Harvey S. Miller, 80, of Mesa, Ariz., died at home Monday, Aug. 28,
1995.  Memorial services were held Friday, Sept. 1, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake. Inurnment will take place at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa.

   Harvey was born Nov. 30, 1914 in Hebron, Wis., the son of 
Ervin Miller and Mollie Miller (nee) Streng.  He served in the Army 
during World War II.  He married Lorraine Stebbens in 1944. They raised three children at Shakopee, Minn. Harvey was a resident of Clear Lake for 14 years before retiring to Mesa, Ariz.

   He is survived by his former wife, Lorraine Miller, Clear Lake; two
sons, Thomas Miller, New Hope, Minn., and Michael Miller and his wife, Charise, Mesa, Ariz.; one daughter, Susan Medina, Clear Lake; three granddaughters, Nicolle Medina, Clear Lake, Angela and Michele Miller, both of Mesa, Ariz.

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Blanch Mae Woodliff Fuller
Blanch Mae Fuller (nee) Woodliff  

   Blanch Mae Fuller, 102, Clear Lake, died Monday, Aug. 28, 1995, at
Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake.  Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 2, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Bernard Olson officiating.  Burial was in the Clear Lake Cemetery.

   Blanch was born Sept. 7, 1892, in Norwalk, Wis., the daughter of
Frederick Thomas Woodliff and Lillian Mae Woodliff (nee) Beetle. She 
attended school in Norwalk and was employed as a hired girl.

   She met her future husband when she and a brother went to
Dakota to work as ranch house cook and hired hand for a threshing crew. The workers included Lewis Lester Fuller, of Clear Lake. After returning to their respective homes, Lewis later traveled to Wisconsin to make Blanch his bride. They were married Feb. 2, 1912, in LaCrosse, Wis. They returned to South Dakota for a year and then settled in Clear Lake. She worked in restaurants and as a practical nurse.

   Her hobbies included baking, crocheting afghans and piecing qults.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Clear Lake and the Grandmother's Club.
   She is survived by three grandsons, Larry Fuller, Clear Lake, 
Anthony Fuller, Granada Hills, Calif., and Mark Fuller, Beatrice, Neb.; and a half-sister, Vella Nelson, Minneapolis, Minn.

   She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sons,
Lester Fuller and Fredrick Fuller; infant twin daughters; two brothers, Fredrick Woodliff and Harvey Woodliff; a grand-daughter, Joan Nissen; and two half-sisters and two half-brothers.

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Hazel Evelyn Gift Taylor
Hazel Evelyn Taylor (nee) Gift

   Hazel Evelyn (Gift) Taylor, 97, of Mason City, Iowa, died Monday, Aug. 28, 1995.

   Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 1, at the United Methodist Church in Dallas Center, Iowa, with the Rev. Sushil Joseph officiating. Burial was in the Masonic Cemetery, Dallas Center. The family suggests memorials to the Hazel E. Taylor memorial fund.

   Hazel Evelyn Gift was born Sept. 28, 1897 to Frank Gift and Anna (nee) Barmore Gift at Orangeville, Ill., the second of eight children.

   In 1903, the family moved by train, livestock and machinery to Sheldon, Iowa, where they farmed for five years. In 1908, they purchased a farm at Dallas Center, Iowa, where they lived for many years. After graduating from high school, Hazel taught country schools for two years, then majored in elementary education at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa.
   
   On June 2, 1920 she was united in marriage to Harry E. Taylor in her parent's home. They remained on the farm from 1920 to 1945. They became the parents of seven children, six sons and one daughter.

   On March 1, 1945, the family moved to a farm at Swaledale, Iowa. Due to health reasons Harry and Hazel and the three youngest children moved to Tucson, Ariz. in 1948. In 1973 the parents moved back to Mason City.

   Hazel is survived by six children, Howard Taylor and his wife, Elaine, Clear Lake, Gordon Taylor and his wife, Eva, Mason City, Donald Taylor and his wife, Betty, Mason City, Ralph Taylor and his wife, Shirley, Tucson, Ariz., Marilyn and her husband, Warren Custer, Hugo, Okla., and Dr. Wendell Taylor and his wife, Marge of Seminole, Fla.; 22 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Dorothy McKelvey and Lorene Mullins, both of Dallas Center; and one brother, Robert Gift, Marshalltown, Iowa.

   She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harry E. Taylor, who died July 7, 1982; a son, Allen Robert Taylor, who died in 1933 in a farm accident; two brothers, Lester and Harry Gift; two sisters, Lois Elliott and Ethel Aldrich.

   Evelyn Friesz was organist, and special music was provided by Sons Quintet, accompanied by Marilyn Custer.

