Obituaries
Roger D. Ennis
Mar 7, 2025
Roger D. Ennis, 91, of Mason City, passed away Friday, March 7, 2025, at the IOOF Home surrounded by family. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 1 p.m., at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 329 E State Street, with Pastor Jane Harris officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation will be held...
Daniel F. Murphy
Mar 3, 2025
Daniel F. Murphy, 78, of Mason City, passed away Monday, March 3, 2025, at IOOF Home in Mason City. A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 10:30 a.m., at Epiphany Parish St. Joseph Catholic Church 302 5th Street SE, with Rev. Dave O’Connor officiating. Inurnment will follow in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. A visitation will be...
Josephine L. Ruiz
Mar 2, 2025
Josephine L. Ruiz, 99, of Mason City, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the IOOF Home. A funeral service will be held on Monday, March 10, 2025, at 1 p.m., at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania, with Deacon Jim Wolf officiating. Interment will be held in Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation will be held an hour prior...
LaVonne Marie Willford
Mar 1, 2025
LaVonne Marie (Hansen) Willford, 99, of Mason City, passed away peacefully Saturday, March 1, 2025, at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N Pennsylvania Ave., with Rev. Dan Gerrietts officiating. A visitation will be held an hour prior to the service....
Arlene J. Van Horn
Feb 24, 2025
Arlene J. Van Horn, 90, of Mason City, passed away on February 24, 2025, at the Oakwood Care Center. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at Grace United Methodist Church, 200 14th St NW. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, February 28, 2025, at Major Erickson Funeral...
Richard E. Leet
Feb 23, 2025
Richard Eugene Leet, 88, of Mason City, died peacefully February 23, 2025, at Heritage Care Center in Mason City. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 22, 2025, at First United Methodist Church, 119 S Georgia Ave. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Inurnment will be held in the Grandview Cemetery, Fayette,...
Alvin L. Opkis
Feb 23, 2025
Alvin L. Opkis, 83, of Nora Springs, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2025, at Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage surrounded by family.
A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 1 p.m., at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania.
Inurnment will be held in Memorial Park Cemetery.
A visitation for Alvin will be held on Tuesday,...
Gerald G. Lair
Feb 19, 2025
Gerald G. Lair, 87, formerly of Mason City, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at the Rehabilitation Center of Hampton. Per Gerald’s wishes, cremation has taken place and private graveside services will be held at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family of Gerald Lair.
Gerald Gray Lair was born on December 10, 1937,...
Carole L. Pannhoff
Feb 18, 2025
Carole L. Pannhoff, 74, of Mason City, passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., at Touched by Grace Ministries, 604 23rd St SW. Memorials may be directed to the family of Carole Pannhoff.
Orville H. Alverson
Feb 14, 2025
Orville H. Alverson, 97, of Mason City, passed away Friday, February 14, 2025, at the Good Shepherd Health Center. A funeral service will be held on Friday, February 21, 2025, at 10 a.m., at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania with Pastor Nadine Illunga officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service time on Friday. Interment...
Raymond L. Davis
Feb 14, 2025
Raymond L. Davis, 77, of Mason City, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2025, at the Good Shepherd Health Center surrounded by family. Per his wishes, cremation has taken place and private family services will be held at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the family of Raymond Davis.
Raymond was born on March 8, 1947, in Des Moines,...
Scott D. Ward
Feb 12, 2025
Scott Deloy Ward, 73, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2025. A celebration of life will be held in the spring.
Scott was born May 9, 1951, in Mason City, to Sherman and Ruth Ward. As a kid he loved to ride bikes and fish with the boys in the neighborhood. As he got older, cars caught his eye. Under the tutelage...
Raymond Dale Carpenter
Feb 9, 2025
Raymond D. Carpenter, 68, of Mason City died unexpectedly in his sleep on Sunday, February 9th, 2025.
Raymond was born to Glen and Betty (Proscovec) Carpenter in Mason City, IA on January 17th 1957, and graduated from Mason City High school in 1975.
On December 9th 1977, he was united in marriage to Tammy Shannon at Trinity Lutheran Church. To this union...
Sharran Ann Ferleman
Feb 6, 2025
Sharran Ann Ferleman, 80, of Mason City, passed away peacefully Thursday, February 6, 2025, at the IOOF Home in Mason City. Memorial services are pending at this time. Memorials may be directed towards the family of Sharran Ferleman
Sharran beloved mother to Brian and Carrie Johnson passed away peacefully at the IOOF Home in Mason City leaving a void her family...
Bernard W. Lucas
Feb 1, 2025
Bernard William Lucas, 94, of Nora Springs, Iowa, passed away peacefully on February 1, 2025, at Homestead Assisted Living in Mason City.
Bernie was born on June 19,1930, in Mason City, Iowa, to Herman and Auguste (Kroeger) Lucas. He attended Jefferson Elementary and Roosevelt Junior High before graduating from Mason City High School in 1948. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy...
Joan D. Snyder
Jan 30, 2025
Joan Delores Snyder, 61, of Mason City, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2025. A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 8, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N Pennsylvania Ave with Pastor Linda Johnson-Prestholt presiding. A visitation will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday. Inurnment will be held at a later date....
Ralph "Butch" Tagesen
Jan 29, 2025
Ralph Martin Tagesen, 82, of Clear Lake, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City. Per Ralph’s wishes, he has been cremated, and services will be held at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the family of Ralph Tagesen.
Ralph Martin Tagesen, known by his family and friends as Butch, was born...
Gail Byre
Jan 18, 2025
Gail Byre, 80, of Mason City passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, January 18, 2025. Per Gail’s wishes a graveside service will be held on Monday January 27,2025, at 11:00 a.m. at the Riverview Cemetery, Chamberlain, SD with pastor Jim Oleson officiating. A luncheon will be held after the graveside service at Zion Lutheran Church in Chamberlain.
Gail was...
Gerald "Jerry" Lee Jurasek
Jan 15, 2025
Gerald "Jerry" Lee Jurasek, 89, of Mason City, passed away peacefully Wednesday January 15, 2025, at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City. Funeral services will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N Pennsylvania, at 10:30 a.m. on Friday January 24, 2025, with Rev. Dan Gerrietts officiating. A visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until the time...
Melba R. (Larson) Matson
Jan 11, 2025
Melba Rose (Larson) Matson, 94, former thirty-year teacher in Monmouth, IL, passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at the MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center. A private funeral service, A Celebration of Melba’s Life & Faith will be held at Major Erickson Funeral Home in Mason City, Iowa. Interment will be held in the Warren County Memorial Park Cemetery, Monmouth,...
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