Obituaries

Ila M. Ebbers, 88, of 321 4th St. NE, died Monday (September 15, 2003) at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Friday at the First Baptist Church, 125 East State Street, with Rev. Ron Stein officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 PM Thursday at Major...

Leroy F. ?Slim? Smith, 83, of 748 17th St. NE, died Monday (January 3, 2005) at Willow Pointe Assisted Living. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Friday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Jim Stiles, First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00...

Deanna Lee ?Dee? Keough, 65 of Mason City died Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, April 12, 2003 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 419 North Delaware, Mason City with the Rev. Mark Lavrenz officiating. Burial will be in St. John?s Cemetery, in rural Garner. Visitation for...

Jean M. Weaver, 84, of Mason City died Sunday (October 31, 2004) at home. Private family inurnment services will be held at a later date in the Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery Columbarium. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be given to Hospice of North Iowa. Jean was born March 11, 1920 at Story Hospital in Mason City. She was first...

Mary Kathryn (Comisky) Larson, 74, of Mason City and formerly of Osage died Saturday, September 13, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services for Mary will be held 11:00 A.M Wednesday, September17, 2003 at St. James Lutheran Church, 1148 ? 4th Street S.E. with Rev. Scott Duffus officiating. Interment will be in Rock Creek...

Harald F. ?Bud? Goplerud, 83, of 904 6th St. SE, died Thursday (October 2, 2003) at the IOOF Home. Bud was born in Osage, Iowa October 2, 1920 and died on his 83rd birthday of complications from Parkinson?s. He was the son of Clifford and Ethel Goplerud and brother to Ann Goplerud Kennedy, Dr. Jane Goplerud and Dr. C.P. Goplerud....

Ruth E. Welsh, 89 of Mason City died Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at the I.O.O.F. Home. Funeral services for Ruth will be at 2:30 PM, Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with the Rev. Paul Finger of St. Paul Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood ? St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will...

Helen V. Aspland, 90, of Mason City died Monday, April 14, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services conducted by the Eastern Star and White Shrine will be held 1:30 PM, Thursday, April 17, 2003 at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue. Interment will be held at a later date in Good Hope Cemetery...

Marian Swanson, 82, of 222 S. Pierce Ave., Mason City died Friday, July 9, 2004 of natural causes at USA Health Care in Mason City. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at Memorial Park Cemetery, with Rev. Jo Frahm-Watkins officiating. There will be no visitation. A memorial fund has been established in Marian?s name....

Mary E. Grefe, 86, of Mason City died Saturday (March 8, 2003) at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Steven Waughtal, Director of Pastoral Care, Good Shepherd officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 PM Tuesday...

Carl F. Brust, 85 of Mason City, died Friday, November 14, 2003, at the Good Shepherd Health Center, Mason City. Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Wednesday (Nov. 19, 2003) at the First United Methodist Church, 119 South Georgia. Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Military rites by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association. Visitation will be held from 4:00 ?...

Donna Lou Rhodes, 67 of Mason City died Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services for Donna will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, September 25, 2004 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with the Rev. Wendy Abrahamson of St. John?s Episcopal Church officiating. Cremation will follow...

Jerry L. King, 68, of 415 6th Street SE, died Thursday (December 23, 2004) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Monday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 329 East State Street with Rev. Paul Finger officiating. Following the service, cremation will take place with inurnment at a later date. Visitation will be from...

Elizabeth ?Betty? Jane Folsom, 96 of Mason City died Tuesday, April 20, 2004 at Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City. Funeral services for Betty will be held 1:30 P.M., Tuesday, April 27, 2004 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Keith Scott of Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery....

MASON CITY ? Everett H. Vikturek, 85 of Mason City died Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. A memorial service for Everett will be held at 3 PM on Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 North Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. James Magelssen officiating. There will be no visitation. A private family graveside service will be...

Frances B. Blake, 93 of Grinnell and formerly of Mason City, died Friday, April 9, 2004 at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. Funeral services for Frances will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, April 12, 2004 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Eldon Jandebeur officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. There will be...

Lester M. Colson, 83, of Rockwell, IA, died Tuesday, March 25, 2003 at home surrounded by his family from complications of lung cancer. Funeral services will be held 1:30 PM, Friday, March 28, 2003 at Major Erickson Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home. Memorials may be given to the Lester M. Colson...

Charles H. Shill, 69, of 301 S. Rhode Island died Tuesday (July 1, 2003) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. Kenneth Hatland officiating. Private family inurnment services will be Monday in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:00 AM Saturday till...

Mary K. Stricker, 71, of Mason City, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at the Heritage Care Center. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM on Monday, April 22, 2013, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Pastor Kathy Graves officiating. Visitation will be from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM on Sunday (April 21, 2013) at Major Erickson Funeral...

Helen Jung age 90, of 302 Second Street NE died Monday, July 5, 2005 at Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM, Thursday, July 7, 2005 Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 North Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Samuel Hamilton-Poore officiating. Friends may call Major Erickson Funeral Home from 5 ? 7 PM Wednesday, July 6, 2005. Burial...