Mary Lucille Eikenbary

Mary Lucille Eikenbary, 83, of 302 2nd St. NE, died Friday, November 17, 2006 at the Hospice of North Iowa Inpatient unit surrounded by her family. A celebration of life service will be held at 10:30 AM Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at First Covenant Church, Hwy 122 at S. Ohio, Mason City with Rev. Tammy Swanson-Draheim officiating. A private interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery at a later time. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Monday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, and one hour prior to the service at the Church. Memorials may be directed to the First Covenant Music and Worship fund, or Hospice of North Iowa. Mary Lucille Eikenbary was born near Rockwell, Iowa on April 24, 1923, the daughter of Henry J. and Mary (Hinrichs) Bergman. Lucille graduated from Rockwell High School and attended Hamilton Business School in Mason City, after which she became the secretary at Radio Chapel in Mason City, also serving as organist there. She was the accompanist on KGLO Bible Broadcast for many years. She married Charles W. Eikenbary on June 7, 1945 at Radio Chapel. He preceded her in death on October 7, 1963. They were the parents of three children, Charles Douglas, Mary Ann (who died in infancy) and Marilyn Jeanne. Moving to Minneapolis in 1966, she was employed as an administrative secretary at Lyon Brokerage Company for nearly twenty years. She moved back to Mason City in 1989, and for 16 years served as a ministry assistant at First Covenant Church, where she was a member. Among her many gifts was her great love for sacred music. Throughout her life she shared her musical gifts in the First Baptist Church of Rockwell, Radio Chapel, Grace Baptist Church and First Covenant Church in Mason City, and Crystal Evangelical Free Church and Olivet Baptist Church in Minneapolis, as well as entertaining her many friends at Good Shepherd in Mason City. Her special gift of encouraging others will be remembered by the many lives that were touched by her kind words and personal notes. She was especially proud of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren who always brought a smile to her face. She is survived by her son Doug and his wife Jackie of Mason City; her daughter Marilyn of Sacramento, California; her four grandchildren, Amy (Ryan) Eikenbary-Barber of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Angelyn (John) Lander of Mason City, Abigale Eikenbary of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and Brian Lhotka, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; three great grandchildren, Jack Lander, Anja and Lukas Eikenbary-Barber and her sister Dorothy Sawyer of Rockwell as well as many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her daughter Mary Ann, her sister Margaret Stoddart, and her brother Henry J. (Bud) Bergman.

Visitation:
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at on November 20, 2006 (map/driving directions) 10:00 AM to 10:00 AM at on November 19, 2006 (map/driving directions)

Service:
10:30 AM at Hwy 122 at S. Ohio on November 21, 2006 (map/driving directions)