Obituaries

MASON CITY ? Delma M. Austin, 92, of Mason City, died Friday, December 31, 2004 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Tuesday, January 4, 2005 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue, with the Rev. Bill Kanne of First Christian Church officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation for Delma will...

Gladys L. Johnson, 97, formerly of Mason City, died Friday (November 28, 2003) at the Manly Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with the Rev. Terry Hamilton-Poore, First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment will be 2:30 PM Wednesday in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne, Minnesota. Visitation will be...

Mark Maland, 53 of Mason City died Thursday, December 18, 2003 at his home. A Memorial Service will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday, December 28, 2003 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with the Rev. Kenneth Hatland officiating. Interment will be held at a later date. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time at the...

Alvin C. Kittleson, 80, of Mason City died Wednesday (April 9, 2002) at Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Saturday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Kenneth Hatland, Trinity Lutheran Church and Rev. David Anderson officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Full military rites will be conducted by the...

Dorothy D. (Klang) Pitzenberger, 81, 324 Second Street NE, died Thursday, July 1, 2004 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 PM on Tuesday at Faith Baptist Church, 1807 South Kentucky Avenue with the Rev. Miles Grismore officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00...

Marie R. ?Mudge? Shima, 83, of 321 21st St. SE, died Monday (August 3, 2004) at home. Graveside services will be held 10:30 AM Friday at Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Keith Scott, Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be given to the Marie R. Shima Memorial...

William G. (Bill) Mahone, 78, of Clear Lake, a well-known North Iowa musician, died Friday, (May 28, 2004) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. At his request, his body was cremated and a memorial service will be held 11:00 AM Tuesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue. Inurnment will be in Osage Cemetery. The family will...

U.S. Grant Beverly, 84, of 622 9th St. NW, died Monday (October 6, 2003) at the IOOF Home. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Thursday at the First Christian Church, 318 N. Adams, with Rev. Mark Young, Clear Lake Christian Church, officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery with full military rites conducted by the Mason City Veterans Memorial...

Margaret H. Ohotto, 87 of the Rockwell Care Center, died Saturday, June 11, 2005 at the Rockwell Care Center. Memorial services will be held 2:00 PM Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Pastor Tom Healey, St James Lutheran Church officiating. Inurnment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be...

Marjorie Berdine (Olson) Sorbo, of Mason City, IA, departed this world on August 21, 2003 at Heritage Care Center in Mason City. She was born June 16, 1923 in Rome Township, Faribault County, MN. Her parents were John B. and Anna (Johnson) Olson. Marjorie was baptized and confirmed at South Blue Earth Lutheran Church, Bricelyn, MN. On Easter Sunday, March...

Glenn A. Robertson, 89, of Madrid, Iowa formerly of Mason City died Sunday (November 30, 2003) at Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines. Funeral services will be held 12:00 PM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Terry Hamilton-Poore, First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials...

Louise M. Peterson, 92, of 1003 N. Polk, died Monday (February 28, 2005) at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Kenneth Hatland officiating. Interment will be in Harrison Township Cemetery, Swea City, Iowa. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 PM Wednesday at...

Randy R. Fick, 55, of 620 North Jackson died Sunday (June 29, 2003) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Graveside inurnment services will be held 10:00 AM Thursday at Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Travis Fisher, Trinity Lutheran Church, officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral...

Mason City ? Lena M. Keithahn, 93 of Mason City died Monday, April 4, 2005 at Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services for Lena will be held 11:00 AM, Thursday, April 7, 2005 at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 100 First Street NE with Rev. Samuel Hamilton ? Poore officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at...

Kenneth E. Johnston, 86, of 340 26th St. S.W., died Wednesday (March 2, 2005) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Memorial services will be held 10:00 AM Saturday at Our Saviour?s Lutheran Church, 2502 South Jefferson Avenue, with Rev. Joel Dahlen officiating. Inurnment will be in Elmwood- St. Joseph?s Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa. Visitation will be from 4:00 to...

MASON CITY ? Nettie Alice Delahoyde, 96, died early Tuesday morning (March 29, 2005) at IOOF Home. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM, Thursday at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with Rev. Keith Scott of Wesley Methodist church officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment...

Margaret V. Pfeiffer, 89, Mason City died Friday, July 18, 2003 at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City. Memorial services for Margaret will be held 10:30 A.M., Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. A private family committal service will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery. There will be no visitation....

Marlene E. Wallace, 76, of Mason City, died Monday, September 8, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, from complications of cancer. Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Pastor David Anderson officiating. Visitation will be held 5 ? 8 P.M. Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home. Interment will...

Dale D. Byre, 62 of Mason City, died Thursday, December 18, 2003 at Mercy Medical Center ? North Iowa. Funeral services for Dale will be held 1:30 P.M., Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at Zion Lutheran Church in Chamberlain, South Dakota with the Rev. Daryl Tompkins officiating. Interment will be in Riverview Cemetery, Chamberlain, South Dakota. Memorials may be directed towards...

Maria G. Pappajohn, 98, of Mason City, died peacefully Wednesday (June 30, 2004) at home. Funeral services will be 10:00AM Saturday at the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church, 1311 2nd St. SW with Rev. Joseph Mirowski officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:30 to 6:30 PM Friday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N....