Obituaries

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....

Eunice M. Colby, 95 of Mason City died Sunday, July 18, 2004 at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City. Funeral services for Eunice will be held 1:30 PM on Friday at Grace United Methodist Church, 200 ? 14th Street NW with the Rev. Sarah Rohret Odoom officiating. Interment will follow the service in the Hampton Cemetery. Visitation will...

Mavis L. Hauge, 62, of Thompson, Iowa, died Monday (June 14, 2004) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City, Iowa. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mavis enjoyed fishing, camping, croteching, tending to her flowers and spending time with her family whom she loved so much. Mavis is survived by her special friend,...

Martha B. Morris, 79, of 1449 2nd St. SE, died Tuesday (January 11, 2005) at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Memorial services will be held 1:30 PM Friday in the Wayside Chapel of the First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia Avenue with Rev. Jim Stiles and Rev. Jo Frahm-Watkins officiating. Inurnment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery at a...

Ila M. Ebbers, 88, of 321 4th St. NE, died Monday (September 15, 2003) at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Friday at the First Baptist Church, 125 East State Street, with Rev. Ron Stein officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 PM Thursday at Major...

Leroy F. ?Slim? Smith, 83, of 748 17th St. NE, died Monday (January 3, 2005) at Willow Pointe Assisted Living. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Friday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Jim Stiles, First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00...

Deanna Lee ?Dee? Keough, 65 of Mason City died Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, April 12, 2003 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 419 North Delaware, Mason City with the Rev. Mark Lavrenz officiating. Burial will be in St. John?s Cemetery, in rural Garner. Visitation for...

Jean M. Weaver, 84, of Mason City died Sunday (October 31, 2004) at home. Private family inurnment services will be held at a later date in the Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery Columbarium. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be given to Hospice of North Iowa. Jean was born March 11, 1920 at Story Hospital in Mason City. She was first...

Mary Kathryn (Comisky) Larson, 74, of Mason City and formerly of Osage died Saturday, September 13, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services for Mary will be held 11:00 A.M Wednesday, September17, 2003 at St. James Lutheran Church, 1148 ? 4th Street S.E. with Rev. Scott Duffus officiating. Interment will be in Rock Creek...

Harald F. ?Bud? Goplerud, 83, of 904 6th St. SE, died Thursday (October 2, 2003) at the IOOF Home. Bud was born in Osage, Iowa October 2, 1920 and died on his 83rd birthday of complications from Parkinson?s. He was the son of Clifford and Ethel Goplerud and brother to Ann Goplerud Kennedy, Dr. Jane Goplerud and Dr. C.P. Goplerud....

Ruth E. Welsh, 89 of Mason City died Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at the I.O.O.F. Home. Funeral services for Ruth will be at 2:30 PM, Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with the Rev. Paul Finger of St. Paul Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood ? St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will...

Helen V. Aspland, 90, of Mason City died Monday, April 14, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services conducted by the Eastern Star and White Shrine will be held 1:30 PM, Thursday, April 17, 2003 at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue. Interment will be held at a later date in Good Hope Cemetery...

Marian Swanson, 82, of 222 S. Pierce Ave., Mason City died Friday, July 9, 2004 of natural causes at USA Health Care in Mason City. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at Memorial Park Cemetery, with Rev. Jo Frahm-Watkins officiating. There will be no visitation. A memorial fund has been established in Marian?s name....

Mary E. Grefe, 86, of Mason City died Saturday (March 8, 2003) at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Steven Waughtal, Director of Pastoral Care, Good Shepherd officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 PM Tuesday...