Obituaries

Kenneth ?Dale? Warren, 82 of Mason City died Saturday, January 31, 2004 at his residence. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM, Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1309 South Kentucky Avenue, Mason City. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the family. Visitation will...

Jesse ?Jess? A. Chase, 90, of Mason City died Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Friday (June 3, 2005) at Our Saviour?s Lutheran Church, 2502 South Jefferson Ave., with Rev. Joel Dahlen, officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, June 3, 2005 one...

Victor M. Tiedeman, 89, of 1037 19th St. SW, died Friday (September 19, 2003) at the I.O.O.F. Home. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Monday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. Kenneth Hatland officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 hour before services Monday at the funeral home. Memorials...

MASON CITY ? Joyce Scott, 46 of Mason City died Monday, February 7, 2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Visitation for Joyce will be from 5 ? 7 PM Friday, February 18, 2005 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue. There will be no funeral service. Memorials may be directed to the family. Joyce was born October 8, 1958 in...

Claude C. Whitehill, 76 of Mason City died Saturday, April 26, 2003 at Rochester Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Memorial Services for Claude will be held 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at St. James Lutheran Church, 1148 Fourth Street S.E., Mason City with Rev. Scott Duffus officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery with full military rites conducted by...

Mason City - Glenda Myrle Evans, 71, of Mason City died Tuesday, April 19, at the Hospice of North Iowa of complications from a lengthy illness. Funeral services for Glenda will be held at 2 PM Friday at First United Methodist Church, 119 South Georgia Avenue with Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Visitation will be from 4 ? 6 PM on...

Ethel K. Gage, 88, of 621 3rd St. SE, died Sunday (January 2, 2005) at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 1:30 PM Thursday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 329 East State Street with Rev. Paul Finger officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:30 AM till time of service Thursday...

MASON CITY ? Marjorie L. Quam, 83 of Mason City died Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM on Friday, June 17, 2005 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 North Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Donald Simmonds officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time at the church on Friday. Interment will...

Peter A. Pergakis, 80, of 502 S. Ohio Avenue, died Friday (December 24, 2004) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday at the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church, 1311 2nd St. SW with Rev. Joseph Mirowski officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the Mason...

Dows ? Merlin George Peyton, 84 of Dows, Iowa died Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at the Mercy Medical Center of North Iowa. His body will be cremated upon his wishes and their will be no services. Condolences may be directed to Judy Dahley, 1033 16th St. N.E., Mason City, Iowa 50401. Merlin was born December 25, 1920, the son of...

Dr. Ronald O. Masters Sr., 91, of 1212 3rd St. SW, died Sunday (August 1, 2004) at home. Memorial services will be held 11:00 AM Friday at the First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia with Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Private family inurnment services will be held in Memorial Park Cemetery at a later date. There will be no visitation....

MASON CITY ? Kermit Gene ?Kermy? Chapin, 64 of Mason City died Friday, February 25, 2005 at Mercy Medical Center ? North Iowa. Funeral services for Kermit will be held at 10:30 AM, Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at the First Christian Church, 318 North Adams Avenue with Pastor Mark Young of the Clear Lake Christian Church officiating. Interment will be...

Clem Welch, 88, of Kanawha, Iowa, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Memorial services will be held 10:30 A.M. Saturday (July 16, 2005) at the Grace Baptist Church, Corwith, Iowa, with Rev. Gary Reischauer officiating. Inurnment will be in Amsterdam Cemetery, Kanawha. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of...

Delores A. Younke, 71, of Mason City, died Friday (December 10, 2004) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. A Memorial Mass will be held 10:00 AM Monday (December 13, 2004)at Holy Family Catholic Church, 714 North Adams, with Rev. Jon Seda officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 6:00 PM Sunday(December...

Thomas "Mac" Dresbach, 70 of Mason City died Monday, October 20, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, Iowa 50401, 641-423-0924. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be given to the Mac Dresbach Memorial Fund. Visitation: 10:00 AM...

John W. Hanson, 79, of 18595 280th Street, died Thursday (April 3, 2003) at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. A funeral mass will be held 10:30 AM Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church, 714 N. Adams, with Rev. Dennis Cahill officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00 to 7:00 PM Sunday at Major Erickson Funeral...

J. Benjamin ?Ben? Curran, 87, of Mason City died Sunday, March 7, 2004 at the Heritage Care Center. Funeral services for Ben will be held 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at First United Methodist Church, 119 South Georgia Avenue, with the Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00 P.M....

Wayne A. Page, 76, of 4 3rd St. NE, died Monday (October 27, 2003) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Memorial services will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 419 N. Delaware, with Rev. Mark Lavrenz officiating. Inurnment will be in the Elmwood Cemetery Columbarium. There will be no visitation; the family will greet friends at...

MASON CITY ? Verna Ruth Winchell Vrchota, 86 of Mason City died Monday (April 18, 2005) at Good Shepherd Health Center following a short battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 AM Saturday at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1405 South Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Bill Poland officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5...

Visitation: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Major Erickson Funeral Home on May 6, 2003 (map/driving directions) 5:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Major Erickson Funeral Home on May 4, 2003 (map/driving directions) Service: 10:30 AM at Faith Baptist Church on May 7, 2003 (map/driving directions)