Obituaries

Gladys M. Bracken, 94, of 501 S. Kentucky, died Thursday (September 4, 2003) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 1:30 PM Monday at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1405 S. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. Bill Poland officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Plymouth. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Sunday at Major...

Phyllis L. Creigh, 81 of Mason City died Sunday, April 11, 2004 at the I.O.O.F. Home. Memorial services will be held 11:00 AM, Thursday, April 15, 2004 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Kathy Graves, Director of Spiritual Care, Hospice of North Iowa officiating. Inurnment will be in Elmwood Cemetery Columbarium. There will be no...

Helen L. Thornblade, 84, of 633 S. Rhode Island, died Monday (May 17, 2004) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Friday at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1405 S. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. Bill Poland officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 PM Thursday at Major...

Mark G. Mennen, 49, of 1700 Yorktown Circle SW, Decatur, Alabama a former Mason City resident died Thursday (June 12, 2003) in Mason City. Funeral services will be 1:30 PM Monday at Grace United Methodist Church, 200 14th Street NW, with Rev. Sarah Rohret Odoom officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 PM...

MASON CITY ? Francis E. DeWitt, 80 of Mason City died Monday, April 18, 2005 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM on Friday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 419 North Delaware Avenue with Rev. Mark Lavrenz officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Graveside military rites will be conducted by the...

MASON CITY ? V. Esther Barrick, 87 of Mason City died Friday, June 17, 2005 at the Good Shepherd Health Center. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at First United Methodist Church, 119 South Georgia Avenue with Rev. Jo Frahm Watkins officiating. A Private interment service will be in Elmwood ? St. Joseph...

Warren H. Dalton, 90, of 820 14th St. SE, died Monday (April 12, 2004) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Thursday at First Presbyterian Church, 201 Willowbrook Drive with Rev. Terry Hamilton-Poore officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Wednesday at Major Erickson...

Donna R. Hejna, 66, of 302 2nd St. NE, died Monday (March 7, 2005) at the Good Shepherd Health Center. A memorial mass will be held 10:30 AM Thursday at Holy Family Catholic Church, 714 N. Adams with Rev. Jon Seda officiating. Inurnment will take place in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Wednesday at...

MASON CITY, IOWA: Richard E. Munns, MD of Mason City, Iowa died Sunday (February 20, 2005) in Kansas City, Kansas. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Thursday at the First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia with Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the Mason City Veterans Memorial...

Michael Dean Rossum, 55, of Modesto, California formerly of Mason City died Sunday (May 25, 2003) at his home in Modesto. Memorial services will be held 1:30 PM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. Kenneth Hatland officiating. He body was cremated and inurnment will take place in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be given...

Roger L. Mollenbeck, 51, of 1207 3rd St. NE, Hampton, died Wednesday (February 18, 2004) at home. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia, with Rev. Jim Stiles, Rev. Jo Frahm-Watkins First United Methodist Church and Rev. Arthur J. Zewert, Zion Reformed Church officiating. Following cremation, inurnment will take place...

Evelyn L. Grunz, 81 a resident of Good Shepherd Health Center since 1994 passed away Saturday, February 28, 2004 at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City. Funeral services for Evelyn will be held 2:00 PM, Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue, with the Rev. Sarah Rohret Odoom of Grace United Methodist...

Priscilla May Overturf, 88, died Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at the Provena-St. Joseph Care Center in Freeport, Illinois. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, February 7, 2005 at the First Baptist Church, 125 East State Street with Rev. Ron Stein officiating. Interment will be at Elmwood ? St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be held two hours prior...

Robert E. Schaecher, 77, of 501 S. Kentucky, formerly of Nampa, Idaho died Monday (January 3, 2005) at the Heritage Care Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Per his request, his body has been cremated. Memorial services will be held at a later date. There will be no visitation. Robert was born August 15, 1927 in Columbus, Nebraska the...

Violet M. Zuehlke, 89 of rural Mason City, died Friday (Sept. 19, 2003) at the Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo. Funeral Services will be held 10:30 AM Wednesday, Sept 24, 2003 at the Major Erickson Funeral Home with Rev. David Anderson officiating.. Visitation will be from 4:00 ? 7:00 PM Tuesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania and one...

Flossie G. Lorentzen, 89 of Mason City died Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at Good Shepherd Health Center where she was loved and cared for. Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M., Saturday, December 20, 2003 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. James M. Magelssen of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery,...

Gregory S. Poulos, 56, of 1000 Illinios Ave. Apt. 503, died Sunday (December 19, 2004) at his home. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, December 27, 2004 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Kenneth Hatland of the Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Inurnment will be held in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be...

Sandra Kay Dean, 58, of 199 N. Crescent Drive, died Friday (February 6, 2004) at home. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue. Her body will be cremated. Memorials may be given to the Sandra Kay Dean Memorial Fund. Sandra was born April...

Frances, known to friends and family as Frana was born in Walton, Kansas to James A. and Mary Ellen (Brown) Johnston, November 19, 1909. She passed away quietly February 7, 2005. She was educated in Newton, Kansas and the University of Nebraska. There she became certified to teach kindergarten. On June 18, 1933 she married James A. Percival. The couple...

Marvin E. ?Gene? Austin, 76, of Mason City died Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services for Gene will be held 10:30 A.M., Friday, September 26, 2003 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 419 North Delaware with Rev. Mark Lavrenz officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Full military rites will be conducted...