December 01, 1999 Obituary -
Andrew 'Cal' Orr
Andrew 'Cal' Orr, 80, of 2 Glen Oak Circle, Charles City, died
Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1999, at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital in
Charles City.
There will be no memorial service as his body was donated to the Mayo
Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
For the complete obituary, see the Dec. 31 edition of the Press.
December 01, 1999 Obituary
Henry Kaiser
Henry J. Kaiser, 81, a resident of 1201 Gilbert St., Charles City, died
Wednesday evening, Dec. 29, 1999, at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital
in Charles City.
Funeral services for Henry "Hank" Kaiser will be held at 10:30 a.m. on
Monday at the First Wesleyan Church in Charles City. The Rev. Ted Clark,
pastor, will officiate and will be assisted by the Rev. Paul Davis,
former pastor. Burial will be in the Westside Cemetery at Marble Rock.
Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City from 3 to 9
p.m. Sunday and at the church Monday an hour prior to the services.
December 1, 1999 Obituary
Eleanor Freed
REINBECK -
Eleanor K. Freed, 70, of Reinbeck, died Friday evening, Nov. 26, 1999,
at the Parkview Manor, Reinbeck, after an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999, at the
United Methodist Church in Reinbeck. Pastor Richard Boatman will
officiate. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center.
Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck is in charge of the services.
December 2, 1999 Obituary -
Alberta Wilson
Alberta E. (Mrs. Virgil) Wilson, 75, Windsor Care Center, Cedar Falls,
formerly of Colwell, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1999, at the nursing home
of natural causes.
Funeral services are tentatively scheduled for Saturday afternoon, Dec.
4, 1999. Burial will be in the Beckwith Cemetery, rural Colwell.
Visitation is tentatively scheduled for Friday, Dec. 3, 1999, at the
Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, Charles City.
Specific times for the funeral and visitation are pending at the
Fullerton Hage Funeral Home in Charles City.
December 3, 1999 Obituary -
Alberta Wilson
CEDAR FALLS-
Alberta E. (Mrs. Virgil) Wilson, 75, Windsor Care Center, Cedar Falls,
and formerly of 819 Green Street, Cedar Falls, Charles City and Colwell,
died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1999.
A funeral service for Alberta Wilson will be held at 1:30 p.m. on
Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt Street,
Charles City. Pastor Gale Richards of the Colwell United Church of
Christ will officiate. Burial will be in the Beckwith Cemetery, rural
Colwell.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, at the funeral
home, where the family will be present to receive friends from 7 p.m. to
9 p.m. Friday evening. Visitation will continue one hour prior to
services. Alberta's casket will remain closed.
December 8, 1999 Obituary
Terry Zilm
YUMA, Ariz. -
Terry L. Zilm, 63, of Yuma, Ariz., died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999, in Yuma.
A memorial service was held at the Elks Lodge in Yuma on Nov. 30, 1999.
Terry Lee Zilm was born in Mason City to Lewis F. Zilm and Zola Gretchen
(Bluhm) Zilm on Aug. 15, 1936. He grew up in Charles City and still
owned the family home there. He has been a resident of Yuma since 1962.
He was a manager for a manufacturing company for more than 35 years
before his reitrement. He was married to Elaine M. Ewald of Marble Rock.
Living family members include his wife, Elaine of Yuma, Ariz.; a
brother, Kawyn L. Zilm and his wife Helen of Hurt, Texas; an aunt,
Evelyn Bluhm of Charles City; and a brother-in-law and sister-in-law,
Eugene and Norma Ewald of Marble Rock.
He was preceded in death by his son, Scott, and an infant daughter,
Renee.
Memorials should be sent to Elks Lodge Charities.
December 8, 1999 Obituary -
Vivian Quade
Vivian (Mrs. Virgil) Quade, 81, of 400 South Main Street, Charles City,
died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999, at her residence.
Funeral services are tentatively scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Friday,
Dec. 10, 1999, at the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home in Charles City.
