Obituaries

Aug 22, 2009

MASON CITY: R.E. Dick Sandage, Sr., 88, died Saturday, August 22, 2009, at the Iowa Odd Fellows Home in Mason City, where he was under the care of Hospice of North Iowa.\r\n Richard Elmont Sandage was born December 2, 1920, in Walthill, Neb., on the Omaha Indian Reservation. His mother, Ruth Matilda Barada, was of Omaha tribal descent, and his...

Aug 19, 2009

MASON CITY Roy A. Carlson, 86, of Mason City, died Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M. on Monday (August 24, 2009) at the First Covenant Church, Hwy 122 at South Ohio, with Rev. Tammy Swanson-Draheim officiating. Interment will be in the Nora Springs Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from...

Aug 17, 2009

MASON CITY Klaire L. Baltzer, 71, of Mason City, died Monday, August 17, 2009 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Memorial services will be held 11:00A.M. on Saturday (September 19, 2009) at the First United Methodist Church - WAYside Chapel, 119 S. Georgia, with the Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Inurnment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in Nashua, IA....

Aug 15, 2009

MASON CITY Ruth R. Anderson, 100, of Mason City, died Saturday, August 15, 2009 at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Graveside memorial services will be held 11:00 A.M. Tuesday (August 18, 2009) at Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City with the Pastor Kathy Graves of Trinity Lutheran Church and Deacon Matt Berry officiating. Upon her request she was cremated and...

Aug 12, 2009

Lucille Sutcliffe, 95, of Mason City, died Wednesday, August 12, 2009, at the IOOF Home in Mason City. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday (August 18, 2009) at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1405 S. Pennsylvania, with Pastor Steve Hansen officiating. Private family interment services will be held at Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery prior to the memorial service....

Aug 5, 2009

Jul 30, 2009

MASON CITY: Wanda M. Brown-Meade, 86, of Mason City, died Thursday, July 30, 2009 at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at the First United Methodist Church WAYside Chapel, 119 S. Georgia, with Chaplain Emily Devine, RSM officiating. Inurnment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of...

Jul 29, 2009

CORWITH Amy Lynn (Peck) Hefty, 27, of Corwith, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009 in an automobile accident. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, August 3, 2009, at the Open Bible Church, 609 S. 8th Street, Clear Lake, with Pastor Will Hunsaker and Pastor Steve Schulz officiating. Interment will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will...

Jul 28, 2009

MASON CITY Doris A. Dischler, 71, of Mason City, died Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at her home. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM on Friday, July 31, 2009, at Hanford Community Church, RR 3 in Mason City, with Pastor Scott Sokol officiating. Interment will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 30,...

Jul 28, 2009

Edward M. Chuck, 89, of Mason City, was called to eternal rest on July 28, 2009. A memorial service will be held 4:00 PM Saturday, August 1, 2009 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue. The family will receive friends from 3:00 to 6:00 PM Saturday at the funeral home. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 11:00...

Jul 27, 2009

MASON CITY Randal Eldridge, 57, of Mason City, died Monday, July 27, 2009 at the Mercy Medical Center North Iowa due to complications of ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease). Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, (July 30, 2009) at Grace United Methodist Church, 200 14th St. N.W. with Rev. Keith Scott officiating. Inurnment will be held in...

Jul 23, 2009

MASON CITY Fern E. Keough, 88, of Mason City, died Thursday, July 23, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, (July 27, 2009) at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. with the Rev. Mark Lavrenz of Bethlehem Lutheran Church officiating. Inurnment will be held in St. Johns Cemetery,...

Jul 22, 2009

MASON CITY Carol Jean Winter, 66, of Mason City, formerly of St. Lucas, IA, died Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, (July 24, 2009) at St. Josephs Catholic Church, 302 5th St. S.E., with Rev. Craig E. Steimel officiating. There will be a gathering of...

Jul 20, 2009

MASON CITY: Marie Helane Kelsey Hurmence, 88, of 1000 N. Eisenhower Avenue, died Monday, July 20, 2009 at home. Memorial services will be held 11:00 AM Friday at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1405 S. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Steve Hansen officiating. Inurnment will take place in Fremont Cemetery, Tripoli, at a later date. There will be no visitation. Memorials may...

Jul 15, 2009

Duane Richard Link, 65, of Mason City, died Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at the Manly Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at First Covenant Church, 411 South Ohio, of which his family were charter members, with Pastor Marty Garrett officiating. Interment will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation...

Jul 14, 2009

MASON CITY Nancy L. Koerber, 79, of Mason City, died Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at the Heritage Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, (July 18, 2009) at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. with Rev. Jim Stiles of First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be held in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation...

Jul 14, 2009

After successfully defeating breast cancer in January of 2008, Linda L. Naumann-Jolas, 62, of Mason City, died Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at Methodist Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota, following an abrupt battle with leukemia. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Steve Palo officiating. Interment will be in the Clear Lake...

Jul 9, 2009

MASON CITY Carol A. Schmitz, age 54, of Plymouth, IA, died Thursday, July 9, 2009, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Upon Carols wishes, she will be cremated. Carol enjoyed playing on her computer, bingo, cards, stock car racing, and especially life. She will be missed by all who loved and knew her. She is survived...

Jul 9, 2009

MASON CITY Maxine Ziemann, 88, of Mason City, died Thursday, July 9, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, (July 11, 2009) at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 100 1st St. N.E., with Pastor Patty Aurand officiating. Interment will be held at Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be...

Jul 7, 2009

MASON CITY Mary E. Francisco, 76, of Mason City, died Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, (July 10, 2009) at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. with Pastor Kathy Graves of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date....