Maurice V. Milton

Maurice V. Milton, 91, of Mason City, died Thursday (January 6, 2005) at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. A funeral service will be held at 1:00PM Thursday, (January 13, 2005) at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. with Rev. Larry Day officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Full military rites will be conducted by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue. Memorials may be directed to the Maurice Milton fund. Maurice was born October 11, 1913 in Little Cedar, Iowa the son of Henry and Agnes (Mitchell) Milton. He grew up on a farm west of Little Cedar, Iowa where he enjoyed many fond memories with his siblings. After graduating from Little Cedar Consolidated High School he worked for Standard Oil, before being drafted into the Army in 1941. Upon completion of boot camp he married Teresa Brattrud in Rolla, Missouri. He served in the Army Corp. of Engineers in Alaska helping to build the Alcan Highway and in the Aluetion Islands. After returning home from the Army he worked as an Oil Distributor in Jesup, Iowa for five years before moving to Marble Rock in 1951 where he worked for Oliver Tractors in Charles City for 8 years. He then moved to the Manly area where he farmed until 1964, then moving to Mason City to work for the Globe Gazette Newspaper until his retirement. After retirement Maurice worked his summers at the I-35 Rest Area Information Center. Maurice was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church, Moose Lodge, and the River City Squares and Balance and Swing Square Dance Club. Maurice is survived by his daughter, Janice and husband Dale Clapper of Clear Lake; granddaughter, Denise and husband Jeff Powers of Indian Mound, Tennessee; grandsons, David Clapper and wife Christine and Chad Clapper and wife Angela, both of Clear Lake; seven great-grandchildren; brother, Loyd Milton of Osage, and several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, William and Leslie Milton and sister, Laura Ethan.

Visitation:
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue on January 12, 2005 (map/driving directions) 4:00 PM to 4:00 PM at 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue on January 9, 2005 (map/driving directions)

Service:
1:00 PM at Major Erickson Funeral Home on January 13, 2005 (map/driving directions)