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Glenn R. Johnson, 83, 9727 Wheelerwood Rd., Clear Lake, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2003 at his home. A graveside service will be held Thursday, Nov. 6, 11 a.m. at the Clear Lake Cemetery with the Rev. Dennis Ganz officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Clear Lake V.F.W. Visitation will be held Wednesday, Nov 5, 5 - 7 p.m. at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake. Memorials may be given to the Glenn R. Johnson Memorial Fund.
Glenn was born Feb. 28, 1920, in Rockwell, Iowa, the son of Ethan Edward and Edna Maude (Barnhill) Johnson. He attended school in Rockwell. He worked in the Civilian Conservation Corp. at Hampton, Beeds Lake. He served in the U.S. Army during WW II. He worked for Northwestern Cement in the laboratory for over 33 years, retiring in 1982. Glenn married
Gladys Smith July 25, 1943 in Oscelo, Ark. They moved to Clear Lake in 1954.
Glenn loved to fish. He was a former member of the Clear Lake V.F.W.
Glenn is survived by his sister, Marvyl Pickens, Clover City, Calif.; his brother, Floyd C. Johnson and his wife, Mary, Mason City, Iowa; special friend, Bette Litzel, Clear Lake; three grandchildren, Tracy English and her husband, Kirk, New Richland, Minn., Bobbie James and her husband, Jason, Clear Lake and Levi Litzel, Clear Lake; eight great-grandchildren, Ashley and Brianna James, Clear Lake, Stephanie English, Mason City, Kristina, Heather, Allison and Elizabeth English all of New Richland, and Christina Litzel of Clear Lake.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, and brother.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, is in charge of arrangements.
Gladys Edna Tesene, 90 of rural Mason City, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa. Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 7, at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Tom Healey, Chaplain Hospice of North Iowa officiating. Burial was in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, rural Rockwell, Iowa. Memorials may be given to the Gladys E. Tesene Memorial Fund.
Gladys was born July 14, 1913 at Swaledale, Iowa, the daughter of Louis F. and Edna Mary (England) Kruggel. She graduated from Swaledale High School and attended Iowa State Teacher's College, Cedar Falls where she received her teachers certificate. Gladys was married
to Walter K. Tesene on June 4, 1932 in Nashua, Iowa. She lived in Swaledale for 18 years and rural Clear Lake for 72 years. Gladys was a member of the Home Improvement Club, Swaledale Federated Garden Club, CCIC Club, DD Club and Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake.
Gladys is survived by two daughters, Nadine Drennan and her husband, Bill, New Sharon, Iowa, and Leanne Teachey and her husband, Doyle, Hilliard, Fla.; and two sons, David Tesene and his wife, Jan, Manhattan, Kan. and Jay Tesene, Carson City, Nev.; grandchildren, David and Abby Tesene, Manhattan, Kan., Brian and Lorraine Tesene, Manhattan, Kan., Kathleen and Kelly Allen, Seattle, Wash., Heather Drennan and James Bowles, Seattle, Wash., Mike and Denise Moss, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Judy Moss, Washington, D.C., Suzanne and Tim Hightower, Spearfish, S.D., Kris and Carter Baldwin, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Angie Sturm, South Lake Tahoe, Nev., and Thomas Sturm, Omaha, Neb.; great-grandchildren, Wesley Tesene, Michael Tesene, Rachel Tesene, Aza Allen, Bella Allen, Avery Drennan, Milo Bowles, Finn Bowles, Caleb Hightower, Samantha Hightower, Jaden Hightower, Corey Baldwin and Kayli Baldwin; a sister, Peggy S. Kruempel, Chatfield, Minn., and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Tesene; a brother, Louis Kruggel, and her parents, Louis and Edna Kruggel.
Mary Lu Maguire, 76, a resident of the Willows in Mason City, Iowa and formerly of Urbandale, Iowa died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003, at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Mason City.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, at the Walnut Hills United Methodist Church in Urbandale. Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to the service. Private burial services will follow at the I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Indianola, Iowa.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, is in charge of the arrangements.
Mary Lu was born on Feb. 15, 1927, in Wayne County, Iowa, the daughter of Glenn and Wessie (Fulton) Conner. She graduated from Chariton High School and Drake University with an elementary education major. She married
Charles Maguire on March 30, 1956 in Des Moines.
Mary Lu taught school for 36 years, first in a one-room Warren County country school and then at Windsor and Woodlawn Elementary Schools in Des Moines. She retired from teaching in 1984.
