Obituaries

Marjorie L. Manning, 82, of 33 N. Willowgreen Court, died Monday (March 7, 2005) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. James Magelssen officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 6:00 PM Wednesday at Major...

Glenn Ellsworth ?Elly? Burgraff, 83, of 206 S. Tennessee Place, died Sunday (October 24, 2004) at Heritage Care Center. Memorial services will be held 2:00 PM Thursday at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 100 1st St. NE with Rev. Samuel Hamilton-Poore officiating. Private family inurnment services will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by...

Helen H. Danger, 94 of Mason City died Sunday, October 12, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral Services for Helen will be held at 1:30 PM, Wednesday, October 15, 2003 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City with the Rev. Michael Stewart officiating. Interment will be held in Memorial Park...

Dr. J. Stephen Westly, 82, of 5 Woodbine Road, died Saturday (August 14, 2004) at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. James M. Magelssen and Rev. Samuel Hamilton-Poore officiating. Cremation will take place following the service. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be...

Earl Calvert, 70, of Mason City, died Monday (March 15, 2004) at home. Graveside inurnment services will be held at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be given to the Earl Calvert Memorial Fund. Earl was born March 15, 1934 in Mason City the son of Glen and Marjorie (Hudson) Calvert. He...

David H. Thomas, 81, of Rantoul, Illinois, and formerly of Mason City, died Monday (August 23, 2004) at the Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held 10:00 AM Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Jim Stiles, First United Methodist Church officiating. The service will conclude with Masonic Rites conducted by...

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...

Dale McCaulley, 80, of 667 Briarstone Drive, Mason City died Monday, (May 10, 2004) at Hospice of North Iowa in Mason City. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday May 14, 2004 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Tom Healey, Chaplain, Hospice of North Iowa. Visitation for family and friends will...

Mary Jean Johnson, 73, of 677 3rd Place SE, died Tuesday (May 13, 2003) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Friday at the First Presbyterian Church, 201 Willowbrook Drive, with Rev. Terry Hamilton-Poore officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 PM Thursday at Major Erickson...

Gertrude L. Wisman, 87, of 1619 S. Carolina Avenue, died Monday (August 16, 2004) at the Heritage Care Center. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Monday at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1405 S. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Keith Scott officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00 to 5:00 PM Sunday at Major Erickson...

Dorothy J. Lindquist, 84, of Stewartville, Minnesota formerly of Mason City died Friday (January 2, 2004) at the Stewartville Care Center. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. Chris Brekke, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Rochester, Minnesota officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from...

Olive R. Welsh, 98 of Clear Lake died Monday, June 30, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services for Olive will be held 2:00 P.M., Monday July 7, 2003 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with Pastor Ed Bard, Chaplain ? Hospice of North Iowa officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood...

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...

Charliene S. Sissel, 63 of Mason City died Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at her home. A funeral mass will be held 10:30 A.M., Saturday, March 27, 2004 at St. Joseph Catholic Church 302 ? 5th Street S.E., with Rev. Michael Podhajsky officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family. Visitation will be held...

David J. Reab, 60, of Leavenworth, KS, formerly of Mason City, died Monday, April 14, 2003 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Funeral services for David will be held 11:00 AM Thursday, April 17, 2003 at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave, with Rev. Chris Podhajsky, St. Joseph?s Catholic Church, officiating. Interment will be at...

Maree F. Dickman, 94, of 1037 19th St. SW, died Friday (August 20, 2004) at the IOOF Home. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church, 1217 6th Avenue, Mountain Lake, Minnesota with Rev. Thomas Healey, Chaplain, Hospice of North Iowa officiating. Interment will be in Mountain Lake Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials...

Arrangmeents are currently pending at the funeral home.

JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI ? Martin J. Kroeze, 74 of Sedalia, Missouri and formerly of Mason City passed away May 4, 2005 at St. Mary?s Health Center in Jefferson City, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, May 9, 2005 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue in Mason City, Iowa with Rev. Joel Andrus...

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...

Valetta M. Ward, 100, of 1037 19th St. SW, died Saturday (February 21, 2004) at the I.O.O.F. Home. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Keith Scott, Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before services Wednesday at the...