   Honorary pallbearers were Kathleen Tollenaere, June Newman,...
Aaron Custer, Brent Taylor.
...S Carol...
...Taylor, Laurie Taylor, Barbara Dellit, Jean Taylor, Ann Taylor, Jane
Tucker, Rex Taylor, Janet Grey, Keith Taylor, Gayle Donica, Joyce
Markey, Lee Taylor, Eric Taylor, Joe Custer.

   Pallbearers were Norman Taylor, Gary Taylor, Clay Custer, Mark Tayloilts. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Clear Lake and the Grandmother's Club.

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David (Rev.) Merwin

   Reverend David Merwin, 63, formerly of Clear Lake, died Aug. 29, 1995, at St. Vincint's Hospital, Portland, Ore.   Rev. Merwin served in the United States Army in Korea, and later went back to Korea to minister as a Missionary for many years.  Upon returning to the United States he pastored churches in Evansville, Ind., and Portland, Ore.
                
   He is survived by his wife, Judy, of Alaho, Ore.; two daughters, Stephanie and her husband, Darrald Fast, and Sarah and her husband, Michael Miller; four grandchildren; four brothers, Arthur Merwin and his wife, Mabel, Clear Lake, Jim Merwin, Clear Lake, Ralph Merwin and his wife, Helen, Franklin, Tenn., Paul Merwin and... ...Jackson, Tenn., Carol May and her husband, E.C. Wilson, Jackson, Tenn., Althea McClendon, Henderson, Tenn., Sara and her husband, 
Ed Lyon, Memphis, Tenn., and Pauline and her husband, Sam Milam, Paducah, Ky.

   He was preceded in death by his parents; and one sister.
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Fannie Hyde (nee) Abel
Fannie Abel Hyde

     Fannie Abel, 98, of Ventura, died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1995, at the I.O.O.F. Home, Mason City, Iowa.

   Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 1, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, Mason City, with the Rev. David Anderson of ...
   
   Fannie Able was born May 7, 1897, in Ventura, the daughter of Amos Hyde and Betsy Hyde (nee) Thronson. Fannie attended country school near Ventura. She married Arthur Abel on Feb. 8, 1922 in Ventura.  They farmed for many years in the Ventura and Garner areas.
   
   She was a member of the Ventura United Methodist Church, Dorcas Lady's Circle, Union Dozen Club, Thought and Thimble Club, Ventura Women's Club and was an active member of the Senior Citizen's Center in Ventura.

   She is survived by a son, Ronald Abel and his wife, Dixie, Overland Park., Kan.; one daughter, Lorraine Reynolds of Mason City; eight grandchildren, Steven Abel, Edward Abel, Jeanne FitzGerald, Joan Moore, Allan Reynolds, Ann Hussong, Kay Legler and Dawn Moore; 16 great- grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

   She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Arthur in 1978; one son, Keith Abel in 1954; four brothers, John Hyde, Jim Hyde, Charles Hyde and Samuel Hyde ; three sisters, Florence, Myrtle and Hazel; and one son-in-law, Rolland Reynolds, in 1987.

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Helen O. Goldsmith Smith
Helen O. Smith (nee) Goldsmith

   Mrs. Helen O. Smith, 72, of Clear Lake, died Thursday, Aug. 31, 1995, at the Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake.

   Funeral services were held Tuesday, Sept. 5, at Open Bible Church, Clear Lake, with Pastor Will Hunsacker officiating. Interment was in the Clear Lake Cemetery. The family suggests memorials to the Helen O. Smith memorial fund.

   Helen was born June 1, 1923 in Clinton, Minn., the daughter of Howard Goldsmith and Christine Goldsmith (nee) Berg.  She attended school in Clinton, Minn.

   Helen and her family moved to Clear Lake in 1955. She married Ronald B. Smith on April 22, 1961 in Clear Lake. She attended the Open Bible Church, Clear Lake.
   
   She is survived by three children, Judith Waters, West Des Moines, Iowa, Jacquline Dybdahl and her husband, Gary, Clinton, Minn., and Larry Otten and his wife, Grace, Cresco, Iowa; 12 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Harold Goldsmith, Ortonville, 
Minn., and Vernon Goldsmith and his wife Gertie, Big Stone City, South Dakota; two sisters, Erma Alberts, Clinton, Minn., and Alice Goldsmith, Ortonville, Minn.

   She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ronald Smith in 1994; and two brothers...

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Clemon L. Beck

   Clemon L. Beck, 83, of Forest City, died Monday....  [???]
   
   Clemon L. Beck was born on February 17, 1912, in Garwin, Iowa, the son of Oscar Beck and Lillie Beck (nee) Thompson.  He attended and received his education in the rural public school system near Garwin. After completing his formal education he farmed with his parents on the family farm near Garwin.  He was inducted into the U.S. Airforce serving 
in the South Pacific during World War 2, until his honorable discharge.  

