MARGARET E. FORMANEK

BRITT - Margaret E. Formanek, 87, of Des Moines, formerly of Britt, died Tuesday (Nov. 30, 1999) at the Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Cataldo Funeral Home, Garner,

Cataldo Funeral Home, (515) 923-2841.

AGATHA STEINBERG

LEDYARD - Agatha Steinberg, 81, of Ledyard, died Monday (Nov. 29, 1999) at the United Hospital in Blue Earth, Minn.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Ledyard, with the Rev. Eugene Schumacher officiating. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Ledyard.

Visitation will be held from 2:30 until 8 p.m. Friday at the Garry-Roberts-Murphy-Schaaf Funeral Home, Bancroft.

IRENE ELIZABETH CULBERT

CENTRAL CITY, Neb. - Irene Elizabeth Culbert, 80, of Central City, formerly of the Manly area, died Saturday (Nov. 27, 1999) at the Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Grace Lutheran Church in Central City, with the Rev. Charles Pollard officiating. Burial will be in the Chapman Cemetery.

Visitation was held on Tuesday at the Solt Funeral Home, 1507 17th St., Central City, Neb.

Solt Funeral Home, (308) 946-3095.

CHRIS SIEVERTS

NEW HAMPTON - Chris Sieverts, 85, of New Hampton, formerly of St. Ansgar, died Tuesday (Nov. 30, 1999) at the New Hampton Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Lawler. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to services on Friday at the Church.

Conway Funeral Home, New Hampton, is in charge of arrangements.

Conway Funeral Home, (515) 394-4331.

MERLE KEITH KINGSBURY

MASON CITY - Merle Keith Kingsbury, 75, of Mason City died Tuesday (Nov. 30, 1999) at the Heritage Care Center, Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Hogan Bremer Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., Mason City, with the Rev. David Anderson of St. James Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery with full military honors conducted by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Hogan Bremer Chapel and will continue until time of services on Thursday at the funeral home.

Merle K. Kingsbury was born Jan. 28, 1924, in Rudd, son of Glen and Violet (Henderson) Kingsbury. He was married to Alvina Mix on Sept. 7, 1946, in Luverne, Minn.

Merle grew up and attended schools in Rudd. He joined the Navy when he was 17 serving in WWII aboard the USS John Rogers. He drove truck and worked for Conoco Station for many years.

Merle loved his family, especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He enjoyed fishing and bowling.

Survivors include his wife, Alvina Kingsbury; two daughters, Linda Whipple and her husband, Bruce, and Mickey Peterson and her husband, Roger; three grandchildren, Bryan Whipple, Amy McMurray and Holly Peterson; four great-grandchildren, Dustin, Dalton, Savana and Sierra, all of Mason City.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Gail, and two grandchildren, Nicole and Jason Peterson.

Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel, (515) 423-2372.

G.W. 'JERRY' HEIDEN

OSAGE - G. W. "Jerry" Heiden, 72, of Osage, died Tuesday (Nov. 30, 1999) at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Champion Funeral Home, 702 State St., Osage.

Champion Funeral Home, (515) 732-3706.

DAVID MICHAEL WINTER

SHEFFIELD - David Michael Winter, 42, of Sheffield, died Monday (Nov. 29, 1999) at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Zion St. John Lutheran Church, Sheffield, with Pastor Kent Mechler officiating. Inurnment will be in the West Fork Cemetery, Dougherty, Iowa.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Grarup Funeral Home in Sheffield.

David Michael Winter was born on March 13, 1957, in Scotia, Calif., to the Rev. Ole and Naomi (Petersen) Winter. He was baptized at Fortuna Lutheran Church in Fortuna, Calif., and confirmed in the Christian faith at Immanual Lutheran Church in Forest City, Iowa, where he also graduated from high school.

David spent one summer of his high school years in Argentina as an AFS exchange student. In 1975, he entered Luther College where he was a member of the Nordic Choir under the direction of Weston Noble. David majored in Spanish and German, spending his junior year in Germany and Spain. While in Germany, he enjoyed spending time with European relatives.

After graduation from Luther, David volunteered for service with the Peace Corps and was assigned to agricultural work in the Dominican Republic; he served an additional year as a trainer. Upon completion of his Peace Corps term, he earned his Master of Science in Education with a special emphasis in third world community development from the University of California at Davis.

Following his graduation, he was employed at the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, D.C., and in 1987, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to continue research he began in Ecuador during his master's studies.

David was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1983. Symptoms caused him to withdraw from the Fulbright work in late 1987. He returned to Forest City and his parents.

During the summer of 1988, David was re-introduced to high school friend, Martha Bruland, then of Eugene, Ore. They became engaged and were married at Central Lutheran Church in Eugene on Nov. 26, 1988.

They lived in Eugene until February of 1996, when they returned to Iowa to be closer to family and for Martha to work with her sister, Kathy Alden, at Creative Solutions Unlimited Inc. David entered Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City and lived there until his death.

Survivors include his wife, Martha, of Sheffield; parents, Ole and Naomi Winter, of Decorah, Iowa; two brothers, Mark and his wife, Annette, and Larry and his wife, Jane, all of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; a sister, Kathy and her husband, Jim Thomsen, of Geneva, Ill.; and five nieces and nephews.

David endured a long struggle with MS in a way that has inspired many of those around him, maintaining his sense of humor, strength of character, and gratitude to those who supported him so faithfully through the years.

The family requests memorials be directed to the choral music department at Luther College or the Channel Islands Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society in which David's brothers have been involved.

Grarup Funeral Home, (515) 892-4241.

ELEANOR LORRAINE BERRIER

MASON CITY - Elaine Lorraine Berrier, 74, formerly of Mason City, died Tuesday (Nov. 30, 1999) at the Floyd County Hospital, Charles City.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., Mason City.

Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel, (515) 423-2372.