Obituaries

Alma P. Christiansen, 84 of Mason City died Saturday, December 6, 2003 at Heritage Care Center. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM, Tuesday, December 9, 2003 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 North Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. Don Simmonds officiating. Interment will be held at 3:30 PM on Tuesday in Albert Lea Cemetery (West Side), Albert Lea, MN. Memorials for...

Emma N. Long, 93 of Shakopee, Minnesota and formerly of Mason City died Monday, February 7, 2005 at St. Gertrude Rehabilitation Center in Shakopee, Minnesota. Funeral services for Emma will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, February 12, 2005 at the Rockwell United Methodist Church, 303 East Monroe Street in Rockwell with the Rev. Bruce Wittern officiating. Interment will be...

Merle S. Kerr, 103, of Clear Lake died Thursday (May 15, 2003) at the Oakwood Care Center. Memorial services will be held 1:00 PM Saturday (May 24, 2003) at the First United Methodist Church Wayside Chapel, 119 S. Georgia, with Rev. Douglas Anderson officiating. Inurnment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Her body will be...

Edgar D. Reed, 88, of 302 2nd St. NE Mason City, died Friday (February 6, 2004) at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 419 N. Delaware, with Rev. Mark Lavrenz officiating. Interment will be in Concord Cemetery, Garner. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Monday at Major...

Cora L. Kofoot, 79, of Mason City, died Sunday, May 16, 2004 at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M. Thursday at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue. Rev. Kenneth Hatland, Trinity Lutheran Church, will officiate. Visitation will be held from 5 until 7 P.M. Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home. Interment...

Herman J. Lundberg, 78, of 1417 Birch Drive, died Monday (January 31, 2005) at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Memorial services will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday in the Willson Chapel, First Congregational United Church of Christ, 100 1st St. NE with Rev. Samuel Hamilton-Poore officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later date. There will be no visitation. Memorials...

Sandra Jean Brand, 61 of Mason City and formerly of Rockford left this world on November 8, 2004 at Hospice of North Iowa following a short battle with cancer. Funeral services for Sandra will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, November 11, 2004 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with the Rev. Kathy Graves, Director of Spiritual...

MASON CITY - Franklin Carl Hutchens, 72 of Mason City died Sunday, November 21, 2004 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral services for Franklin will be held 10:00 AM, Friday, November 26, 2004 at the First Christian Church, 318 North Adams Avenue with the Rev. Bill Kanne, Rev. Margaret Hutchens & Rev. MarvaJean Hutchens officiating. Interment will...

Darryl Lynn Griffen, 47, of 814 S. Jackson, died Sunday, July 10, 2005 at home. Memorial services will be held 1:30 PM Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. James Magelssen, Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Inurnment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 5:00 to 7:00...

Myrtle J. Holmlund, 96, of 302 2nd St. NE, died Thursday (May 27, 2004) at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. James M. Magelssen officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Tuesday at Major...

Arlene A. Sluik, 85, of 316 East South Street, died Sunday (July 25, 2004) at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Funeral services will be held 1:30 PM Wednesday at Bethel United Methodist Church, 503 East South Street, with Rev. Ron Stein officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 PM Tuesday at Major...

Linda M., Claussen, 55 of Mason City died Wednesday, May 7, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services for Linda will be held 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at the First Covenant Church, Highway 18 East at Ohio, Mason City. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may...

G. Annette Haddy, 87 of 4 ? 3rd Street N.W., Mason City died Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M., Friday, September 12, 2003 at Grace United Methodist Church, 200 ? 14th Street N.W., with Rev. Sarah Rohret Odoom officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Plymouth,...

BELMOND, IOWA ? Leo W. Barkema, 83 of Belmond, died Saturday, June 18, 2005 at the Belmond Care Center. A graveside memorial service will be held at a later date in the Amsterdam Cemetery in Goodell. Leo was born June 27, 1921 the son of Hauko Barkema and Grace (Lieuwen) Barkema in rural Goodell. He attended school in Goodell and...

Donald F. Ueker, 81, of 501 S. Kentucky died Friday (June 13, 2003) at the Heritage Care Center. Memorial services will be 10:30 AM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. Scott Duffus, St James Lutheran Church, officiating. Private family inurnment services will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials may...

Donald E. Wedmore, 76 of Mason City died Tuesday, June 29, 2004 at Mercy Medical Center ? North Iowa. Inurnment will be at 1:00 PM on Friday, July 2, 2004 at Memorial Park Cemetery. Graveside military rites will be conducted by the Mason City Veteran?s Memorial Association. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, July 2,...

Irene G. Billman, 88 of San Diego, California and formerly of Mason City died Sunday, June 15, 2003 at the View Pointe Villa Care Center in San Diego. Arrangements are incomplete at Major Erickson Funeral Home. Visitation: 8:00 AM to 8:00 AM at on June 17, 2003 (map/driving directions) 8:00 AM to 8:00 AM at on June 17, 2003 (map/driving...

Leigh R. Curran, 97, of 62 Lakeview Drive, died Thursday (January 8, 2004) at the Nora Springs Care Center. Funeral services will be held 1:30 PM Monday at the First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia, with Rev. Jim Stiles and Rev. Jo Frahm-Watkins officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM...

Ardeth A Barnes, 81, of 342 Meadow Lane, died Monday (February 28, 2005) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Memorial services will be held 2:00 PM Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Donald L. Simmonds officiating. Private family interment services will be in the Alden Township Cemetery, Alden, Iowa. There will be no visitation....

David A. Shinn, 44, of 937 4th St. SE passed away Tuesday (July 22, 2003) at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Saturday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. Jeffrey A. Dahlin, Praise Community Church, officiating. Following the service, the body will be cremated. Visitation will be from 5:00...