Elizabeth "Liz" Hinrichsen

ROCK FALLS: Elizabeth “Liz” Hinrichsen, 85, of Rock Falls, died Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Friday, March 4, 2016, at the Old Stone United Methodist Church, Rock Falls with Pastor Jim Roth officiating. Interment will be in the Rock Falls Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City. Memorials may be directed to the Rock Falls United Methodist Church, KCMR Radio or Hospice of North Iowa.

Liz was born March 18, 1930, at the home of her parents Gottlob and Sarah (Thiemann) Goll in Klemme, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Reformed Church in Klemme. She graduated from Klemme High School in 1947 then attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, now the University of Northern Iowa. She worked in Mason City until her marriage to Donald Hinrichsen February 24, 1952, at the Klemme Reformed Church, Klemme. Don and Liz lived on the Hinrichsen Farm at Nora Springs before opening “Don's Farm Store” in Rock Falls in 1956. They moved to Rock Falls in 1957 with Liz working alongside Don as the bookkeeper in the family business. They sold the business in 1985. They enjoyed traveling and spending their winters in Texas. Liz was an active member of the Old Stone United Methodist Church where she served as financial secretary for over 30 years. She enjoyed volunteering at KCMR Radio, reading to the blind and her social life which included breakfast club and playing in several card clubs. Liz was always willing to lend a helping hand to those in need.

Liz is survived by two daughters, Sandra (Tony) Wyborny of Bloomington, Indiana and Dee (Roger) Pearce of Mason City; grandson, Kurt (Michelle) Hinrichsen of Washington, Iowa; grandchildren, Tonya (Jonathon) Bolton of East LeRoy, Michigan, Troy (Tara) Wyborny of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Angela (Ben) Miller of Waukee, and Ashley Pearce of Mason City; great grandchildren, Madysen, Kolten, Lauren and Kendall Hinrichsen, Caden Molak and Tenley Bolton, Caleb Miller; several nieces and nephews.

Liz was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Donald in 2003; son, Jay in 1976; two brothers and two sisters.