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BLANCHE JUDD
MASON CITY - Blanche Eugenia Judd, 98, of 25 N. Willowgreen Court, died Saturday (July 31, 1999) at the Good Shepherd Health Center. There will be a private family service with interment at Memorial Park Cemetery . There will be no visitation.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the First Presbyterian Church, Mason City.
Blanche was born Jan. 30, 1901, to Dr. Carl and Emma (Carlson) Anderson in St. James, Minn. She graduated from St. James High School and attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. She then worked in Minneapolis, where she met her husband, Maurice (Mickey) Dale Judd. They were married in 1925, at St. James, Minn. They moved to Mason City in 1934, where Mr. Judd was president of Mason City Brick and Tile Co. and Rolfe Products Co. He died in 1956.
In mid-life, Blanche pursued her interest in drawing and painting, studying at the Tucson Watercolor Guild, University of Arizona, and in Florence, Italy.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Chapter IY PEO, Novel Club and UGL Club.
She is survived by her three children, Roger Judd and his wife, Janice, Fairbury, Neb., Stanley Judd and his wife, Sally, Fairbury, Neb., and Sally Judd Waggoner and her husband, Tom, Mason City; 11 grandchildren, Paul Judd of Fairbury, Neb., Cynthia Martinez of Lincoln, Neb., Mickey Judd of Lincoln, Neb., Mary Stapules of Fairbury, Neb., Christine Sipple, New York, NY, Brick Sipple of Tallahassee, Fla., David Judd of Pomona, Kan., Gary Judd of Parksville, Mo., Nancy Judd of Scottsdale, Ariz., Karl Waggoner of Austin, Texas, and Jean Nicholas of Bettendorf; and 15 great-grandchildren, Sarah and Laura Judd, Nathanial and Natalie Stapules, all of Fairbury, Neb., Aaron and Corey Martinez of Lincoln, Neb., Derek and Sean Judd of Parksville, Mo., Nicholas and Brent Judd of Pomona, Kan., Nicole, Steven and Kyle Nicholas of Bettendorf, and Kathryn and Karaline Waggoner of Austin, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Emmanuel, in childhood; three sisters, Berda Eleanor Higgins, Harriet Solheim, and Margrethe Nordgaard; her husband; an infant grandson, Steven Thomas Waggoner; and one great-grandson, Nicholas Stapules.
Major-Erickson Funeral Home and Crematory, (515) 423-0924.
LUDA H. NELSON
MASON CITY - Mrs. John "Luda H." Nelson, 100, died Friday evening (July 30, 1999) at the Heritage Care Center.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Fullerton Patterson James Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E. Officiating will be Elders Cliff Hagman and Fanny Hansen of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Clear Lake. Burial will be in the Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery , Mason City.
The family will receive friends and relatives from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to the Luda Nelson Memorial Fund.
Luda was born on May 27, 1899, near Web, Iowa, in Clay county. She was the daughter of Henry and Luda E. (Cook) Smith. She attended school at Mason City High School and then graduated from Hamilton Business College with a secretarial degree. She then worked at the Milwaukee Railroad freight depot for several years until she was united in marriage to John Allen Nelson on Sept. 19, 1920, in Mason City. She then spent her time raising her family for a short time with her husband in Flint, Mich., before returning to Mason City.
During World War II she worked again for the Milwaukee Railroad in the ticket office from 1942-1947. She was active with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Clear Lake, and she was also past president of the Garfield School PTA. She enjoyed reading good books, which included her well worn Bible,embroidery and quilting, and working in her one acre flower and vegetable garden. She loved cooking for family and friends.
Luda and a friend would take the Milwaukee Line to Charles City to take piano lessons, and during her early years she shared her gift of music playing the saxophone, organ and piano for her church and for silent movies. She stayed active in her later years by being an in-home volunteer, and was involved with the bazaars at Heritage Care Center, where she received a diploma for her assistance.
Those thankful in sharing Luda's long life include her three daughters, Elaine and her husband, Nyhus, Zell and her husband, Weston Cottrell, all of Mason City, and Juanita and her husband, Edward Murrill, Fort Wayne, Ind.; seven grandchildren, Leslie Rish, David and his wife, Carrie Rish, Lannette and her husband, George Calhoun, Mark and his wife, Jennifer Cottrell, Renee and her husband, Bob White, Tom and his wife, Marty Murrill, and Neal and his wife, Sherrie Murrill; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband John in 1964; one daughter, Dorothy Huebner in 1982; and one infant sister, Marguerite.
Fullerton Funeral Home, (515) 423-8676.
EVELYN I. BAHNSEN
PANORA - Evelyn I. Bahnsen, 85, died Sunday (Aug. 1, 1999) at the Panora Nursing and Rehab Center.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Old Stone United Methodist Church, Rock Falls. Burial will be in the Rock Falls Cemetery.
Visitation with the family will be held from 1 p.m. until time of service at the church on Wednesday. The Beidelman Funeral Home, Panora, is in charge of arrangements.
Evelyn I. Bahnsen was born in Cerro Gordo County. She had lived in Panora, Des Moines, Waterloo, Ventura and Rock Falls. She was last employed as a retail sales clerk at the Kimball Ave. Pharmacy in Waterloo.
She is survived by three daughters, Ann Jones of Panora, Mary Jo Lewis of Michigan, and Sheryl Vetter of Stevens Point, Wis.; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a brother, John Schnartz.
