. She moved to Mason City in 1991.



She enjoyed traveling, doing crafts and reconstructing fur coats.

She was active in her church wherever she lived.



She was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church, Mason

City, and a member of the Degree of Honor.



She enjoyed going to the Mason City Senior Citizens Center.



She is survived by daughters, Audrey Warren and her husband,

Kenneth, Mason City, Shirley Allison and her husband, Max, Appleton,

Wis., and Elizabeth Sandy and her husband, Bob, Kenosha, Wis.;

son-in-law, Delbert Cross, Floyd; 16 grandchildren; 32 great-

grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; several nieces

and nephews; and a sister-in-law, Estelle Fischer, Charles City.



She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter,

Olga Cross; one sister; and three brothers.

MCGG 01/10/1997

Joseph H. Madden

MASON CITY  



Joseph H. Madden, 79, of 513 Fourth St. S.E., Mason City, died

Wednesday (Jan. 8, 1997) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient

Unit, Mason City.



A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph

Catholic Church, 302 Fifth St. S.E., Mason City, with the Rev.

Carl A. Ries officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood St. Joseph

Cemetery, with full military honors conducted by the Mason City

Veterans Memorial Association.



Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. today at Hogan Bremer Colonial

Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., with a scriptural prayer service

beginning at 7 p.m. followed by a Knights of Columbus rosary

at 8 p.m.



Joseph H. Madden was born April 22, 1917, in Dougherty, son

of Thomas and Regina (Hogan) Madden.



He was married to Onnalee Ersland on Oct. 12, 1940, at Holy

Family Catholic Church, Mason City.



Joe spent his childhood years in Dougherty and some of his fondest

memories were of the days he spent with his grandfather, John

Hogan, on his horse farm.



He graduated from St. Joseph High School in Mason City and served

in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and was stationed on

Tinian Island in the South Pacific, where he served on the ground

crew of the Enola Gay.



Joe served 33 years on the Mason City Police Department, retiring

in 1979. He was associated with Hogan Bremer Colonial Chapels

for more than 25 years.



He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church for over 40 years.



He belonged to the St. Vincent DePaul Society, he was a 3rd

Degree member of the Knights of Columbus Council #1006, and a

4th Degree member of the Monsignor Dougherty Assembly of the

Knights of Columbus.



Joe was also a member of the American Legion Clausen-Worden

Post #101, the Veterans of Foreign Wars San Juan Marine Post

#733, the Fraternal Order of the Moose Lodge, and the Iowa State

Police Association.



Survivors include four daughters, Linda Hapgood and her husband,

Jerry, Camarillo, Calif., Catherine Day and her husband, Bob,

Waukesha, Wis., Mary Jo Profeta and her husband, George, Evanston,

Ill., and Rose Ann Stoltenberg and her husband, Randy, Mason

City; two brothers, John Madden, Oak Park, Kan., and Tom Madden,

Mason City; three sisters, Rosalie Woodhouse, Mason City, Mary

Floy, Thornton, and Jean Bamrick, Rockwell; 11 grandchildren,

John, Paul, Joseph, and Patrick Hapgood, Brian, Kevin and Ryan

Day, Molly and Anthony Profeta, and Amy and Rachel Stoltenberg.



He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Onnalee on

Feb. 7, 1987; two brothers, Russell Madden and Raymond Madden

in infancy; and one grandson, Peter Madden Hapgood.

MCGG 01/10/1997

Hazel Marie Walters

MASON CITY  



Hazel Marie Walters, 92, of the Sheffield Care Center, formerly

of 118 16th St. N.W., died  Monday (Jan. 6, 1997) at the Sheffield

Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. today (Friday) at

Grace United Methodist Church, 200 14th St. N.W., with the Rev.

Herbert Shafer officiating. Burial will be in the Elmwood-St.Joseph

Cemetery.



Visitation was held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Major Erickson

Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and will be held one

hour prior to services today at the church.



Memorials may be given to the Hazel Walters Memorial Fund.



Hazel M. Walters was born March 23, 1904, in Belle Plaine, the

daughter of Harry Everett and Bertha Jane (Shaull) Dull.



The family moved to Mason City in 1906 where Hazel graduated

from Mason City High School in 1922.



She married Tom Walters on Feb. 27, 1926, at Garner.



Hazel worked for Damons Department Store for 23 years retiring

in 1976.



She was a charter member of Grace United Methodist Church, was

a member of the U.M.W., church circle and Eastern Star.



