Izetta Lucas Cone, 95, died on Sunday, Dec. 14, 1997 at the Flfth Avenue Healthcare Center in San Rafael, Calif. A resident of California for the past 64 years, Mrs. Cone was born Feb. 6, 1902 in Clear Lake, lowa.

As a teenager, she moved with her parents, Stella Donaldson Lucas and Will Lucas, to Sheridan, Wyo., where her family homesteaded 1,000 acres of dry farm land. There she became a skilled horsewoman, regularly taking 20 mile rides on her family's property.

Mrs. Cone was an accomplished musician and played with her father's five-piece dance combo, the Lucas Jazz Band. The combo included banjo, violin and drums with Mrs. Cone on piano and her father on saxophone and clarinet. The musical group played regularly at dude ranch dances. Mrs. Cone also provided piano accompaniment for silent films. She used the proceeds from her musical performances to underwrite her college tuition.

In 1920, Mrs. Cone attended Finch Junior College in New York City where she studied music, languages and psychology While visiting at home in Wyoming, she met her husband-to-be, Russell Glenn Cone, and was married in June of 1922 in Sheridan, Wyo. In June of 1923, Mrs. Cone gave birth to her only child, Russell Glenn Cone, Jr., who, as an adult, distinguished himself as a city hall reporter for the San Francisco Examiner.

In pursuit of her husband's career, the couple live in Philadelphia, Pa., where Mr. Cone oversaw the building and management of the Philadelphia-Camden (now the Ben Franklin) and Ambassador suspension bridges and managed the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. In 1933, Mr. Cone was hired by Joseph Strauss to come to San Francisco to oversee construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, then the longest suspension bridge in the world.. In 1937 the couple was divorced.

During World War II, Mrs. Cone worked for the Office of War Information where she prepared and decoded teletype messages for radio broadcast and served as assistant supervisor.

She later worked for the New York Times as press wire operator and research assistant for its west coast correspondent and helped cover the 1946 founding of the United Nations in San Francisco. She also worked as a radio teletype operator for Mackay Radio. In 1948, Mrs. Cone began a 20-year career as a medical transcriptionist/secretary for the Veterans Administration.

Mrs. Cone is survived by her daughter-in-law, Mary Hitchcock Cone of San Anselmo, Calif, and her grand-daughters, Christine Steele Cone of Petaluma, Calif and Lucinda Cone Sicilia and her husband Michael Sicilia, of Sacramento, Calif.

Phebe Rogers, 91, of Clear Lake, Iowa died Sunday, Dec. 14, 1997 at Good Shepherd Healthcare Center, Mason City, lowa.

Funeral services will he held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Thomas Healey of First Congregational Church, Clear Lake, offleiating. Burial will be in Clear Lake Cemetery.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Saturday.

Phebe Rogers was born Aug. 18, 1906 in Clear Lake, the daughter of Ross Richardson and Harriet Adelaide (Rice) Rogers. Phebe graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1923 and then graduated from Mason City Junior College. She worked for four years as a secretary to the Superintendent of Clear Lake Schools.

Phebe attended Hamilton Business College for nine months and worked for a couple of years ion Mason City. In 1935, Phebe went to Washington D.C. and worked for the government for three years. She then transferred to Chicago, lll., still working for the Securities and Exchange Commission. While in Washington, she took a night course at George Washington University.

After 15 years in the government, Phebe started working in private industry. She worked for Oxford Ltd. Furniture Company and then worked for Curtis Candy Company, a subsidiary of Standard Brands and then of Nabisco Brands. She retired from Curtis Candy Company in 1971 and returned to Clear Lake. Phebe enjoyed playing bridge, golfing and bowling.

She was a member of the First Congregational Church, Clear Lake; the Crescent Club; the Hi-Lo Bridge Club and Monday Bridge Club; and the NARFE Organization (National Association of Federal Employees).

Survivors include one niece, Mary Marshall and her husband, Gary Canoga Park, Calif; two nephews, Richard Rogers of Clear Lake, and John Rogers and his wife, June, of Burlington, Iowa; one sister-in-law, Darlene Rogers, Clear Lake; many great-nieces amd great-nephews; and several great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews .

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Kingsley Rogers.

Mabel Lillian Amundson 99, of Bethany Manor Care Center, Story City, Iowa, formerly of Clear Lake, Iowa, died Monday Dec. 8, 1997 at the Bethany Care Center.

