LaVerne Arlene (Leidal) Fredrickson

July 15, 2009

LaVerne Arlene (Leidal) Fredrickson, 72, of Kensett, died on Monday, July 6, 2009, at the Mercy Medical Center North Iowa, in Mason City.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m., on Friday, July 10, at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Grafton, with Rev. Wayne Ellingson officiating. Burial was in the Grafton Cemetery. Visitation was held from 5-8:00 p.m., at the Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, in Northwood.

LaVerne Arlene (Leidal) Fredrickson, was born on June 10, 1937, to Luella (Holstad) Kuhlman. In 1941, she was adopted by Curtis Leidal. LaVerne graduated from the Northwood-Kensett High School in 1955 and from the Northwestern Nursing School in 1958. She started her nursing career at Mercy Hospital in Mason City. She married Ken Fredrickson on February 7, 1959. To this union two children were born, Julie Ann and Mark Eric. LaVerne worked at Mercy Hospital in the ER for 20 years. She worked as a public health nurse and a homemaker director in Worth County for 22 years. She loved her nursing work in public health and visiting with her clients.

LaVerne was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton for 42 years. She served as organist for 40 years at Emmanuel. She was instrumental in mentoring several young pianists, organ students and trombone players including her son, Mark, grandchildren and two nieces. She loved music.

LaVerne was preceded in death by her father, Vernon Kuhlman; her maternal grandparents, Bendick and Hilda Holstad; her paternal grandparents, Albert and Laura Leidal; and her sister, Karen (Leidal) Plummer.

She is survived by her husband, Ken Fredrickson of rural Kensett; her daughter, Julie Fredrickson of Clear Lake; her son, Mark (Brenda) Fredrickson of Grafton; grandchildren, Averell (Jenni) Jensen of Boone, Erena (Nick) Gordon of Osage and Araylla (Jessie) Hennigar of La Crosse, Wisconsin; great-grandchildren, Tristen and Selina Jensen of Boone; parents, Curtis and Luella Leidal of Northwood; sister, Kathy (Tom) Christianson of Northwood; brothers, LeRoy (Lonna) Leidal of Hudson, Wisconsin and Kevin (Becky) Leidal of Solon; sisters-in-law, Darlene Fredrickson and Deloris Fredrickson, both of Northwood; and several nieces, nephews, countless friends and family.

The family requests that memorials be given to the organ fund at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton, Opportunity Village, Clear Lake, or the Lutheran Retirement Home, Northwood.
© Northwood Anchor 2009

Margaret L. Ottesen Larson

July 15, 2009

Margaret L. Ottesen Larson, age 85, of Northwood, died on Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at the North Iowa Hospice in Mason City, Iowa.

Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m., on Saturday, July 11, at the First Lutheran Church in Glenville. Rev. Krista Stokke officiated. Interment was in the Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation was from 5-7:00 p.m., on Friday, July 10, at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the services at the church.

Margaret L. Ottesen Larson, was born on February 6, 1924, to Louis and Lucille (Booen) Sistek in Albert Lea, Minnesota. She was a lifelong resident of Freeborn County. Margaret graduated from the Albert Lea High School. She was employed at Fleetgard in Lake Mills, as a press operator, retiring in 1989. In 1941, Margaret married Charles Palmer. On December 9, 1950, she married Howard Ottesen. On April 2, 1974, she was united in marriage to Richard Larson.

Margaret was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Glenville and the Legion and VFW Auxiliaries.

Survivors include her daughter, Mae (Dennis) Christensen of Freeborn, Minnesota; son, James Ottesen of Rochester, Minnesota; son-in-laws, Roger Nelson and Elmer DePoppe; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; brother, Robert "Bob" Sistek of Northwood; sister, Lillian Bratrud of Mesa, Arizona; and several nieces and nephews.

Margaret was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Charles, Howard and Richard; brother, Richard Sistek; and daughters, Sharon Nelson, Crystal DePoppe and Tammy Ottesen.
© Northwood Anchor 2009

Frank (Franklyn) Lee Larick

September 16, 2009

Frank (Franklyn) Lee Larick of Urbandale, Iowa, died on Tuesday, July 21, 2009.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, July 25 and burial was in the Iowa VA Cemetery.

He was born in Eagle Grove, to Alvin (Lee) and Verna (Nicol) Larick on September 1, 1922. He graduated from the Northwood High School, Class of 1940 and attended Iowa State University. He married Yvonne Watson on October 17, 1942. Frank served in the Army Air Force in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater as a bomber service technician stationed in India. After returning home he continued his interest in aviation and was a private pilot, certified air frame and power plant technician. He restored and flew several aircrafts as a hobby. Frank was an avid sportsman who loved to hunt and fish. He retired from Massey Ferguson in 1978.

Frank was a charter member of the West Des Moines Elks Lodge and past Post Commander of VFW. He was instrumental in forming the Urbandale-Johnston VFW Post.