Mary Lu enjoyed traveling, knitting, reading, baking and loved spending time with family and friends.
She was a member of Walnut Hills United Methodist Church, P.E.O. Chapter IE, and various educational associations.
Left to cherish her memory is her husband, Charles Maguire of Urbandale and the Willows in Mason City; one son, Paul (Penny) Maguire of Sun City, Az.; one daughter, Deborah (James) Stanton of Clear Lake; four grandchildren, Todd (Erica) Maguire of Boise, Idaho, Jerrod Maguire (Kelly Kowalczyk) of Phoenix, Az., Mark (Melinda) Stanton of Lincoln, Neb. and Melissa Stanton of Iowa City; two great-grandchildren, Beck Maguire and Makenna Stanton; one brother, Robert K. (Marcie) Conner of Indianola, Iowa; one niece, Dee Gee (David) Blair, of Cherokee, Iowa; three great-nieces, Jennifer, Elizabeth and Kathleen; and many special cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Jean J. Hahesy, 64, of Manchester, Iowa, died on Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at her home in her sleep. Services will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, at the Manchester United Methodist Church with the Rev. Andy Baldwin officiating. Burial will be at the Hansel Cemetery in Garber, Iowa.
Jean was born April 1, 1939, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Francis J. and Nellie J. (Hill) Hansel. She graduated from Manchester High School in 1958. On Oct. 16, 1958, Jean was united in marriage to William D. Hahesy at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Manchester. Five children were born to this union. They settled in Manchester, where Jean was a homemaker. The couple later divorced. Jean drove school bus for West Delaware Schools for thirteen years.
Jean was a member of the Manchester V.F.W. Auxiliary. Her hobbies included genealogy, woodcrafts and collecting owls. She enjoyed spending time with her family and grandchildren.
Jean is survived by her parents, Francis and Nellie Hansel of Manchester; five
children and their spouses, Debra and Ed Simon of Clear Lake, Bill Hahesy and fiancée, Kendra Carpenter of Masonville, Barb and Lonnie Aulwes of Strawberry Point, Richard Hahesy of Manchester, and Daniel and Amy Hahesy of Manchester; twenty grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Joyce Hansel of Marion, Iowa; two brothers, Jim and Wanda Hansel of Cedar Rapids and Larry and Mary Hansel of Manchester; and special friends, Milo and Leona Letts, Charlotte and Oscar Hicks, Delpha and Jamie Ostrander, Jeff Penney, Bunk Sickels and Donnie.
Jean was preceded in death by an infant son, Dennis Hahesy, in 1961.
Friends can sign an online guest book for Jean at www.murdochfuneralhome.com.
Pauline I. Bagenstos, 83, 3119 Main Ave., Clear Lake, died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003, at Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at the First Congregational Church, 205 W. 10th Ave N., with the Rev. Thomas Healey officiating. Burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 - 7 p.m. on Wednesday with a Beta Sigma Phi service at 5 p.m. at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake.
The family of Pauline I. Bagenstos has requested that memorial contributions may be given to the First Congregational Church, Clear Lake, Union Congregational Church, Hackensack, Minn., or to Hospice of North Iowa in her memory.
Pauline was born Jan. 6, 1920, in LaPorte City, Benton County, Iowa, the daughter of Earl S. and Catherine (Wilson) Young. She graduated from LaPorte City High School in 1938 and attended business college in Waterloo, Iowa. She married
Earle Bagenstos March 9, 1944 in San Antonia, Texas. Pauline and her husband owned the Watertower Paint and Repair Co., where she was the stenographer and bookkeeper for five years. She enjoyed fishing, hunting with her husband, nature, as well as traveling.
Pauline was an active member of P.E.O. Chapter LE, 21st Century Club, Beta Sigma Phi, Clear Lake Women's Club, and the Clear Lake Christian Women's Club. She was also a 50 member of Thistle Rebekah Lodge. Pauline was a current member of the First Congregational Church, Clear Lake.
Pauline is survived by her sister, Emma Turner and her husband, Warren, Hudson, Iowa; 10 nieces and nephews; as well as other relatives and many special friends.
Pauline is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Earle in 1967; three brothers, George, Russell and Robert, and a sister, Frances Kruse.
Alfred Larson, 90, 903 9th Ave S., Clear Lake, died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003 at the Knett Medical Center, Weslaco, Texas. A funeral service will be held Saturday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m., at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church, 508 2nd Ave N., with the Rev. Jan Burnett officiating. Visitation will be held 6 - 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 14. Interment will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Alfred Larson Memorial Fund.