Survivors include two daughters, Sally J. Thrams and her husband,

Charlie, of Mason City, and Linda L. Lubkeman and her husband,

Alva, of Rockwell; one son, Raymond E. Walters of Eveleth, Minn.;

16 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.



She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Tom; son,

Thomas; and one sister, Myrtle Stoltenberg.

MCGG 01/11/1997

Dwight R. Pogemiller

CHARLES CITY 



Dwight R. Pogemiller, 72, of 407 Second Ave., died Friday (Jan.

10, 1997) at home.



Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity United

Methodist Church, with the Rev. Larry Vallery and the Rev. Debra

Lincoln officiating. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Hauser

Funeral Home, 1205 S. Main St., with the family greeting friends

from 6 to 8 p.m. and from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on Monday. There will

be further visitation one hour before services at the church.



Dwight R. Pogemiller was born Nov. 7, 1924, at Newport.



Survivors include his wife, Marlys, of Charles City; three sons,

Keith Pogemiller of Muscatine, Craig Pogemiller of Charles City,

and Garry Pogemiller of Council Bluffs; one daughter, Nancy Daley

of Waukon; six grandchildren; and three brothers, Thomas Pogemiller,

Robert Pogemiller and James Pogemiller, all of Wapello.



He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and one

brother.



The family suggests memorials to the Heart to Home Hospice,

Floyd County Cancer Friends or to the Trinity United Methodist

Church Memorial Fund for scholarships.

MCGG 01/11/1997

Milford Michaelson

THOMPSON 



Milford Michaelson, 84, of 267 First Ave W., died Thursday

(Jan. 9, 1997) at the Timely Mission Nursing Home, Buffalo Center.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bethany

Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Perry Fruhling officiating. Burial

will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Winter

Funeral Home, and one hour before services at the church on Tuesday.



Milford Michaelson was born April 29, 1912, in Garden City.



Survivors include his wife, Betty Michaelson, Thompson; one

son, Merrill Michaelson, Thompson; two daughters, Lindy Rautio,

Portland, Ore., and Patricia Michaelson, Thompson; two grandchildren;

one brother, Orlo Michaelson, Story City; and seven sisters,

Verna Borton of Nevada; Mildred Murray of Moline, Ill.; Fern

Marsh of Long Beach, Calif.; Dorothy Woodbury of Arlington, Va.;

June Egland of Story City; Laura Settle of Nevada, and Virginia

Marshall of Canyon City, Calif.



He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and two

sisters.

MCGG 01/11/1997

Edna Helen Hollatz Muller

FORT MORGAN, Colo.  



Edna Helen Hollatz Muller, 91, died Thursday (Jan. 2, 1997)

at Valley View Villa. Burial was Jan. 4, at the Riverside Cemetery,

Fort Morgan.



Edna Hollatz was born June 26, 1905, in Newburg Township, Mitchell

County, Iowa, the daughter of Albert and Helena Hollatz.



She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church and attended

Carpenter, Iowa, schools. After her education, she worked for

the St. Ansgar Enterprise.



On March 3, 1926, Edna Hollatz and Arnold Muller were married

in the Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar, Iowa.



They farmed in Cedar Township, Mitchell County, Iowa.



In 1949, they moved to Fort Morgan, where they were partners

in the Muller-Sheve Feed and Seed Store.



Survivors include her daughters, Helen and her husband, Del

Ingvalson of Gaylord, Minn., and Mildred McPhail of Osage, Iowa;

grandchildren, Barbara and Mark Anderson of Woodbury, Minn.;

Gary and Evette Ingvalson of Mankato, Minn.; Jeanne and Ron Bruggeman

of Northwood, Iowa;  Brian McPhail of Osage, Iowa; Jay and Natalie

McPhail of Hanley Falls, Minn.; Susan Palmer of Ogden, Utah;

Jason Buxman of Port Orchard, Wash.; Jeremy Buxman of Corpus

Christi, Texas; and Jennifer and Eric Mello of Burlington, Wash.;

16 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren;

one brother, Ortwein Hollatz of Osage, Iowa; one sister, Elsie

Dieterich of Osage, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews.



She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arnold;

one daughter, Carol Buxman; two grandchildren, Jeffrey Buxman

and Mary Lea Leonard; four brothers; and three sisters.

MCGG 01/11/1997

Christopher Allen Meyers

MASON CITY 



Christopher Allen Meyers, infant son of Ted and Beverly Meyers,

110 29th St. S.W., died Wednesday (Jan. 8, 1997) at North Iowa

Mercy Health Center East.