Entombment will be in the mausoleum at the Sunnyside Memory Gardens,
rural Charles City.
Other arrangements are pending at the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home.
December 8, 1999 Obituary -
Earl Rima Sr.
Earl J. Rima Sr., 82, of Decorah, died Dec. 6, 1999, at his home.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Dec. 8, at 11 a.m. at the
Decorah Lutheran Church. Rev. James. Glesne, Rev. Tim Tostengard, Rev.
Ole Winter and Rev. Gary F. Krapfl will officiate. Burial will be in St.
Benedict Catholic Cemetery with full military rites by Helof-Holm V.F.W.
Post No. 1977 and Bernatz-Symonds American Legion Post No. 163.
Visitation will be after 10 a.m. on Wednesday at the church. Fjelstul
Funeral Home in Decorah is in charge of the arrangements.
December 9, 1999 Obituary -
Vivian Quade
Vivian R. (Mrs. Virgil) Quade, 81, of 400 South Main Street, Charles
City, died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999, at her residence following a lengthy
illness.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 10, 1999, at
the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home in Charles City. Entombment will be in
the mausoleum at the Sunnyside Memory Gardens, rural Charles City.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9, at Fullerton Hage.
The family will be present to receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday
evening. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services on Friday
at the funeral home.
December 14, 1999 Obituary -
Theodore Theilen
NASHUA - Theodore P. Theilen, 62, of Nashua, formerly of Charles City,
died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1999, at his home in rural Nashua of natural
causes.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 2 p.m. at the
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Charles City with burial in St.
Peter's Catholic Cemetery in New Haven.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Chenoweth and Son
Funeral Home in Nashua and one hour prior to services Wednesday at the
church. There will be a 3 p.m. Rosary service and a 7 p.m. Scripture
Service on Tuesday at the funeral home.
December 14, 1999 Obituary
Edward Huisman
Edward W. Huisman, 95, of Clarksville, died Saturday, Dec. 11, 1999, at
the Community Nursing Home in Clarksville of natural causes.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 14, at the
Immanuel United Church of Christ, Clarksville. Rev. David Walters will
officiate. Interment will be in the Antioch Cemetery in rural
Clarksville. Schwartz Funeral Home in Clarksville is in charge of the
arrangements.
For the complete obituary, see the Dec. 14 edition of the Press.
December 15, 1999 Obituary
Harvey Siemons
GREENE -
Harvey Siemons, 69, Greene, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1999, at the Floyd
County Memorial Hospital of complications of cancer.
Funeral services will be held on 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, at St.
Peters Lutheran Church in Greene, with the Rev. Lance Kittleson
officiating. Burial will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens, rural Charles
City.
Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Sunnyside Funeral
Home, rural Charles City, and one hour prior to services at the church
on Thursday.
For the complete obituary, see the Dec. 15 edition of the Press.
December 15, 1999 Obituary -
Douglas Jones
Douglas Lee Jones, 53, 601 North Jackson Street, Charles City, died
Sept. 17, 1999, in Charles City.
Graveside inurnment services were held at 2 p.m. on Oct. 18, 1999, at
the Riverside Cemetery in Charles City, with the Rev. Greg Lugn, Pastor,
First Christian Church/Disciples of Christ, officiating. Graveside
Military Rites were conducted by the American Legion, V.F.W. the Vietnam
Veterans of America, the Forty and Eight Group and the Veterans of the
Vietnam War.
For the complete obituary, see the Dec. 15 edition of the Press.
December 22, 1999 Obituary -
Charles Merfeld
DES MOINES - Charles Merfeld, 70, of Newton, died Monday, Dec. 20, 1999,
at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines of ALS.
Funeral services will be held today, Wednesday, Dec. 22, in Newton.
For the complete obituary, see the Dec. 22 edition of the Press.
December 28, 1999 Obituary -
Viola Johnson
Viola (Garber) Johnson, 79, of Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada, formerly of
Marble Rock, Riceville, Ionia, McIntire, Rudd, Osage and Mitchell areas,
died Dec. 18, 1999, at the Gateway Lodge in Canora Saskatchewan, Canada,
of Alzheimer's disease.