He is survived by his wife, Yvonne; daughters, Karen (Ed) Boyce of Des Moines and Marcia (Tom) Karns of Houston; son, Frank Jr. of Des Moines; several grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two sisters; and one brother.

He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter; a sister; and a brother.
© Northwood Anchor 2009

Allen George Low

July 29, 2009

Allen "Sonny" George Low, 80, of Northwood, died on Saturday, July 25, 2009, at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 29, at the United Methodist Church, Northwood, with Reverend Wendi Gillan officiating. Burial will be in the Sunset Rest Cemetery in Northwood. Visitation was held from 5-7:00 p.m., on Tuesday, at the Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to the service time on Wednesday at the church.

Allen George Low, was born on March 15, 1929 in Worth County, Iowa, the son of Manly and Blanche (Wells) Low. Allen attended Northwood Schools, where he was a star center basketball player and in 1947, they won the championship. Allen married the love of his life, Deloris Flatness, on November 28, 1948, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Mason City, Iowa. They celebrated their 60th anniversary just last year. Allen started farming and worked hard all his life. He also worked for his brother, Richard in the service station and sold International Harvester equipment for Helgeson Motors for several years. Allen was always fond of auctions and wanted to be an auctioneer. He attended the Reisch World Wide Auction College in Mason City in 1974, and was in the business for 35 years. He eventually was an instructor at the college for over 10 years, and taught the art of auctioneering to over 6,000 students from all over the United States and several foreign countries. Allen was proud to teach his son, Dan auctioneering and they were in business together and have held hundreds of auctions, a business which Dan still operates today.

Allen loved farming; he raised hogs, grain crops and especially enjoyed his cow calf heard. Allen also enjoyed having son, Keith take over the farming operation and looked forward to and got to see his grandson, Chris, graduate from college with an Ag Degree and carry on Low Farms. After retiring and moving into town Allen continued to go the farm and nearly every day. He would tell Deloris that he had to go out and feed Raven the farm dog, or maybe spray the fruit trees or check the cattle in the pasture on the south farm or simply watch the harvesting or take the grandkids donuts, or he could always come up with something. Allen enjoyed Sunday drives and had several nice trips to Texas and Arizona to visit friends, and also Northern Minnesota for fishing. He enjoyed collecting antiques and collectables and enjoyed having coffee and visiting with his friends at the Corner Post in Northwood. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Northwood.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Deloris of Northwood; sons, Dan Low and Keith (June) Low of Northwood; grandchildren, Chris Low of Northwood, Amanda Low of Clear Lake and Dae McClanahan of Washington, Iowa; great-grandchildren, Porscha, Cody and Rypleigh McClanahan and Chance Haskins, all of Washington, Iowa; brothers, Carroll "Micky" Low of Lake Mills and Richard (Marge) Low of Northwood; sister, Bernice "Sis" Estes of Northwood; brother and sister-in-laws, Ron and Ragna Flatness of Mason City, Elanore Low of Osage, Dorothy Low and Pat Low of Northwood; and several nieces, nephews and many extended family members and friends.

Allen was preceded in death by his parents, Manly and Blanche Low; infant son, Tim Low; brothers, Clarence "Babe" (Luella) Low, Vale (Bernice) Low, Lyle "Bub" Low, Harold "Honey" Low and Russell Low; sisters, Lucille "Cile" (George) Mathews, Arlene "Snooky" (Carl) Grosland and Pearl (Leif) Weston; and a brother-in-law, Drexell Estes.
© Northwood Anchor 2009

Jasmine Jo Beland

August 5, 2009

Jasmine Jo Beland, infant daughter of Jeff and Stephanie (Rosenberg) Beland, of Northwood, left this earth to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, July 30, 2009.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Wednesday, August 5, at the Faith Lutheran Church, London, Minnesota, with Reverend Kent Otterman officiating. Burial will be in the Sunset Rest Cemetery in Northwood. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m., until the time of the service on Wednesday at the church. The Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, is in charge of the arrangements.

Those left to cherish her memory are her parents, Jeff and Stephanie Beland of Northwood; her sister, Jadyn Beland of Northwood; her paternal grandparents, Terri Beland and special friend, Mike Pitt of Northwood and Mike Beland of Stacyville; maternal grandparents, Jim and Rita Rosenberg of Kensett; paternal great-grandparents, Lawrence and Dolores Weinberger of Osage and Martha Beland of Stacyville; paternal uncles and aunt, Jamie Beland of Livermore, California, Katie and Tom Koenigs of Lyle, Minnesota and Sunsett Reynolds of Ames; maternal aunts and uncles, Lisa and Andy Buechele of Northwood, Travis and Lindsay Rosenberg of St. Ansgar; and special cousins, Emma and Kiley Koenigs, Hayley, Dylan and Briar Buechele and Addison Rosenberg.

Jasmine was preceded in death by her maternal great-grandparents, Leslie and Irene Eilertson and Elmer and Pearl Rosenberg; and her paternal great-grandfather, William Beland.
© Northwood Anchor 2009