Alfred was born March 8, 1913, in Clear Lake, the son of Andrew Peter and Lena Rebecca (Kittleson) Larson. He worked for the family business, Larson Masonry on Independence St., (which is now 9th Ave S). He later went into business with his brothers, Roy Larson and Merle Larson, doing cement and plastering until his retirement.
Alfred married
Anna Mae Kurtz April 20, 1935. They had a daughter, Beverly. Anna died in 1988.
Alfred married
Jeanyce Jacobs on Dec. 31, 1991 in Weslaco, Texas. They spent their winters in Magic Valley Trailer Court, Weslaco.
Alfred's hobbies included flower gardening, especially with iris's and gladiola's, hunting, fishing and working around his cottage in Red Wing, Minn. He was a member and past officer of the I.O.O.F., and member of the United Methodist Church.
Alfred is survived by his wife, Jeanyce Larson, Clear Lake; daughter, Beverly Elder, Mason City, Iowa; grandchildren, Elizabeth Villafana and her husband, Manny, Wayzata, Minn., Sarah Lyons and her husband, Dennis, Winnetka, Ill., and Jennifer Keough and her husband, Michael, Whitefish Bay, Wis.; eight great-grandchildren, Elisa and Manuela Villafana and Elizabeth, Gabrielle, and Alexandra Lyons and Kathryne, Patrick and Charles Keough; brothers, Merle Larson and Roy Larson, Clear Lake; step-children Kathy Hinrichs and her husband, Gene, Ventura and Mary Hicks and her husband, Sherman, Hackett, Ark.; step-grandchildren, Scott Hinrichs and his wife, Heidi and Sarah Thein and her husband, Doug, Ventura, Iowa and Roxanne Parker and her husband, Wayne, Greenwood, Ark.
Alfred is preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Anna Mae, on April 27, 1988; two sisters and three brothers.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.
Bonnie Maxine Starkey, 74, of Clear Lake, died suddenly and unexpectedly in her home Friday, November 7, 2003. She was a source of inspiration, guidance, comfort and love to her family and others whose lives she touched. A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held Friday, Nov. 14, 1 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 112 N 4th St., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Dean Hess and the Rev. Edward Starkey officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday, Nov. 13 from 7 - 9 p.m. at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Funeral Chapel and one hour preceding the service at the church. Interment will be held at the Clear Lake Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church and the American Diabetes Association in her name.
Bonnie, daughter of Joe and Irene Cook, was born on Aug. 26, 1929 near Forest City, Iowa. She spent her entire life living in north central Iowa. She graduated with the class of 1946 from Forest City High School and completed her teacher's training at Waldorf College. Following this, Bonnie taught school in a one-room country schoolhouse outside of Forest City in the same area where she was raised. She then taught fifth and sixth grade in Clarion, Iowa.
Bonnie and Robert Starkey were married
June 14, 1952 in Forest City. Their wedding was the first ever held in what was then the new United Methodist Church. They enjoyed 51 blessed years together. She was a devoted wife, cherished mother, loving grandmother, and caring daughter. Bonnie was very proud of her family and treasured the times they spent together.
Bonnie retired from teaching full time to raise her children but for nearly two decades was a frequent substitute elementary school teacher in the Clear Lake Public Schools. She also sold World Book encyclopedias and Wanda Chair baby equipment to hundreds of families across north central Iowa. For 18 years, Bonnie focused her energy and passion on a women's retail clothing store, "Dawne's" on Main Street in Clear Lake. She enjoyed the challenge of owning and operating this with her husband, Bob. They retired in 2000.
Zion Lutheran has been Bonnie's church family for 51 years. She was active in her church and served as president of the Zion Lutheran Church Women and was a member of the church council. Additionally, Bonnie spent several years as a wedding planner at the church. She was active in various charities. She also played a critical role in helping a community of displaced people from Laos establish a new home in Clear Lake. Her faith, strength, convictions, and nurturing character are well known. She was loved by many and will be missed by countless people whose lives she influenced.
She is survived by her mother, Irene Cook, Clear Lake; son, Dr. Randall Starkey and his wife, Mary Jo, San Francisco, Calif.; daughter, Dawne Starkey Sipe and her husband Dr. James Sipe, Golden Valley, Minn.; grandchildren, Joe and Jenna Starkey and Rachel and Christopher Sipe; brother-in-law, Richard Starkey and his wife, Judy, Ft. Francis, Canada; and several cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and friends.
