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Clear Lake, Iowa — Lois Trimble, 89, Clear Lake, Iowa, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa.
A funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 13, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 1001 Ninth Ave S., Clear Lake, Iowa, with the Rev. John Gossman and Monsignor John Hemann co-celebrating.
Visitation will be held Friday from 5 until 7 p.m., with a scriptural wake service at 6:30 p.m. at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, and one hour prior to the service at the church.
Interment will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery, Highway 122 W., Mason City, Iowa.
Memorials may be given to the Lois Trimble Memorial Fund.
Lois was born on the family farm near Wesley, Iowa, on Feb. 15, 1924, the daughter of Anthony Joseph and Oma Elizabeth (Downs) Hildman. She attended first grade in Whittemore, and second through eighth grade in parochial school in Wesley. She graduated from Wesley High School in 1942, then graduated from Hamilton Business College in Mason City, Iowa. She worked for the Globe Gazette in the Classified Advertising Department for four years.
Lois married Morris Trimble on Oct. 8, 1947, in Wesley, Iowa. She worked with her husband at Forest City Aviation Inc. from 1971 to 1992. She loved gardening, was an avid reader, enjoyed sewing and her Busy Bee Club. Lois was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Clear Lake, Iowa.
Lois is survived by her husband, Morris Trimble, Clear Lake, Iowa; five children: James David (Diane) Trimble, Iowa City, Iowa, Thomas John (Elvira) Trimble, Champlin, Minn., Nancy Ann (Steven) Toepfer, Oacoma, S.D., Richard LaVerne (Theresa) Trimble, Forest City, Iowa, and Ted Allen (Lori Hackbarth) Trimble, Clear Lake, Iowa; 11 grandchildren: Alicia (Ian Patterson) Trimble, John Trimble, Jake (Stephanie) Trimble, Heather (Jesse Amundson) Trimble, Christine Mallare, Davine Trimble, Eric Toepfer, Amber (Jason) Stone, Tyler (Maggie) Trimble, Tricia Trimble and Josh (Brook Lauren) Trimble; two great-grandchildren: Evan and Breah Trimble; brother, Dennis (Glenda) Hildman, Northwood, Iowa; sister, Joyce Sankey, Britt, Iowa; and several nieces and nephews.
Lois was preceded in death by her parents; infant son, Sidney Allen Trimble; and two brothers: Kenneth and Larry Hildman.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fouth St., Clear Lake IA 50428; 641-357-2193; ColonialChapels.com.