Funeral services were Friday Dec. 12, 1997 at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake with the Rev. Dean Hess officiating. Interment was in Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake. The Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge. Memorials may be given in memory of Mabel Lillian Amundson .

Mabel was born April 30, 1898 in Radcliffe, Iowa, the daughter of Lewis and Martha (Engelson) Amundson. She was baptized and confirmed in Immanuel Lutheran Church west of Radcliffe.

Mabel was employed for a number of years as a nurse at Iowa State Soldiers Home in Marshalltown, Iowa, later going to Clear Lake to help care for her elderly parents for the rest of their lives. After the death of her parents (her father in 1947 and her mother in 1966) she and her sister, Ida, continued to reside in Clear Lake until April 1982 when Mabel entered the Bethany Manor Care Center in Story City.

Mabel enjoyed reading, including her Bible which she had read through several times. She was a kind and happy person from childhood to old age.

Mabel is survived by her sisters, Harriet Olsen, Marshalltown, Ida Amundson, Story City, and one brother, Leroy Amundson and his wife, Agnes, Kensett, Iowa; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, Josephine Heng, Amy Linn and Laura Rickman; two brothers, Thomas Amundson and Oscar Amundson.

The organist at the service was Karen Harthan and the soloist was Marilyn Sadler.

Pall bearers were Howard Amundson Leonard Amundson, Harold Amundson, Warren Amundson, Ivan Miller and Chester Amundson.

Savannah Sue Manley, seven-month-old daughter of Tom and Angela Manley, of Ventura, Iowa, died Sunday, Dec. 14,1997 at North Iowa Mercy Health Center, East Campus, Mason City, lowa.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dee. 18, 1997 at the United Methodist Church in Ventura with the Rev. David Gobeli as officiant. Dorothy Schnuelle will be organist. Grandfathers Jerry Flo and Bill Manley will be casketbearers.

Burial will be in Salem Memorial Cemetery north of Lake Mills, Iowa.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel, 160 E. 4th St, Garner, lowa.

Savannah Sue Manley was born May 15, 1997 at Albert Lea, Minn., the daughter of Tom E. and Angela K. Manley.

She is survived by her parents Tom and Angela Manley of Ventura; a brother, Travis Wayne Manley and a sister, Samantha Flo Manley, both of Ventura; maternal grandparents, Jan Thomas of Palm Springs, Calif and Jerry Flo of Bullhead City, Ariz.; paternal grandparents, Bill and Linda Manley of Gooding, Ind.; maternal great-grandparents, Lester and Anna Flo of Lake Mills and John and Arelly Badje of Albert Lea, Minn.; paternal great-grandparent, Delores Clawson of Twin Falls, Ind.; and many aunts and uncles.

Pauline Edith Kroneman, 80, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 1997 at the Muse Norris Inpatient Unit in Mason City, Iowa.

Funeral services were held Thursday, Dec. 18, 1997, at 1:30 p.m. at the St. John’s Lutheran Church, Rock Township, Mitchell County, Iowa with Rev. Rose Marie Lewis officiating. Burial was in the St. Ansgar Cemetery, St. Ansgar, Iowa. The Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, was in charge.

Pauline Edith Thompson was born at Plainfield, Iowa on March 16, 1917, to Eugene Ellsworth Thompson and Lucille Holmes Thompson. She was baptized into the Christian faith on Dec. 8, 1940 (which 50 years later became the same birth date as her one granddaughter) at St. John’s Lutheran Church and was also confirmed then by Pastor F. C. Ide. In 1919 the family moved to a farm one and one-half miles northeast of St. Ansgar. She attended Spring Valley rural school graduating from St. Ansgar High School in 1934. Pauline then graduated from St. Ann’s Business College in LeSueur, Minn.

She was united in marriage to Alvin George Kroneman on April 14, 1940 at St. John’s Lutheran Church. He brought her to the life she loved, farming. As a youngster, Pauline followed in her father’s footsteps learning to love the great outdoors and love of animals and nature. This love of the land was passed on to their only son, Allan Dean Kroneman. Alvin and Pauline farmed in Rock Township for nearly 40 years with special interest in cattle. She served the county as 4-H leader of the "Core Girls" for 15 years. Showing cattle at State Fair was a highlight for many years. Upon retirement in 1976 they built a home in St. Ansgar.

Pauline took great pride in her retirement years in maintaining well groomed flower beds and landscaping at her home and around town. Restoration and preservation of nature were an important part of her life. You could see her feeding her birds and then watching them with her binoculars. She was a member of the Garden Club, Women’s Club, served on the days of elections and served as a member of the Osage Faith Home Board.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her husband, Alvin, of St. Ansgar; one child, Allan and his wife, Joann; and one granddaughter, Jennie Jo Kroneman all of rural Clear Lake, Iowa; one sister, Mrs. John (Frances) Patterson; nieces and nephews.

