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MARCILLE HEAGEL
MANLY - Marcille Heagel, 77, died Saturday (July 3, 1999) at Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa, Mason City.
Her body was cremated. There will be no services held at this time.
Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. NE, Mason City, is in charge of arrangements - (515) 423-2372.
JOHN W. AIRD
CHARLES CITY - John W. Aird, 88, of 2625 210th St., died Saturday (July 3, 1999) at his home.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hauser Funeral Home, Charles City, with the Rev. Diane Christopher, senior pastor of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Charles City, officiating. Burial will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens south of Charles City.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City, where the family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday. Visitation will continue from 9 a.m. until the service time at the funeral home Tuesday.
SHIRLEY M. SHANNON
MASON CITY - Shirley M. Shannon, 70, of 1228 N. Adams Ave., died Thursday (July 1, 1999) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory , 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, with the Rev. Glen Bandel of Church of Christ officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery , Mason City.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory and will resume Tuesday until the time of the service.
Memorials may be directed to the Shirley M. Shannon Memorial Fund.
Shirley M. Shannon was born Oct. 31, 1928, the daughter of Burr and Ina (Hunsley) Jones in Mason City. She graduated from Mason City High School in 1947.
She was united in marriage to John Shannon on Jan. 5, 1948, and to this union four children were born.
Shirley worked at the VFW Post No. 733 for 12 years and then for Marshall and Swift, retiring in 1990. After retirement she worked at Charlie Brown Daycare and the Discovery Shop.
She was a member of AARP and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. Shirley enjoyed playing cards, her grandchildren and visiting friends. She will be sadly missed by her children and grandchildren for all the special things that she did for them throughout the years.
Shirley is survived by three daughters, Maureen "Reenie" Skellenger and her husband, Tom, Clear Lake, Tammy Carpenter and her husband, Raymond, Mason City, and Michele Shannon, Mason City; four grandsons, Mitch Skellenger and friend, Dawn Neff, Clear Lake, Shay Carpenter and Dillon Carpenter, Mason City, and Jordan Shannon, Mason City; one granddaughter, Jamie Carpenter, Mason City; and friend, Aaron Sheehan; two brothers, Doc Jones, Yucca Valley, Calif., and Robert Jones, Pamona, Calif.; special "grandson," Adam Kline, San Diego, Calif.; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, John Shannon in 1956; and a sister, Maxine Willcox.
GLADYS E. SEEFELD
MASON CITY - Gladys E. Seefeld, 84, of 1037 19th St. SW, died Thursday (July 1, 1999) at the I.O.O.F. Home.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, with the Rev. Douglas Anderson of First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Clear Lake Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory and will continue on Tuesday until service time.
Memorials may be directed to the Gladys E. Seefeld Memorial Fund.
Gadys was born Oct. 31, 1914, at Iowa Falls, the daughter of Leon Wilbur and Netttie (Keller) Mulford. She graduated from Iowa Falls High School.
During World War II she lived in California and worked in the defense factory as a riveter. She moved to Mason City in 1954 and was employed at Penney's, Damon's, Park Clinic, United Home Bank and K-Mart, retiring in 1983.
Gladys enjoyed knitting, crafts, bingo and playing cards. After giving up her home, she moved to Willow Pointe for several months before entering the I.O.O.F. Home.
She is survived by her daughter, Charlene Jensen and her husband, James, Mason City; a son, Wilbur Whitman and his wife, Darlene, Bella Vista, Ark.; grandchildren, Pamela Rohrbacher and her husband, John, Minneapolis, David Jensen and his wife, Kathryn, Blaine, Minn., Jayne Worsfold, Marshalltown, Vicki Nelson and her husband, Max, Marshalltown, and Robert Whitman, Iowa City; great-grandchildren, Adam Rohrbacher, Minneapolis, Kyle Worsfold, Marshalltown, and Megan, Melissa, Melanie and Micheala Nelson, Marshalltown; a brother, Lloyd Mulford, Eagle Grove; two sisters, Violet Meyer, Ackley, and Lois Izer, Mason City; and a sister-in-law, Bess Mulford, Iowa Falls.
Gladys was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; brothers, Milo and Ray Mulford; and sister, Irene Hoelscher.
DR. PERRY L. UHL
VERMILLION, S.D. -Dr. Perry L. Uhl, 61, died Friday (July 2, 1999) at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., from complications of cancer.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Vermillion, with burial at 5 p.m. in Amsterdam Township Cemetery
at Kanawha.
Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Monday at the church with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Funeral arrangements were completed by Hansen Funeral Home, Vermillion, S. D., (605) 624-2829.
Perry was born July 4, 1937, in Rodney, to Russell and Florence (Ferdig) Uhl. He graduated from the Smithland High School in 1955.
He married Janice Kraft on June 4, 1961, in Corwith. He received his bachelor of arts from Westmar College in LeMars in 1959 and his master of arts degree from Colorado State College in Greeley in 1963. He earned his doctor of philosophy from Iowa State University in Ames in 1988.