Funeral services are tentatively set for 10:30 a.m. Monday at

the Fullerton Patterson James Funeral Home, 123 Second St. N.E.

Visitation will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at  the chapel

and again Monday morning before services.



Other arrangements are incomplete at Fullerton Patterson James

Funeral Home.

MCGG 01/11/1997

Vivian Geraldine Miles

THORNTON  



Vivian Geraldine Miles, 84, formerly of Thornton, died Friday

(Jan. 10, 1997) at the Willow Creek Health Care Center, Mason

City.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Grarup Funeral Home,

Thornton.

MCGG 01/11/1997

Lois Fulcomer

CHARLES CITY  



Lois Fulcomer, 76, of 804 D St., died Friday (Jan. 10, 1997)

at home.



Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First

Baptist Church, with the Rev. Robin Stoops officiating. Burial

will be in  Riverside Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Hauser

Funeral Home, 1205 S. Main St., with the family greeting friends

from 2 to 4 p.m. There will be further visitation from 9 to 11

a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, and one hour prior to services

at the church on Tuesday.



Lois Fulcomer was born Nov. 14, 1920, at Charles City.



Survivors include two sisters, Hazel Fulcomer of Charles City,

and Wilda Wilson of Antioch, Calif.



She was preceded in death by her parents.



The family suggests memorials to Heart to Home Hospice.

MCGG 01/11/1997

Ira Clarence Schwab

DUMONT 



Ira Clarence Schwab, 76, of Dumont, died Friday (Jan. 10, 1997)

at the Dumont Care Center.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Dumont

United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Marilyn Winch and the

Rev. Carl Gearhart officiating. Burial will be in the Dumont

Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Sietsema-Vogel

Funeral Home.



Ira Clarence Schwab was born March 20, 1920, in Waterloo.



Survivors include his wife, Anna Schwab of Dumont; four daughters,

Dee Ann Johnson, St. Louis, Mo.; Denise Crosby, Toledo; Donna

Uhlenhopp, Hampton, and Danette Johnson, Brooklyn; two sons,

Dennis Schwab of Dumont, and Donald  Schwab of Hampton; 16 grandchildren;

eight great-grandchildren; one brother, Leo Schwab, Wichita,

Kan.; and one sister, Phyllis Woodley, Greene.

MCGG 01/12/1997

Laurence Radloff

GARNER  



Laurence Radloff, 81, died Saturday (Jan. 11, 1997) at North

Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason City.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul

Lutheran Church with the Rev. Clyde Kieschnick as officiant.

Burial will be in Concord Township Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Cataldo

Funeral Chapel.

MCGG 01/12/1997

Leonard Baldwin

OSAGE  



Leonard Baldwin, 92, died Saturday (Jan. 11, 1997) at the Mitchell

County Regional Health Center.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Champion Funeral Home.

MCGG 01/12/1997

Vivian G. Miles

THORNTON  



Vivian G. Miles, 84, died Friday (Jan. 10, 1997) at the Willow

Creek Health Care Center, Mason City.



Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Paul Evangelical

Lutheran Church with the Rev. Robert Hetrick officiating. Burial

will be in Pleasant View Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Grarup

Funeral Home.



Vivian Geraldine Miles was born on June 18, 1912 at Garner,

the daughter of John and Theresa (Blaschke) Peterson.  She attended

the Garner School system.  She was united in marriage to Ellsworth

``Todd'' Miles in Forest City on May 29, 1931.  They made their

home in the Thornton area where they farmed.  She was a member

of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church.



She is survived by a son, Richard R. Steussy and his wife, Joan,

of Novato, Calif.; three grandchildren; Christina, Cynthia and

Chester; two great-grandchildren, Rebecca and Rachel Steussy;

one brother, Verner Peterson and his wife, Gertrude, of Mason

City; one sister, Dorothy Swaim of Mason City; and several nieces

and nephews.



She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and three

brothers.



In lieu of flowers, friends may give memorials to the St. Paul

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Thornton.

MCGG 01/12/1997

Lyle L. Zirbel

WEST DES MOINES  



Lyle L. Zirbel, 73, formerly of the Mason City area, died Saturday

(Jan. 11, 1997) at the Valley Junction Health and Rehabilitation

Center.



Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Hamilton's

Funeral Home, 605 Lyon St., Des Moines, with Pastor Elton Richards

officiating.  Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Des

Moines.



Visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. today at the funeral

home.



Lyle L. Zirbel was born March 11, 1923 in Hanford, the son of

Herbert Zirbel and Ella (Frienz) Zirbel.  He lived most of his

life in the Mason City area, moving to Des Moines in 1974.  He

was retired from working in the Ruan Building as maintenance

engineer and also in the security department.



Lyle was in the Army and was a veteran of the Korean War.



He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church.



Survivors include his wife, Anna Mae (Mealey) Zirbel of West

Des Moines; one son, Jim Zirbel of Charles City; two sisters,

Shirley Rice of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Alice Graves of Mason

City; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.



He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert and Ella (Frienz)

Zirbel; his first wife; one brother, Herman Zirbel; and one son,

Jerry Zirbel.

MCGG 01/12/1997

LeRoy Oscar Arringdale

MASON CITY  



LeRoy Oscar Arringdale Jr., 73, of 10 S. Adams Ave., #6, died

Monday (Jan. 6, 1997) in Avon, Ohio, following an auto mishap.



His body was cremated.  There will be no visitation.  Hogan

Bremer Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., is in charge of a

arrangements.



Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St.

John's Episcopal Church, 120 First St. N.E., with the Rev. Robert

Towner officiating.  Inurnment will take place at a later date

at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.



LeRoy O. Arringdale Jr. was born July 30, 1923 in Boston, Mass.,

the son of LeRoy O. and Lola I. (Nelson) Arringdale.  He was

raised in Needham, Mass. and served in the Navy during World

War II, stationed in the Pacific.



LeRoy drove truck for Shippers Service and then worked at Sedars

Pontiac as a mechanic for many years until retiring.



He was an active lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign

War and a lifetime member of the Military Order of the Cooties.

He was also a member of the Moose Lodge.



Survivors include one daughter, Linda Tody and her husband,

Ken, of Antioch, Wis.; one son, Roger Arringdale of Escondido,

Calif.; two sisters, Margaret C. McLean of Hatfield, Mass., and

Elizabeth Simpson of Beverly Hills, Fla.; one grandson; five

nieces and nephews; and many special friends in the Mason City

area.

MCGG 01/13/1997

Lorraine K. Shepard

DUNCAN  



Lorraine K. Shepard, 48, died Sunday (Jan. 12, 1997) at North

Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason City.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the

United Methodist Church, Garner, with the Rev. Robert T. Ellis

officiating.  Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Britt.



Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Cataldo

Funeral Chapel, Garner.



Lorraine Kay Shepard was born June 10, 1948, in Woden.



Survivors include two daughters, Tracy Shepard Arpy of Ankeny

and Jodi Shepard of Ames; her mother, Betty Jones and her husband,

Bill, of Britt; three sisters, Priscilla ``Penny'' Finneman of

Mason City, Vicky Green of Algona and Wendy Korte of Kanawha;

one brother, Roger Olthoff of Corwith; and one grandchild.



She was preceded in death by her father.

MCGG 01/13/1997

Leonard Baldwin

OSAGE  



Leonard Baldwin, 92, died Saturday (Jan. 11, 1997) at the Mitchell

County Regional Health Center.



Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the United

Methodist Church with the Rev. Clark Christian officiating. 

Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery.



Visitation will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Champion Funeral

Home.



Leonard Baldwin was born Sept. 27, 1904, at Barron, Wis.



Survivors include one daughter, Patricia Lawson of Pearl City,

Ill.; four stepdaughters, Dorothy Harrison of Des Moines, Darlene

Anderson of Long Beach, Calif., and Shirley Newhouse and Delores

Olson, both of Osage; one stepson, Lawrence Taylor of Silver

Springs, Fla.; three sisters, Alberta Gaulke of Rice Lake, Wis.,

and Mable Prine and Myrtie Olson, both of Barron, Wis.; one brother,

Elmer Baldwin of Mesa, Ariz.; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren;

and one great-great-grandchild.



He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, second

wife and brothers and sisters.

MCGG 01/13/1997

Christopher Allen Meyers

MASON CITY  



Christopher Allen Meyers, infant son of Ted and Beverly Meyers

of 110 29th St. S.W., died Wednesday (Jan. 8, 1997) at North

Iowa Mercy Health Center.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at the Fullerton

Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E., with the Rev. John R. Kremer

of Holy Family Catholic Church, officiating.  Interment will

be at Memorial Park Cemetery.



Visitation will be held prior to services today at the funeral

home.



