Obituaries

Clem Welch, 88, of Kanawha, Iowa, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Memorial services will be held 10:30 A.M. Saturday (July 16, 2005) at the Grace Baptist Church, Corwith, Iowa, with Rev. Gary Reischauer officiating. Inurnment will be in Amsterdam Cemetery, Kanawha. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of...

Delores A. Younke, 71, of Mason City, died Friday (December 10, 2004) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. A Memorial Mass will be held 10:00 AM Monday (December 13, 2004)at Holy Family Catholic Church, 714 North Adams, with Rev. Jon Seda officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 6:00 PM Sunday(December...

Thomas "Mac" Dresbach, 70 of Mason City died Monday, October 20, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, Iowa 50401, 641-423-0924. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be given to the Mac Dresbach Memorial Fund. Visitation: 10:00 AM...

John W. Hanson, 79, of 18595 280th Street, died Thursday (April 3, 2003) at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. A funeral mass will be held 10:30 AM Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church, 714 N. Adams, with Rev. Dennis Cahill officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00 to 7:00 PM Sunday at Major Erickson Funeral...

J. Benjamin ?Ben? Curran, 87, of Mason City died Sunday, March 7, 2004 at the Heritage Care Center. Funeral services for Ben will be held 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at First United Methodist Church, 119 South Georgia Avenue, with the Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00 P.M....

Wayne A. Page, 76, of 4 3rd St. NE, died Monday (October 27, 2003) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Memorial services will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 419 N. Delaware, with Rev. Mark Lavrenz officiating. Inurnment will be in the Elmwood Cemetery Columbarium. There will be no visitation; the family will greet friends at...

MASON CITY ? Verna Ruth Winchell Vrchota, 86 of Mason City died Monday (April 18, 2005) at Good Shepherd Health Center following a short battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 AM Saturday at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1405 South Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Bill Poland officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5...

Visitation: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Major Erickson Funeral Home on May 6, 2003 (map/driving directions) 5:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Major Erickson Funeral Home on May 4, 2003 (map/driving directions) Service: 10:30 AM at Faith Baptist Church on May 7, 2003 (map/driving directions)

Dr. John Peaslee Graves, 81, of 1509 Emerald Court, died Monday (March 15, 2004) at home. Memorial services will be held 2:00 PM Saturday at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 100 1st St. NE, with Rev. Samuel Hamilton-Poore officiating. There will be no visitation. Inurnment will take place in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa at a later date. Memorials...

Sidney R. Lee, 85 of Mason City died Monday, September 13, 2004 at the I.O.O.F. Home in Mason City surrounded by his family. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at Elmwood Cemetery will the Rev. Donald L. Simmonds of Trinity Lutheran Church in Mason City officiating. Military rites will be conducted by the...

Dale Richard ?Dick? Carter, 83, of 236 ? 14th Street SE, died Friday (March 12, 2004) at home. Graveside services will be 11:00 AM Wednesday at Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Terry Hamilton-Poore, First Presbyterian Church officiating. Military rites will be conducted by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5:00 to...

Loretta M. Frank, 91, of 1435 N. Madison, died Tuesday (October 19, 2004) at USA Healthcare. A funeral mass will be held 10:30 AM Friday at Holy Family Catholic Church, 714 N. Adams with Rev. Jon Seda officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 PM Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111...

Hazel C. Hunt, 93, of 832 9th St. NE, died Thursday (January 8, 2004) at Heritage Care Center. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Kathy Graves, director of Spiritual Care, Hospice of North Iowa and Rev. Jo Frahm-Watkins, First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in...

Helen Ann Fank, 79 of Mason City died on July 31, 2004 at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City. Funeral services for Helen will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, August 4, 2004 at the Forest City United Methodist Church, 305 South Clark Street in Forest City with the Rev. Catherine A. Luck officiating. Interment will be in...

MASON CITY ? Darlene E. Hill, 51, of Mason City, died Sunday, December 26, 2004 at Mercy Medical Center ? North Iowa. Funeral services for Darlene will be held at 1:30 PM, Friday, December 31, 2004 at First United Methodist Church, 119 South Georgia Avenue with Rev. Barbara Stewart, Chaplain, Mercy Medical Center ? North Iowa officiating. Interment will be...

Larry James Ellis MASON CITY? Larry James Ellis, 65, of Mason City, died Thursday (Jan. 27, 2005) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services for Larry will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1405 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, with the Rev. Bill Poland officiating. Interment will be in Memorial...

Harold R. Pike, 93, of 302 2nd St. NE, died Tuesday (June 10, 2003) at Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Friday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Mr. Robert Orr, Gospel Hall officiating. Interment will be 2:30 PM in Hitesville Cemetery, rural Kesley. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00...

Florence Combs, 91, of Mason City died Friday, August 23, 2004. Graveside services will be held Friday, October 22, 2004 at 11:00 A.M. with the Rev. Jim Stiles officiating in Elmwood Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of North Iowa and the Mason City Public Library. Florence, the daughter of Peter and Johanna Jensen was born in Rock Falls,...

Marguerite Mary Ashland Schwartz, 83, longtime resident of Mason City and current resident of Independence, Missouri died Thursday (March 3, 2005) at St. Luke?s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Monday at the Rolling Acres Free Methodist Church, 604 23rd St. SW with Pastor Larry Day and Pastor Curtis DeLong officiating. Interment will be in...

Graham W. ?Snook? Dusheck, 54, of 209 24th Street SW, died Tuesday (June 22, 2004) at home. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Friday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue. Graham?s body will be cremated. Private family inurnment services will be held at a later date. Memorials may be...