VIRGIL (JIGGS) DUREGGER
CLEAR LAKE - Virgil (Jiggs) Duregger, 81, of 5435 S. Shore Drive, died Saturday (July 31, 1999) at the Oakwood Care Center.
Funeral services are tentatively set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., is in charge of arrangements.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, (515) 357-2193.
HOWARD HENTGES
ALGONA - Howard Hentges, 72, died Sunday (Aug. 1, 1999) at University Hospitals, Iowa City.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Cecelia Catholic Church, Algona. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery , Algona.
Visitation will be from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Garry-Roberts-Murphy-Schaaf Funeral Home, Algona. A parish rosary will begin at 5 p.m. and parish prayer service at 7:30 p.m.
LUDA H. NELSON
MASON CITY - Mrs. John "Luda H." Nelson, 100, died Friday evening (July 30, 1999) at the Heritage Care Center.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Fullerton Patterson James Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E. Mason City, with Elders Cliff Hagman and Fanny Hansen, of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Clear Lake, officiating. Interment will be at Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery.
The family received friends and relatives from 3 until 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to the Luda Nelson Memorial Fund.
Luda was born on May 27, 1899, near Webb, Iowa, in Clay County. She was the daughter of Henry and Luda E. (Cook) Smith. She attended school at Mason City High School and then graduated from Hamilton Business College with a secretarial degree.
She then worked at the Milwaukee Railroad freight depot for several years until she was united in marriage to John Allen Nelson on September 19, 1920, in Mason City. She then spent her time raising her family for a short time with her husband in Flint, Mich., before returning to Mason City. During World War II, she worked again for the Milwaukee Railroad in the ticket office, from 1942 to 1947.
She was active with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Clear Lake, and she was also past president of the Garfield School PTA. She enjoyed reading good books, which included her well-worn Bible,embroidery and quilting, and working in her one acre flower and vegetable garden. She loved cooking for family and friends.
At a young age Luda and a friend would take the Milwaukee line to Charles City to take piano lessons. Then during her early years, she shared her gift of music playing the saxophone, organ and piano. She also played the piano for her church and at the silent movies. She stayed active in her later years by being an in-home volunteer and was involved with the bazaars at Heritage Care Center where she received a diploma for her assistance.
Those thankful in sharing Luda's long life include her three daughters, Elaine and her husband, Vernon Nyhus, Zell and her husband, Weston Cottrell, all of Mason City, and Juanita Murrill, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; seven grandchildren, Leslie Rish, David and his wife, Carrie Rish, Lannette and her husband, George Calhoun, Mark and his wife, Jennifer Cottrell, Renee and her husband, Bob White, Tom and his wife, Marty Murrill, and Neal and his wife, Sherrie Murrill; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John in 1964; one daughter, Dorothy Huebner in 1982; and one infant sister, Marguerite.
Fullerton Funeral Home, (515) 423-8676.
VIRGIL CLAIRE 'JIGGS' DUREGGER
CLEAR LAKE - Virgil Claire "Jiggs" Duregger, 81, of 5435 S. Shore Dr., Clear Lake, passed away Saturday (July 31, 1999) at the Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Zion Lutheran Church, 112 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Kermit Roisen officiating. Burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake.
The family suggests memorials may be made to the Virgil (Jiggs) Duregger Memorial Fund.
Virgil was born May 22, 1918, in Stanhope, Iowa. In 1930, Virgil and his family moved to Clear Lake, where he attended Eden Independent School. Virgil then began working for Perkins Dairy, Clear Lake.
On Aug. 20, 1939, Virgil married Thelma Spilman. The two began a family and continued to work in the Clear Lake area. Virgil was employed by Secory Plumbing and E.M. Dusenberg before starting his own repair shop in 1959 at Oakwood Park. Virgil also worked with K & B Potato Farms and Fulton Brothers Plumbing prior to his retirement in the mid-1970s.
In his free time, Virgil enjoyed serving as a handyman at his son Steve's bicycle shop, wood-working, fishing, camping, bird-watching and his three grandchildren.
Virgil is survived by his wife of 59 years, Thelma, of Clear Lake; his children, Sam Duregger, of North Glen, Colo., Steve Duregger and his wife, Deb, of Clear Lake, and Anne Cooper and her husband, Dennis, of Clear Lake; three grandchildren, Paul and Allison Cooper and Stephanie Duregger; five brothers, Fred, of New Port News, Va., Robert, of Newton, Conn., Leo (Bud), of Clear Lake, Ed (Junior) of Garner, and Larry, of Orlando, Fla.; three sisters, Gladys Henn, of Sheffield, Helen Sorenson, of Alden, and Irene Sorenson, of Castro Valley, Calif.; and Russell Rayburn, whom he loved as a son.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Alice (Hoffman) Duregger; two brothers, Al and Donald; and two sisters, Ida Mae Hill and Mary Avery.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, (515) 357-2193.
WILLIAM A. DUGAN
CHARLES CITY - William A. "Bill" Dugan, 63, of 1005 Freeman St., died Sunday (Aug. 1, 1999) at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City.
A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, U.S. Highway 18 and Clark Street, Charles City, with Monsignor Stanley J. Hayek officiating. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery , with a graveside flag presentation conducted by the Charles City Ceremonial Unit.
Visitation will be held from 2:30 to 9 p.m. today at the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., Charles City, with a rosary at 3 p.m. by St. Jude's Circle and a Scriptural wake service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services on Wednesday at the church.
Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, (515) 228-4211.