Her husband, Bob, who died July 21 of this year and her father, Joe Cook, preceded Bonnie in death.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.
Debbie Kay Frank, 47, 214 Mars Hill Dr., Clear Lake, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa. Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 14, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake. The Rev. Ed. Bartz officiated. Following the service she was cremated. Inurnment will take place at Indian Mound Cemetery, Humboldt, Iowa, at a later date. Memorials may be given to the Debbie K. Frank Memorial Fund in c/o Ada Hill, 214 Mars Hill Dr., Clear Lake, IA 50428.
Debbie was born July 10, 1957, in Algona, Iowa, the daughter of Lynn and Eugenia (Bosch) Tobey. At the time of her death she was working at Liberty Square in Nora Springs.
Debbie is survived by her husband, Randy Frank; children, Sean and Brandon Frank, and Adam, Angie and Drew Rosendahl; granddaughter, Alexis Rosendahl; siblings, Ada Hill, Bonnie Scheibel and her husband, Rudy, Terry Tobey and his wife, Ozzie, and Dwayne Tobey and his wife, Becky; sisterin-law, Darlene Tobey; and many nieces and nephews.
Debbie was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Janice VanHorn and Connie Funk; brothers, Richard Tobey and infant brother, Bruce Tobey.
Helen J. Guingrich, 99, of 7 Marflow St., Ventura, Iowa, formerly of Dallas, Wis., died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.
Funeral Services were held Monday, Nov. 17, at Ventura United Methodist Church with the Rev. Audrey Young officiating. Interment was Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the New Hope-Pine Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery in Ridgeland, Wis.
Helen Josephine (Johnson) Guingrich was born the eldest of five children to John and Hilda (Lee) Johnson on May 23, 1904 at Ridgeland, Wis. She attended a country school in the Ridgeland area and then moved to Detroit. There she met her future husband, Chester R. Guingrich, and they were wed on May 14, 1927 in Detroit. To this union was born one child, Gloria. When the depression hit they moved to Milwaukee where Chester could find work and she found employment at Sears and Roebuck. She worked as a school cook for the Underwood School in Wauwatosa, Wis. In 1952 they moved to a family farm near Dallas, Wis. and she continued as a cook for the Dallas School. Her greatest love and enjoyment was being with family and friends. Dancing with Chester was something she enjoyed. An active gardener and avid berry picker, she always had a sense of where there were berries to be picked for her jams and jellies which she shared with her grandchildren. Lefse, bread, and donuts were her particular specialties in the kitchen. Her daily dinners with the Ventura Senior Citizens were a regular source of enjoyment. There was nothing better than having coffee and a plate of fresh cookies with her family and friends. Her church membership remained in the Ridgeland Methodist Church in Wisconsin, but she thoroughly enjoyed the fellowship at the Ventura United Methodist Church.
Those thankful in sharing Helen's life include her only daughter, Gloria and her husband, Ivan Taylor, Ventura; her six grandchildren, Pam Schmidt and her husband, Gary, Tucson, Az., Tom Taylor and his wife, Else, Ventura, Peggy Baldwin and her husband, Mark, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Patty Keller and her husband, Brett, Vista, Calif., Penny Sturges and her husband, Doug, Rockwell, Iowa and Tim Taylor and his wife, Denise, Dallas, Texas; 20 great- grandchildren, many brother and sister-in-laws and nieces and nephews.
She was proceeded in death by her husband, Chester in 1990; three sisters, Isabelle Moen, Alice Beiswanger, Nellie O. Flannagan and one brother, Arnold Johnson.
Virginia Nell Summers, 91, of Clear Lake and formerly of West Des Moines, Iowa, died Friday, Nov. 14, 2003 at Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake. A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held Thursday, Nov. 20, 2 p.m., at Clear Lake United Methodist Church, 508 2nd Ave. N, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Jan Burnett officiating. Interment will be Friday, Nov. 21, 2 p.m. at Resthaven Cemetery in West Des Moines, with the Rev. Randy Ehrhardt officiating. A brief visitation will be held in the Mauseleum at Resthaven Cemetery one hour before burial. Visitation will be Wednesday at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, from 2 to 4 p.m. and one hour preceding the service at the church.
Memorials may be made to Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake, Hospice of North Iowa, West Des Moines Christian Church, and Clear Lake United Methodist Church.