Arthur Dale Merwin, 80, Clear Lake, Iowa, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1997 at the Willowcreek Health and Rehabilitation Center, Mason City, Iowa.

Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 22 at the Evangelical Free Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Tim Merwin and the Rev. David Wiersbe officiating. Burial was in the Grant Center Township Cemetery, rural Fertile, Iowa. Those planning an expression sympathy may direct memorials to the Arthur Dale Merwin Memorial Fund.

Arthur Dale Merwin was born on Dec. 31, 1916 at Jasper, Texas, the son of Chauncey and Alice (Eyestone) Merwin. He attended various schools in Texas before moving to Des Moines, Iowa, in the late 1920s. He moved to Clear Lake in October 1933 and started driving trucks with his dad.

On June 24, 1939 he married Mabel Van Hoosen at her home in Clear Lake.

Arthur was employed by the Milwaukee Railroad in 1942 and worked there for 35 years until his retirement in 1978. After this he drove a school bus.

He enjoyed railroading and traveling and driving his school bus. He was a member of the Assembly of God, and a lifetime member of the United Transportation Union.

He is survived by a son, Larry Merwin and his wife, Hilda, Titusville, Fla; three daughters, Marilyn Jackson and her husband, Eugene, Greensburg, Ind., Glenys Schloemer and her husband, Al, Mason City, Phyllis Rush and her husband, Robert, Mason City; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; nine sisters, Helen Anderson, Clear Lake, Kathryn "Kit" Zirbel and her husband, Stan, Clear Lake, Ruth Hill and her husband, Richard, Clear Lake, Jane Levisay and her husband, Jim, Ponca, Neb., Doris Bowman and her husband, Johnny, Jackson, Tenn., Carol Mae Wilson and her husband, E. C., Jackson, Tenn., Althea McClendon, Henderson, Tenn., Sara Lyon and her husband, Ed, Memphis, Tenn., Pauline "Honey" Milam and her husband, Sam, Paducah, Ky.; three brothers, Chaunce "Jim" Merwin, Clear Lake, Ralph Merwin and his wife, Helen, Franklin, Tenn., Paul "Bud" Merwin and his wife, Tillie, McKenzie, Tenn.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mabel on June 30, 1997; his parents; one sister, Elizabeth "Betty" Ebaugh; one brother, David Merwin; and one son-in-law, Edgar Randolph.

Stella Margaret Trimble, 89, of Clear Lake, Iowa, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 1997 at the Good Shepherd Care Center, Mason City, Iowa.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 22, at the First Congregational Church, 205 West 10th Ave. North, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Thomas Healey officiating. Burial was in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City. The Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.

The family of Stella Margaret Trimble has requested that memorial contributions be made to Hospice of North Iowa in her memory.

Stella Margaret Trimble was born on Dec. 17, 1907, in Garner, Iowa, the daughter of Jacob John and Ida Elizabeth Viola (Eddy) Becker. She attended and received her education in the Mason City School System, graduating from Mason City High School in 1927. She also attended and received her teaching certificate from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa. After completing her education she taught school for three years in rural Clear Lake. She was united in marriage to Roy Elmer Trimble on Feb. 20, 1931, in Albert Lea, Minn. He preceded her in death in 1980. In the early 1940s they moved to Sacramento, Calif., where she stayed while her husband was in the service, moving back to Iowa in 1946, farming in rural Swaledale, before moving to Sacramento, Calif., in 1957, working for the State of California Motor Vehicle Drivers License Division until her retirement in 1969. In 1979, they moved back to Clear Lake.

She enjoyed traveling, gardening and animals.

She was a member of the First Congregational Church in Clear Lake and the Clear Lake Rebekah’s Lodge.

She is surived by a son, Robert Trimble and his wife, Donna, Sacramento, Calif.; a daughter, Mary Jo Stricklan and her husband, Dave of Southerlin, Ore.; three grandchildren, Tina Marie Trimble, Nadine Rene Abdeen and Terry Trimble, all of Sacremento; 16 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; one niece, Luella Bacon and her husband, Carrol, Osage Beach, Mo., Tom Fretty and his wife, Jean, of Kensett, and Jake Fretty and his wife, Bev, of Fairmont, Minn., as well as other relatives and friends.