     He was united in marriage to Irene West on November 26, 1945, in Des Moines. 

     Clemon worked as a custodian for South East Polk Schools for 3 yearsuntil his retirement in the early 1980's.  Following his retirement as a crossing guard he was given an award from the South East Polk School Staff, its students and from the police department for his faithful and caring service to the children.  Clemon and his wife Irene had lived in Altoona, Iowa since 1959, and had moved to Forest City in 1994, to be near their son and his wife Dennis and Toni Beck, becoming a resident of the Lake Mills Care Center in January 1995.  He enjoyed gardening, working with his hands fixing things around the house, was an avid baseball and Chicago Cubs fan, was good natured, loved his family, children and his dog Ginger.

   He is survived by his wife Irene Beck of Forest City, one son; Dennis Beck and his wife Toni of Forest City, five grandchildren; Joe Fuller and his wife Gail of Harrisonville, Missouri, Matt Fuller of Los Angeles, CA., Brett Fuller and his wife Gina of Kansas City, Kansas, Mike Adams of Olathe, Kansas and Rachael Adams of Tampa, Florida, three
great-grandchildren; Forrest and Brooke Fuller and Alica Adams, one brother; Gerald Beck and his wife Beryl of Garwin, Iowa.  Three sisters; Flossie Beck, Gladys Beck, and Helen Rodgers all of Garwin, Iowa.

   He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother; Volla Beck and one sister, Maggie Beck.

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Melbourne J. Trampel

   Melbourne (Mel) J. Trampel, 59, of Rockwell, Iowa died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1995, at his home. 

   Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 9, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Mason City, Iowa, with the Rev. Frederick J. Wood officiating. Interment was in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.

   The family suggests memorials to the Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

   Mel was born May 5, 1936 in Klemme, Iowa, the son of John P. Trampel and Minnie Trampel (nee) Beek.  He was baptized in the Immanuel Reformed Church, Klemme, and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Mason City. Mel graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1955.

   On Feb. 23, 1958 Mel married Carol J. Kinne at Trinity Lutheran Church, Algona, Iowa. They lived on a farm near Rockwell for thirteen years, while farming he also drove a milk truck for State Brand Creamery, Mason City. In April of 1972 they moved to Fertile, Iowa. Mel went to work at Winnebago Industries on the production assembly line where he has
continued to work. They later moved to rural Clear Lake, Swaledale and then October of 1985 moved back to the family farm rural Rockwell.

   Mel loved wood working, working on the family farm, animals on the farm, and most of all his grandchildren. He was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Mason City.

   He is survived by his wife, Carol Trampel, Rockwell; three children, Debra Cummingham and her husband, Tom, Forest City, Iowa, Dan Trampel, Rockwell, and Darla Reed and her husband, Jim, Dougherty, Iowa; two brothers Ronald Trampel and his wife, Kay, Clear Lake, and Merlyn Trampel and his wife, Nylene, Rockwell; five grandchildren, Nickolas Cummingham, Jacob Cummingham, Joshua Cummingham,
Matthew Reed and Larry Trampel; and several nieces and nephews.

   He was preceded in death by his parents; and in-laws, 
Henry O. E. Reed, Lydia Kinne and Larry Trampel; and several nieces and nephews.

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William R. Wainwright

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   William R. Wainwright, 60, of 306 N. 10th St., Clear Lake, Iowa died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 1995. ...   [???]

   Funeral services were held at....

...  September 18, 1995, at North Iowa Mercy Health Center, East in Mason City. Memorial services will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 23, 1995, at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake, with Timothy Hartman of Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall officiating. Family will greet friends one hour prior to service time on Saturday at the chapel.  According to his wishes his body was cremated. Inurnment was in the Memorial Park Columbarium, Hwy. 18 West, Mason City.
   
     He [was] born Feb. 7, 1935 in Chicago, Ill., the son of 
Wilmer G. Wainwright and E. Eunice (nee) Ryan Wainwright.  
He graduated from Prew  High School in Sarasota, Fla. and attended Menlo College, Menlo, Calif.... 

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Bertram H. Kruse

    Bertram "Burt" H. Kruse, 84, of Clear Lake, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1995, at North Iowa Mercy Health Center, Mason City.  There is no funeral service planned.  Burial will be in Vinton Cemetery, Vinton, at the convenience of the family, Mason City.  The body will be cremated. Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, was in charge of the arrangements.  Memorials may be given to Hospice of North Iowa.

   Bertram Kruse was born Sept. 14, 1911, at Vinton, the son of Henry G. Kruse and Olive Kruse (nee) Barnes.  He graduated from Vinton High School and Yale University.  