Virginia was born Feb. 11, 1912 in Valley Junction, Iowa. She was the sixth of eight children born to William Emerson and Leona May (Blackman) Tuttle. She graduated from Valley High School in 1929 and worked for Dean Studio in Des Moines. She married
Blair S. Summers on Feb. 14, 1945, and their only child, Mary Jane, was born nine months later. Virginia was church secretary at West Des Moines Christian Church, where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday School. She and her husband and many church friends kept a church vital and growing without benefit of modern technology.
Virginia later worked for Look Magazine (Cowles Communications) and Down Computer in Des Moines. She retired in 1974 following the death of her husband and helped to care for an older sister. She moved to Clear Lake in 1994 to make her home with her daughter and family.
She was "Grandma Ginna" to three granddaughters, and in 2000 became a great-grandmother. She lived a simple life, devoted totally to God and to her family. She enjoyed simple pleasures and dearly loved keeping up with her friends and extended families "out East" and "out West" as well as in West Des Moines. She was known for her bean-bag clowns and other craft items, and for her hugs. She was a member of West Des Moines Christian Church and of Clear Lake United Methodist Church.
She is survived by her daughter, Mary Jane Crail and her husband, Larry, of Clear Lake; granddaughters Leslie Lagan and her husband, Kyle, of Lee's Summit, Mo., Dr. Hilary Reynolds of Burlington, Iowa and Abigail Reynolds of Iowa City, Iowa; great-granddaughters, Lauren and Bailey Lagan; her last surviving sibling, Marian A. Williams of Norwalk, Iowa; son-in-law, James Reynolds and his wife, Jane, of Clear Lake; a step-son, Virgil Summers and his wife, Debbie, of Altoona, Penn. and many dear nieces, nephews and in-laws who meant so much to her.
She has joined her husband, Blair; her infant granddaughter, Sarah Julienne Reynolds; her sisters, Gladys, Vivian and Marjorie; brothers, Homer, Clyde and Robert, and many dear relatives and friends. Soli Deo Gloria.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.
Herbert K. Mestad, 79, 5365 170th St., Clear Lake, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2003, at the I.O.O.F. Home, Mason City. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Nov. 20, 10 a.m., with the Rev. Dean Hess officiating. Visitation will be held 4:30 -7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel. Interment will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery, Hwy 122 W, Mason City, Iowa. Memorials may be given to the Herbert Mestad Memorial Fund.
Herbert was born Oct. 2, 1924, in Highlandville, Iowa, the son of Olaf and Alma (Amundson) Mestad. He moved with his parents to a farm south of Clear Lake, then to Rural Ventura, Iowa. He graduated from Ventura High School in 1944. Herbert served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He married
Helen Oettchen in Dec. 7, 1946 in Clear Lake. They farmed in the rural Rockwell area. They moved to a farm south of Clear Lake where he farmed until his retirement.
After his retirement, he enjoyed camping and fishing. He loved his Saturday morning breakfast at Burger King with his brother.
Herbert is survived by his three sons, Lynn Mestad and his wife, Sharon, Clear Lake, Steven Mestad and his wife, Lori, Shakopee, Minn., and Brian Mestad and his wife, Gail, Plymouth, Ind.; a brother, Orval Mestad and his wife, Trina, Clear Lake; a sister, Marlys Davis and her husband, Dean, Apache Jct., Az.; and four grandchildren, Kim Mestad, Clear Lake, Holly Mestad, Shakopee, Minn., Aaron Mestad and Grace Mestad, Plymouth, Ind.
Herbert was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Carl Mestad.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.
Jeremy D. Johnson, age 24, of Nerstrand, Minn., died on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2003 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Jeremy was born on Sept. 5, 1979 in Blue Earth, Minn. to Craig E. and Teresa D. (Dresback) Johnson. He graduated from Faribault High School in 1998 and also from North Hennepin Technical College, Brooklyn Park, Minn. He was employed as a mechanic at Inver Grove Ford and was also a graduate of the Ford Asset Program. Jeremy was involved in stock car racing, serving as the "tire guy" in the pit crew.
He is survived by his parents, Craig and Terri; three siblings, Tracy Johnson, and her fiancé, George Hemphill, of Faribault, Minn., Marcus Johnson and Randall Johnson, both of Nerstrand; grandparents, Beatrice and Ray Smoley of Buffalo Center, Iowa, Clyde Johnson, Sr. of Clear Lake, and Deane and Shirley Dresback of Winterset, Iowa; one great-grandmother, Marcella Johnson, of Mason City, Iowa and many aunts, uncles and extended family members.