Perry was an Iowa educator for more than 28 years. He served as a teacher and coach in the school districts of Anthon-Oto (1959-60) and Corwith (1960-63). He was a principal in Roland (1963-66), before becoming Superintendent of Schools at Story City (1966-69), Roland-Story (1969-74), Estherville (1974-78), and Northwood-Kensett schools (1978-87). He was a graduate assistant at Iowa State University while working on his Ph.D. in 1987-88. For the past 11 years, he was a Professor of Educational Administration at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.
Dr. Uhl was active in many professional and community organizations. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and was currently serving as a deacon. He just completed a five-year term on the South East South Dakota Activities Center (SESDAC) Board. He was a member of the South Dakota Beadle Club, and also belonged to the American Association of School Administrators, Phi Delta Kappa, School Administrators of South Dakota, South Dakota School Superintendents' Association of Curriculum and Development Midwest Council of Education Administration, and National Staff Development Council. He was a 21-year member of the Iowa Association of School Administrators serving as president 1984-85. He was an active member of Chamber and Development Boards in each community he served as superintendent of schools. He also served on several church boards and had been a Sunday school teacher.
Survivors include his mother, Florence Ruchti, of Mapleton; his wife, Jan, of Vermillion; one son, David and his wife, JoEllen, of Eden Prairie, Minn.; and one daughter, Deborah and her husband, Tim Reisner, of Minneapolis. He is also survived by one brother, Wilfred and his wife, Betty Uhl, of Smithland, and one sister, Norma and her husband, Duane Reed, of Atlantic. Also surviving him are six grandchildren, Taylor and Katelyn Uhl, and John, Zachary, Hannah and Noah Kraft.
He was preceded in death by his father, Russell; stepfather, Merle Ruchti; a brother, Ron; and his parents-in-law, Carl and Martha Kraft.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be directed to the Dr. Perry L. Uhl Scholarship Fund at the University of South Dakota.
RICHARD W. SULLIVAN
PLATTSBURG, Mo. - Richard W. Sullivan, 65, died Friday (July 2, 1999) at Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Mo., after a lengthy illness.
The funeral ceremony will be held at 11:30 a.m.Tuesday at St. Ann's Catholic Church, Plattsburg, Mo. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery , Plattsburg. The Cox Funeral Home, Plattsburg, is in charge of arrangements.
Sullivan was born Dec. 8, 1933, in Mexico, Mo., to John and Ada Sullivan. He graduated from St. Brendan High School, Mexico, in 1952, and then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force.
During the Korean conflict, he served as a Korean translator in Japan and Korea. He was a graduate of the National Security Agency Language School, Washington, D.C.
After his military service, Sullivan studied journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism and received a bachelor's degree in 1960. He met his wife, Carolyn Kincaid, at the university. They were married on Dec. 26, 1959.
Sullivan began his journalism career as a sportswriter for the Mason City Globe-Gazette in 1960. He was later appointed assistant sports editor. In 1967, Sullivan moved to the news staff of the Globe-Gazette, covering city and county government, as well as other areas. He was appointed city editor in 1974. Sullivan received several journalism awards during his career, including the Associated Press Managing Editor's Sweepstakes Award for news writing in 1970 and 1976. One award was for a story he wrote after posing as a volunteer patient in a psychiatric ward of a Mason City hospital. He also wrote a popular column called "I Don't Know, Too," for many years.
Sullivan retired from the Globe-Gazette in 1986, and he and his wife moved to her hometown of Plattsburg. In Plattsburg, Sullivan was active in the local chapter of the Knights of Columbus, serving as financial secretary for several years, and with the Plattsburg American Legion post. He also was a volunteer for Meals On Wheels. He was a member of the St. Ann's Church, Plattsburg.
Sullivan is survived by his wife; three sons, Steven, of Des Moines, Rick, of Chicago, and Michael, of Los Angeles; one daughter, Sally, of Mason City; two grandchildren, Jordon and Brittany, also of Mason City; a sister-in-law, Callie Sullivan, of Portland, Ore.; an aunt, Margarite Sullivan, of Mexico; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Kenneth and Donald; a sister, Betty Pearson; and his parents-in-law, Alvis and Carrie Kincaid, Plattsburg.
Memorials may be sent to the Richard Sullivan Memorial Fund, 702 Lark St., Plattsburg, Mo., 64477.
BERT DUCKWORTH
IOWA FALLS - Bert Duckworth, 83, died Saturday (July 3, 1999) at the Cedar Falls Care Center.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 Tuesday at Linn's Funeral Home, Iowa Falls, with the Rev. Clyde Caselton of the First Church of God, Iowa Falls, officiating.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Linn's Funeral Home, where family will receive friends between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m.
Linn's Funeral Home - (515) 648-2569
WILLIAM E. BLOME
BUCKEYE - William E. Blome, 57, of rural Buckeye, died Thursday (July 1, 1999) at his home.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, Buckeye. Burial will be in the Alden, Iowa, Cemetery.
Visitation was from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday at Linn's Funeral Home, Iowa Falls. The family received friends between 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday.
Linn's Funeral Home - (515) 648-2569
GEORGE E. DRABEK
BRITT - George E. Drabek, 75, died Saturday (July 3, 1999) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City.
Funeral arrangements are pending at Ewing Funeral Home, Britt.
