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William "Bill" Kasik

December 22, 1925 — January 8, 2019

William “Bill” Kasik, 93, of Clear Lake, died on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at Country Meadow Place in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm Friday, January 18, 2019, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N Pennsylvania Ave. in Mason City. Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service time on Friday at the funeral home.

William "Bill" Kasik was born December 22, 1925, in Mason City, IA the son of William and Bessie (Hrachova) Kasik. Bill attended Mason City Schools and joined the Merchant Marines during his senior year of high school. When WW II broke out, Bill enlisted in the U.S Navy. He was a proud WW II veteran.

In his youth, Bill worked at Sam Raizes Department Store. After the war, he worked at Sears Roebuck & Co. Bill married Marvyl Gettman in 1950 and to this union, four children were born. In 1957, Bill was approached by Max Sawyer regarding a new business venture, Curries Mfg. Bill loved his work and held several positions while at Curries including Vice President. Bill worked at Curries from 1957 until his retirement in 1992.

Bill was a loving devoted father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He loved his family and the outdoors, especially living on Clear Lake, family summer vacations to Brainerd, MN and annual fishing trips to Canada.

Bill will be fondly missed by his two daughters, Jo Kasik of Minneapolis, MN, and Lori (Dave) Ricken of Clear Lake, IA, his two sons, Bill(Margy)Kasik of Des Moines, IA and Kip (Kathy) Kasik of Daytona Beach, FL; seven grandchildren, Robbi Kasik, Jeremy Kasik, Tony Kasik, Nicolette Dobson, Melissa Searle, Bridget Heuton and Kellie Gries; and nine great grandchildren.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers Frank and Joseph (Joey) Kasik;a sister, Helen Hensley; and grandson, Joshua Searle.

The family would like to thank Hospice of North Iowa as well as the staff at Country Meadow Place for the care and comfort they provided to Bill.

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