Funeral services were held at Preeceville, Saskatchewan, Canada, on Dec.
22, and at Torquay, Saskatchewan, Canada, on Dec. 27.
Committal services will be held for family and friends at the Sunnyside
Memorial Gardens, rural Charles City, on Wednesday, Dec. 29, at 2 p.m.
This is the only service being held in Iowa.
For the complete obituary, see the Dec. 28 edition of the Press.
December 28, 1999 Obituary -
Samuel Houser
Samuel G. Houser, 74, of New Hampton, died Saturday, Dec. 25, 1999, at
Mercy Medical Center in New Hampton of natural causes.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. today, Tuesday, Dec.
28, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, North Washington, with
Rev. Francis Perry officiating. Interment will be in St. Mary's
Cemetery, North Washington. Larkin-Martin-Hugeback Funeral Home in New
Hampton is in charge of the arrangements.
For the complete obituary, see the Dec. 28 edition of the Press.
December 28, 1999 Obituary -
Helen Howard
Helen Yvonne Howard, 77, a long-time resident of Charles City and
Jefferson, died Dec. 25, 1999, at Naperville, Ill.
Memorial services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 5, at 11:30 a.m. at
Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson. The Rev. David L. Simonson will
officiate. There will be a private inurnment following services. The
Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home in Naperville, Ill., is in charge of the
arrangements.
For the complete obituary, see the Dec. 28 edition of the Press.
December 28, 1999 Obituary -
Elnora Ames
Elnora C. Ames, 87, formerly of Nashua, died Friday, Dec. 24, 1999, at
the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Davenport of natural causes.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, at the
Sunnyside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Dianne B. Christopher, Senior
Pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in
the Sunnyside Memory Gardens.
Visitation will be held at Sunnyside Chapel Funeral Home from 10 a.m.
until service time on Thursday.
For the complete obituary, see the Dec. 28 edition of the Press.
December 29, 1999 Obituary -
Cecile Lines
MARBLE ROCK - Cecile G. Lines, 79, of 2429 Glass Road, Marble Rock, died
Monday, Dec. 27, 1999, at the Nora Springs Care Center.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 30, at the
Zion Lutheran Church in Rockford with Pastor John Albrecht officiating.
Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Rockford.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29, at Reid's
Funeral Chapel in Marble Rock where there will be a scripture service at
7 p.m. Visitation will continue Thursday at the church one hour before
services.
For the complete obituary, see the Dec. 29 edition of the Press.
December 29, 1999 Obituary -
Wilda Wamsley
Wilda Wamsley of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Floyd and Charles City, died
Monday, Dec. 27, 1999, at a nursing home in Tucson, Ariz.
There will be no funeral services or visitation. The body will be
cremated.
For the complete obituary, see the Dec. 29 edition of the Press.
December 30, 1999 Obituary -
Charles Stitts
Charles Edward Stitts, 47, of Mason City, died Thursday, Dec. 23, 1999,
in Detroit, Mich.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 31, 1999, at
Grace United Methodist Church in Mason City. Officiating will be Rev.
Walter Jones and Rev. Dwight Webster. Interment will be in Memorial Park
Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Fullerton Funeral
Home in Mason City. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services
at the church on Friday.
For the complete obituary, see the Dec. 30 edition of the Press.
December 30, 1999 Obituary -
Lloyd Gnagy
Lloyd Gnagy, 86, of Ninth Street Chautauqua Guest Home and formerly of
801 8th Ave., Charles City, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1999, at the Mercy
Health Center of North Iowa, Mason City, following a brief illness.
Private family funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 31, 1999, at
the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home in Charles City. The Rev. Arthur C.
Wegner, Jr., pastor of the Faith Bible Chapel will officiate.
Visitation with the family present will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at
the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home.
For the complete obituary, see the Dec. 30 edition of the Press.
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