     He was a reporter for the Hartfort Courant Newspaper then worked in public relations for New Departure division of General Motors.  He married Mary E. Traer on June 21, 1935, at Vinton. He served in the U.S. Army serving one year in Japan with the U.S. occupational forces. The Kruses moved to Cler with the U.S. occupational forces. The Kruses moved to Clear Lake in 1951, where Bert then published the Cerro Gordo Farmer until 1966.
   
   He was an author of light verse published in the Saturday Evening Post, Wall Street Journal, Tennis Magazine and other national journals. He constructed cross word puzzles published in major papers such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and the Minneapolis Star and Tribune as well as cross word puzzle books.

   Survivors include his wife, Mary Ellen Traer of Clear Lake; one son George Traer Kruse, San Francisco, Calif.; and one daughter, Mary, and husband, Jerry Weidler, Montgomery, Ala.

   He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and two brothers.

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Mary Louis (Lynxwiler) Borschel
Mary Louis Borschel (nee) Lynxwiler

     Mary Louis Borschel, 82, of Clear Lake, died Friday, Sept. 22, 1995 at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Mason City.

   Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25, at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake  with the Reverend Fred Lewis of the United Methodist Church in Clear Lake officiating.  Burial was in the Clear Lake Cemetery.

   The family of Mary Louis Borschel has requested that memorial contributions be made to the United Methodist Church in Clear Lake or to the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City in her memory.

   Mary Louis Borschel was born Oct. 5, 1912 in Des Moines, the daughter of Louis Delbert Lynxwiler and Ethel (nee) Hunsinger Lynxwiler.  The family moved to Cedar Rapids and she attended and received her education in the Cedar Rapids school system, graduating 
from Cedar Rapids High School in 1930.  

   She was united in marriage to Ardell Edward Borschel on April 22, 1930, in Oklahoma City, Okla.  He preceded her in death in January of 1977. In 1957, they moved to Clear Lake where she worked for several years at the Grethen House in Clear Lake.
   
   She enjoyed reading, golfing, watching golf on TV., feeding birds and squirrels, but her great love and enjoyment was her family and grandchildren.

   She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Clear Lake.

   Survivors include a daughter, Sally Lou Christeson and her husband Mearle of Osage; three grandchildren, Lisa Spencer and her husband Stan of Nora Springs, Bradley Christeson and his wife Liz of Indianapolis, Ind.; and Kevin Holden of Bettendorf, Iowa; three great-
grandchildren, Steve and Sarah Malone of Nora Springs, and Bradley Christeson, Jr., of Indianapolis; and one sister, Dawn Bennett and her husband Don of Springfield, Mo.; as well as other relatives and friends.

   Besides her husband, she was also preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Tom Lynxwiler.

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Robert Dean Molencamp

     Memorial services for Robert Molencamp, 63, of Garner, who died Thursday, Sept. 21, 1995 at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City were held at 2 p.m., Monday, Sept.. 25, 1995 at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner with the Rev. Robert Grossmann as officiant. 
 
   Mrs. Dean Cataldo was organist and soloist.  Interment of the cremains will be in Memorial Park Cemetery at a later date.

   Robert Dean Molencamp, the son of Steve Molencamp and Hilda Molencamp (nee) Uben was born May 1, 1932 at Dougherty.  He attended the rural schools of Cerro Gordo County.  On Oct. 5, 1951, he married Georgia A. Dunahoo at Mason City.  Robert was employed 
by Northern Natural Gas Company northeast of Garner for nine years; for Andrews Pre-stressed Concrete Company in Clear Lake, as yard superintendent for 15 years; was self-employed for several years and then worked for Yohnson Ready Mix Concrete in Garner, until 
he retired in 1993.

   He is survived by his wife, Georgia Dunahoo Molencamp of Garner; four children, Mark Steven Molencamp and his wife, Robbie, of Garner, Mickey Jo Molencamp and his wife, Vanetta, of Garner, Deon Marie Molencamp of Spanaway, Wash. and Jeffrey Dean Molencamp and his wife, Gloria, of Garner; five grandchildren; one great grandchild; his mother, Hilda Uben of Ventura; seven brothers and sisters, Thelma Ziesman and her husband, Russ of Sheffield, Carol Buck [??] and her husband...James, of Clear Lake, Russell Molencamp and his wife, Louise, of Minnesota, LeRoy Molencamp and his wife, Billie, of Minnesota, Sharon Quintus and her husband, Gordon, of Ventura, Ron Molencamp and his wife, Carol,[??] of Des Moines, and Larry Dennis Molencamp and his wife, Sonja, of Clear Lake.

   He was preceded in death by his father, Steve Molencamp; a sister, Maxine Benn; and an infant brother, Kenneth Molencamp.

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