Posted online June 6,2003

Obituaries are presented as a community service of Fullerton Funeral Homes. Information is submitted by families or provided by funeral homes for publication in the Globe Gazette and Globe Online.

FRED EICHMANN JR.

MASON CITY — Fred Eichmann Jr., 88, of Mason City, died Wednesday (June 4, 2003) at Heritage Care Center in Mason City.

Funeral services for Fred will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Messiah Lutheran Church, 2620 Hwy 122 E. in Mason City with Pastor Daird W. Korth officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cem-etery.

Memorials for Fred may be given to Messiah Lutheran Church.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave.

Fred was born Feb. 15, 1915, the son of Fred Sr., and Marie Elizabeth (Buchamer) Eichmann in Winnipeg, Canada.

He attended McKinley Elementary School and the Lincoln Township School.

He was united in marriage to Yvonne B. Knuths on Sept. 13, 1950 at Bethlehem Luther-an Church in Mason City.

Fred was a charter member of Messiah Lutheran Church in Mason City.

He was also active in AARP, Sr. Chamber of Commerce., Senior Citizens Center and a former member of the Mason City Garden Club.

Fred was also an avid fisherman, hunter, gardener and ballroom dancer.

He was a loving and attentive husband and father of 53 years.

Fred is survived by his wife, Yvonne Eichmann, of Mason City; daughters, Carmen Eichmann and husband, Steven Herzog, of West Des Moines, Deanna Andrew and husband, Kevin, of Eagle Grove, Carol Sage and husband, Bryan, of Mason City and Nina Werstein and husband, Kevin, of Plymouth, Minn.; a son, Douglas Boyington and special friend, Julie, of Emerson; brother, John Eichmann and wife, Juanita, of Urbandale; sister, Marie Alden, of Boone; sister-in-law, Lillian Eichmann, of Harker Heights, Texas; 16 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Fred was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Alec and Henry Eichmann and one brother in infancy.

Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, (641) 423-0924.

HENRY ULLMAN

TITONKA — Henry “Hank” Ullman, 58, of Titonka, died Tuesday (June 3, 2003) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Titonka, with the Rev. Arlen Lloyd officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Garry-Roberts-Murphy-Schaaf Funeral Home in Algona.

Garry-Roberts-Murphy-Schaaf Funeral Home, (515) 295-3731.

VERN MERFELD

GREENE — Vern Merfeld, 93, of Greene, died Tuesday (June 3, 2003) at Liebe Care Center in Greene.

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

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, (641) 423-2372.

DORIS E. ENABNIT

VENTURA — Memorial services for Doris E. Enabnit, 93, of Boulder, Colo., formerly of Ventura, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Marble Rock Cemetery in Marble Rock.

Doris E. Enabnit, 93, of Boulder, Colo., died on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 in Boulder, Colo.

ANTHONY STEFFEN BERNS

BELMOND — Anthony Steffen Berns, known to his friends as “Ant”, 18, of Belmond, passed away on Tuesday (June 3, 2003) as a result of a car accident north of Rowan.

Funeral services for Anthony Berns will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday at the Belmond-Klemme High School Gymnasium, with Pastor Rod Hopp officiating. Burial will take place in the Belmond Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Dugger Ewing Funeral Home, 111 Luick Lane S. in Belmond and will continue one hour prior to services on Friday at the school.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Anthony Berns Memorial Fund in care of the family.

Anthony, the son of Bob and Connie (Steffens) Berns, was born May 3, 1985, at Clarion. Iowa. He lived his entire life in Belmond and attended Belmond-Klemme High School where he had just graduated.

Anthony worked during the summer with his dad at the golf course.

Anthony was very active in sports and participated in basketball, baseball, golf and football all four years in high school. He was always a team player and never searched for the spotlight. He played for the love of the game. To Ant, “BBL was life.” After he grew out of being a player, he continued to coach.

He loved his friends and had a passion for life. Anthony was happiest when he was with Whitney and his friends and was rarely seen by himself.

Anthony has left to cherish his memory his parents, Bob and Connie Berns of Belmond; one brother, Terry and his wife, LeNay, of Florida, and their two children Brooke and Kylie; grandparents, Loretta Steffens of Fallon, Nev. and Bob and Fran Berns of Belle Plaine, Iowa; aunts and uncles, Phyllis Serpa and her husband, John, of Fallon, Nev., Brian Berns and his wife, Kim, of Jefferson, Iowa, and Lisa Vileta and her husband, Bob, of Marengo, Iowa; and soul mate, Whitney Allen, of Belmond, Iowa, and all his many friends who meant so much to him.

Anthony is preceded in death by his grandfather, Rex Steffens; and great-grandparents, Gerald and Marie Berns.

Dugger Ewing Funeral Home, (641) 444-3248.

JENNIFER ANN FLING

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Jennifer Ann Fling, 39, of Minneapolis, died on Friday (May 30, 2003) at her home after a six month battle with cancer.

She is survived by her loving husband, Lee Sheehy; and other family members.

Although her departure is premature, she leaves us with a deeper appreciation of our blessings.

Jennifer earned degrees from the College of St. Benedict and the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.

Her career included teaching, law, public service and public broadcasting. She found a calling as a Certified Career/Life Coach who inspired clients, trained other coaches and took coaching into prisons to transform inmates and prison communities.

Services were held on June 2, 2003, in Bloomington, Minn.

Condolences may be sent to Lee Sheehy at 110 Bank St. S.E. Apt. 302, Minneapolis, Minn., 55414.

She was preceded in death by her father, Paul Fling; and her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Bev and Ed Sheehy, of Mason City.