Obituaries

Bernice R. Slusarczyk, 82, of 1170 14th St. SE, died Saturday, May 14, 2005 at home. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Friday at the Free Methodist Church, 604 23rd St. SW with Pastor Larry Day officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111...

Berniece A. Barron, 91, of 324 2nd St. NE, died Wednesday (September 15, 2004) at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia Avenue, with Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Friday at Major...

Bert D. Solsaa, 85, of Mason City, died Monday, February 2, 2004 at the Mercy Medical Center, Mason City. Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Thursday with Pastor Paul C. Nelson, St. James Lutheran Church, officiating, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue. Visitation will be held from 5 ? 7 P.M. Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral...

ROCKWELL ? Betty Jean ?Beje? Clark, 84 of Rockwell died Sunday, April 10, 2005, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 PM, Friday, April 15, 2005 at First United Methodist Church, 111 South Georgia Avenue with Rev. Jim Stiles and Rev. Jo Frahm Watkins officiating. A gathering of family...

I thought of you today, but that?s nothing new. Thought about you yesterday and the day before that too. If often speak your name, now all I have is memories and a picture in a frame. You memory is my keepsake, with which I?ll never part. God has you in his keeping and I have you in my heart. Beulah...

MASON CITY ? Beverly J. Olson, 71, of Mason City died Tuesday, January 4, 2005 at Good Shepherd Health Center. Memorial services for Beverly will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Tom Healey officiating. Inurnment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph?s Cemetery. There will be no visitation....

Borghild ?Bea? A. Everding, 93, Mason City, died Saturday (February 5, 2005) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Tuesday(February 8, 2005) at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Miles Grismore, of the Faith Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior...

MASON CITY ? Bryce Matthew Sorensen, newborn son of Conni Sorensen died Sunday, March 27, 2005 at Mercy Medical Center ? North Iowa. Funeral services for Bryce will be held at 3 PM on Monday, April 4, 2005 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with the Rev. Spencer Thury of Riverside Church officiating. Visitation will be from...

Luther M. Buss, of Mason City, died Sunday (March 23, 2003) at St. Mary?s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be held 1:30 P.M. Wednesday at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania, with the Rev. Dr. John ?Jack? Gannett of the St. John?s Episcopal Church officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery with full military rites by...

Carl F. Brust, 85 of Mason City, died Friday, November 14, 2003, at the Good Shepherd Health Center, Mason City. Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Wednesday (Nov. 19, 2003) at the First United Methodist Church, 119 South Georgia. Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Military rites by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association. Visitation will be held from 4:00 ?...

Carl O. Gibbs III, 33 of Mason City passed away Wednesday morning at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, in Iowa City following a lengthly illness. Funeral services for Carl will be held 10:00 A.M. Saturday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Ron Stein of First Baptist Church officiating. Interment...

Carma B. Hall, 80, of 4 Hawthorne, died Monday (September 15, 2003) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. Kenneth Hatland officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:30 PM Thursday till time of service at the...

Carol L. Moore, 87, of 1112 6th St. SE, died Tuesday (October 21, 2003) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. James M. Magelssen officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Friday at...

Ralph Marker, 84 of 1110 N. Fillmore, died Friday (April 16, 2004) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Monday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 419 N. Delaware with Rev. Mark Lavrenz officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 PM Sunday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111...

Ralph R. ?Torchy? Thomas , of Mason City, died Tuesday (March 18, 2003) at St. Mary?s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Saturday at the First Christian Church, 318 North Adams, with Rev. Richard ?Rick? Eichenlaub officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery with full military rites by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association....

Ralph R. Wallace, 75, of 236 13th St. SE, died Sunday (April 20 2003) at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday at St. James Lutheran Church, 1148 4th St. SE, with Rev. Scott Duffus officiating. Interment will be 1:00 PM Thursday in Springfield City Cemetery, Springfield, Minnesota with Rev. Dave Putz, St. Paul...

Ralph S. Shepherd Sr., 102, of 324 2nd St. NE, died Saturday, April 23, 2005, at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Charles Caponi, Seventh Day Adventist Church officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before the...

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...

Raymond O. Overbeck, 75, of Mason City, died Monday (October 11, 2004) at home. Funeral services will be 1:30 PM Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association. Visitation will be from 5:00 to...

Rex G. Brunner, 51, of 24 11th St. NE died Wednesday (March 18, 2003) at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Memorial services will be held 11:00 AM Friday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Scott Duffus, St. James Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will in Memorial Park Cemetery at a later date. A gathering of family...