Obituaries

Ralph S. Shepherd Sr., 102, of 324 2nd St. NE, died Saturday, April 23, 2005, at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Charles Caponi, Seventh Day Adventist Church officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before the...

Charliene S. Sissel, 63 of Mason City died Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at her home. A funeral mass will be held 10:30 A.M., Saturday, March 27, 2004 at St. Joseph Catholic Church 302 ? 5th Street S.E., with Rev. Michael Podhajsky officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family. Visitation will be held...

David J. Reab, 60, of Leavenworth, KS, formerly of Mason City, died Monday, April 14, 2003 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Funeral services for David will be held 11:00 AM Thursday, April 17, 2003 at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave, with Rev. Chris Podhajsky, St. Joseph?s Catholic Church, officiating. Interment will be at...

Maree F. Dickman, 94, of 1037 19th St. SW, died Friday (August 20, 2004) at the IOOF Home. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church, 1217 6th Avenue, Mountain Lake, Minnesota with Rev. Thomas Healey, Chaplain, Hospice of North Iowa officiating. Interment will be in Mountain Lake Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials...

Arrangmeents are currently pending at the funeral home.

JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI ? Martin J. Kroeze, 74 of Sedalia, Missouri and formerly of Mason City passed away May 4, 2005 at St. Mary?s Health Center in Jefferson City, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, May 9, 2005 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue in Mason City, Iowa with Rev. Joel Andrus...

Rex G. Brunner, 51, of 24 11th St. NE died Wednesday (March 18, 2003) at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Memorial services will be held 11:00 AM Friday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Scott Duffus, St. James Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will in Memorial Park Cemetery at a later date. A gathering of family...

Valetta M. Ward, 100, of 1037 19th St. SW, died Saturday (February 21, 2004) at the I.O.O.F. Home. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Keith Scott, Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before services Wednesday at the...

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Marjorie L. ?Marge? Kundert, 91, of 17396 Kingbird Avenue, died Saturday (September 20, 2003) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Memorial services will be held 10:30 AM Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. James M. Magelssen officiating. Her body was donated to the University of Osteopathic College, Des Moines, Iowa. Interment will take place...

Hannah Eldora Gilbertson, 98, of 302 2nd St. NE died Saturday (August 9, 2003) at Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Tuesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. Kenneth Hatland officiating. Interment will be in Brush Point Cemetery, Fertile. Visitation will be one hour before services Tuesday at the funeral...

Dale R. Groth, 73, of 3435 Brandywine Road, died Tuesday (October 21, 2003) at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. Donald Simmonds officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Full military rites will be conducted by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association....

James M. Jarvill, 72, of 1140 West State Street, died Monday, June 20 2005, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Memorial services will be held 11:00 A.M. Thursday (June 23, 2005) at the First Presbyterian Church, 201 Willowbrook Drive, with Rev. Terry Hamilton-Poore officiating. Inurnment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery at 10:00 A.M on Thursday (June 23, 2005)....

Dennis Ralph Mackie, 54, of Mason City, died Saturday (February 12, 2005) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue. Inurnment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Winnebago, Minnesota at a later date. There will be no visitation. Dennis was born on the 8th...

Lee R. Freeman, 78 formerly of 1209 West State, died May 18, 2003 at the Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown, Iowa. Memorial services will be held 2:00 P.M., Sunday, June 1st at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 100 ? 1st St. N.E. with the Rev. Samuel Hamilton-Poore officiating. There will be no visitation as his wish was cremation. Memorial...

Alma K. Thompson, 102, of 302 2nd St. NE, died Sunday (December 14, 2003) at Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 1:30 PM Thursday at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1405 S. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. Bill Poland and Rev. Keith Scott officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Wednesday...

Donald M. Dye, 90, of 304 3rd St. NE, died Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Memorial services will be held 10:00 AM Saturday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Wendy Abrahamson, St. John?s Episcopal Church officiating. Inurnment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00...

Richard G. Rust, 71, of 1404 N. Hampshire Place, died Saturday (September 4, 2004) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Memorial services will be held 1:30 PM Thursday at the First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia Avenue with Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Inurnment services will be in Memorial Park Cemetery at a later date. A gathering of family...

Daniel Anthony Pals, 24 of 109 17th St. NE, died Thursday (April 15, 2004) at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, with Rev. James M. Magelssen officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Sunday at Major Erickson Funeral...

Andrew Risius, 91, of Mason City, died Sunday (July 18, 2004) at the IOOF Home. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Friday at the Ramsey Reformed Church, rural Titonka with Rev. Dennis Redeker, Ramsey Reformed Church, Titonka and Rev. Jack Vanden Heuvel , Rolling Acres Christian Reformed Church, Mason City officiating. Interment will be in the Ramsey Reformed Church...