Christopher is survived by his parents, Ted and Beverly (Platts)

Meyers; one sister, Tammy A. Meyers; one brother, Charles F.

Meyers; his paternal grandmother, Anna Meyers; and maternal grandparents,

Glen and Beverly Platts, all of Mason City.



He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Raymond Meyers.

MCGG 01/13/1997

Frank E. Studer

CLARION  



Frank E. Studer, 75, died Sunday (Jan. 12, 1997) at Community

Memorial Hospital.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Willim Funeral Home.

MCGG 01/13/1997

Laurence Radloff

GARNER  



Laurence Radloff, 81, died Saturday (Jan. 11, 1997) at North

Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason City.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul

Lutheran Church with the Rev. Clyde Kieschnick as officiant.

Burial will be in Concord Township Cemetery.



Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the Cataldo

Funeral Chapel, 160 E. Fourth St.



Laurence Frederick Radloff, the son of Frederick and Minnie

(Behrens) Radloff, was born July 29, 1915, on a farm near Klemme.

He was baptized at a Lutheran church in Postville.  Laurence

attended the rural schools of Ell Township and then farmed with

his parents.  On Feb. 18, 1915, he married Evelyn Neva Hansen

at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Nora Springs.



They farmed southeast of Garner on the home farm all of their

married life.  Laurence loved his wife and his church.  He encouraged

young people and often asked how they were doing and what their

future plans were.  He also had a strong interest in community

and school activities.



He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church where he had served

as a Sunday school teacher for 51 years.  He served as a soil

commissioner and was a member of the Beef Producers and Pork

Producers.



He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Radloff of Garner; a sister,

Gertrude Meyer of Mason City; a brother, Ray Radloff and his

wife, Ann, of Garner; a sister-in-law, Ella Radloff of Lyle,

Minn.; and several nieces and nephews.



He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Fred

Radloff and Harold Radloff; and three sisters, Ruth Radloff,

Frieda Radloff and Ruby Quintus.

MCGG 01/14/1997

Clifford Hoskinson

BRITT 



Clifford Hoskinson, 75, of Britt, died Monday (Jan. 13, 1997)

at North Iowa Mercy Health Center East.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Ewing Funeral Chapel,

Britt.

MCGG 01/14/1997

Mary Anne Pfow

CHARLES CITY 



Mary Anne Pfow, 82, a resident of 1705 Missouri, Charles City,

died Sunday (Jan. 12, 1997) at her residence.



Celebration of the funeral Mass for Anne Pfow will be held at

10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church,

Charles City, with the Rev. Walter L. Brunkan officiating. Entombment

will be held at the Floral Hills Memorial Gardens in Clarksburg,

W.Va. The Davis Funeral Home of Clarksburg will be in charge

of arrangements in Clarksburg.



Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Hauser Funeral

Home, Charles City, where rosary will be recited by the St. Mary's

Circle at 3 p.m., and a parish Scripture service will be held

at 7 p.m. On Wednesday, friends may call one hour prior to the

services at the church.



The family suggests memorials be directed to Heart to Home Hospice

or to the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.



Mary Ann Pfow was born Feb. 19, 1915, in Mason City.



Survivors include two brothers, Anton and Donna Schmall of Charles

City, and Dr. Leo and June Schmall of Marion; one sister, Rosa

Anderson of Bancroft; and several nieces and nephews.



She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

MCGG 01/14/1997

Frank E. Studer

CLARION 



Frank E. Studer, 75, of Clarion, died Sunday (Jan. 12, 1997)

at the Clarion Community Memorial Hospital.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St.

John's Catholic Church, Clarion, with the Rev. Wayne Droessler

officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery.



Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday with a vigil service

at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Willim Funeral Home, Clarion.



Frank E. Studer was born Oct. 28, 1921, in Palo Alto County.



Survivors include his wife, Leona, of Clarion; one daughter,

Patricia Petersen of Jerome, Idaho; two sons, Mike of Clarion

and Carl of Clarion; two sisters, Mary Hilton of Pocahontas and

Alice Trausch of Clarion; one brother, Paul of Clarion; and eight

grandchildren.



He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one

son.

MCGG 01/14/1997

Dennis M. Blackman

CLARION 



Dennis M. Blackman, 63, of Clarion, died Sunday (Jan. 12, 1997),

at Clarion Community Memorial Hospital.



Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Missionary

Alliance Church, Blairsburg, with the Rev. Ian Hoover officiating.

Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Clarion.



Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Willim Funeral Home,

Clarion.



Dennis M. Blackman was born March 17, 1933, in Clarion.



Survivors include two sisters, Luella Brotherton of Fallbrook,

Calif., and Marjorie Fasel of Valparaiso, Ind.; and one brother,

Gerald Blackman of Galt.



He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister.

MCGG 01/14/1997

Ila L. Wiarda

DOWS 



Ila L. Wiarda, 87, of Dows, died Sunday (Jan. 12, 1997) at

the Franklin General Hospital Extended Care Unit, Hampton.



Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Dows

United Methodist Church, with the Rev. James Turner officiating.

Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Dows.



Visitation will be from 2:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Willim Funeral

Home, Clarion. The family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m.



Ila L. Wiarda was born Oct. 6, 1909, in Galt.



Survivors include her husband, Irving of Dows; three sons, Irving

Jr. of Dows, Marlin of Aurora, Neb., and Merlyn of Dows; two

sisters, Vernabelle Collins of Warren, Mich., and Ardith Trousdale

of Iowa Falls; one brother, Everett Cundall of Dows; 10 grandchildren;

two stepgrandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and five stepgreat

-grandchildren.



She was preceded in death by her parents.

MCGG 01/14/1997

Mary A. Exline

CHARLES CITY 



Mary A. Exline, 47, 1221 Shadow Ave., rural Charles City, died

Monday (Jan. 13, 1997) at her residence following a two-month

illness of cancer.



A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at

the Immaculate Conception Church, U.S. Highway 18 and Clark St.,

Charles City. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery, Charles

City.



Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Fullerton

Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., Charles City, where the family

will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. There will be a rosary

service at 3 p.m. Wednesday and a time of remembrance at 7 p.m.

Wednesday.



Other arrangements are incomplete at the Fullerton Hage Funeral

Home.

MCGG 01/14/1997

Nina Robeson

ROCKFORD 



Nina Robeson, 85, of Rockford, died Monday (Jan. 13, 1997)

at the Strawberry Point Lutheran Care Center.



Funeral arrangements are pending at the Schumburg Funeral Home,

Rockford.

MCGG 01/14/1997

Grace M. Schonemann

THORNTON 



Grace M. Schonemann, 94, of Thornton, died Monday (Jan. 13,

1997) at the Sheffield Care Center, Sheffield.



Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Grarup Funeral Home,

Thornton.

MCGG 01/14/1997

Leonard Baldwin

OSAGE  



Leonard Baldwin, 92, died Saturday (Jan. 11, 1997) at the Mitchell

County Regional Health Center.



Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the United

Methodist Church with the Rev. Clark Christian officiating. 

Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery.



Visitation will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Champion Funeral

Home.



Leonard Baldwin was born Sept. 27, 1904, at Barron, Wis.



Survivors include one daughter, Patricia Lawson of Pearl City,

Ill.; four stepdaughters, Dorothy Harrison of Des Moines, Darlene

Anderson of Long Beach, Calif., and Shirley Newhouse and Delores

Olson, both of Osage; one stepson, Lawrence Taylor of Silver

Springs, Fla.; three sisters, Alberta Gaulke of Rice Lake, Wis.,

and Mable Prine and Myrtie Olson, both of Barron, Wis.; one brother,

Elmer Baldwin of Mesa, Ariz.; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren;

and one great-great-grandchild.



He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, second

wife and brothers and sisters.

MCGG 01/14/1997

Esther A. Bawek

STACYVILLE 



Esther A. Bawek, 89, of 205 S. Randolph St., died Friday (Jan.

10, 1997) at Long Beach, Calif.



Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Visitation

Church, Stacyville. Burial will be in Visitation Cemetery.



A rosary will be held at 3 p.m. and wake services will be held

at 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Visitation Church.



Hatten Funeral Home, Stacyville, is in charge of arrangements.



Esther A. Bawek was born June 3, 1907, in Johnsburg, Minn.



Survivors include five sons, Glen of Arcadia, Wis., Roger of

Minneapolis, Minn., John of Fla., James of New York, and Richard

of Long Beach, Calif.; one sister, Irma Strande of Chatfield,

Minn.; 17 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.



She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son, three

sisters and a brother.

MCGG 01/14/1997

Earl Garrison

ARLINGTON, WASH. 



Earl Garrison, 71, of Arlington, Wash., formerly of Riceville,

died Wednesday (Jan. 8, 1997) at Arlington Nursing Home.