Mildred Arlene Alitz

Mason City Mildred Arlene Alitz, 79, of Mason City, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 14, 2009 at Plymouth United Methodist Church with Pastor Wendy Johannesen officiating. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 PM Friday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Plymouth. Memorials may be directed to the Arlene Alitz memorial fund.
Arlene Alitz was born January 24, 1930 in rural Worth County, the daughter of George and Minnie (Sunsvold) Sanvik. She graduated from Northwood high school and was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She was united in marriage to Raymond Earl Alitz on August 10, 1952 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA. She worked for Northwestern Cement Plant, JC Penney, Iowa Hardware Insurance, later called Iowa Kemper, and later Economy Insurance. She enjoyed scrap-booking, shopping, baking, running lunch stands for her son-in-laws Auction company, and participating with her Relay for Life team. She loved her family and the time she spent with all of them, she will be missed dearly by all who knew and loved her.
She is survived by two daughters, Connie and Rex Taylor of Hanlontown, and Sandra and Glen Moretz of Lake Mills; 6 grandchildren, Stacy and Corey Brown of Sioux Rapids, Scott Taylor and Darby Shannon of Ames, Sarah and Ryan Hagen of Hanlontown, Kelly and Chad Heuton of Ankeny, Ben Moretz of Kensett, Mike Moretz of Storm Lake; 6 adored great grandchildren, Landon, Connor and Kennedy Brown, Sydney, Carly, and Jenna Heuton; sisters, Senora Brunsvold of Lake Mills, Eleanor Stromley of Manly, Gladys Andersen of Mason City; brother-in-laws, Cliff and Arlene Alitz of Mason City, Don Alitz of Mason City, Harvey and Elaine Alitz of Mason City; many nieces and nephews, and many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Raymond in 2001.