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DEWEY C. SMITH
CLEAR LAKE - Dewey C. Smith, 84, of 120 Clark St., No. C7, Clear Lake, died Thursday (Aug. 5, 1999) at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minn.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., Mason City, with the Rev. Warren Frelund of St. John's Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery , Mason City.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Hogan Bremer Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E. and will continue until one hour prior to services on Monday.
Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel, (515) 423-2372.
JAMES HENRY WADE
DES MOINES - James Henry Wade, 83, of 1339 11th St., Des Moines, died Wednesday (Aug. 4, 1999) at the Iowa Methodist Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Corinthian Baptist Church, Des Moines. Burial will be in Glendale Cemetery.
Merle Hay at Chapel Hill, 4400 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines, is in charge of arrangements.
CLETUS F. CHIZEK
DALLAS, Texas - Cletus F. Chizek, 93, of Dallas, Texas, died Sunday (Aug. 1, 1999) in Dallas, Texas.
A memorial service was held Friday, Aug. 6, at the Basilica at Notre Dame University, South Bend, Ind.
Cletus F. Chizek was born on July 19, 1906 in Clear Lake, to John J. Chizek and Barbara (Haege) Chizek.
He attended Clear Lake Schools, graduating in 1923. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa and his master's degree in accounting from the University of Chicago.
He married Mildred Mauck on July 9, 1933. They moved to South Bend, Ind. where Mr. Chizek became an accounting professor at the University of Notre Dame and also taught graduate classes at the University of Chicago. He retired as head of the Notre Dame accounting department in 1945. In 1942, Mr. Chizek partnered with Fred P. Crowe to create Crowe-Chizek and Company, a South Bend, Ind.- based accounting firm.
Crowe-Chizek. Crowe-Chizek is the largest certified accounting firm in Indiana and one of the 20 largest in the country.
He retired to Harlingen, Texas in 1972, and resided there until 1995, when he and his wife moved to Dallas to be closer to family.
He served as secretary to the American Accounting Association and as a member of the Ethics Trial Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Chizek also sat on the board for the St. Joseph Bank and Trust.
Mr. Chizek is survived by his wife, Mildred, of Dallas, Texas; his daughter, Nancy Selby, of Dallas, Texas; his son, David Chizek M.D., of Excelsior, Minn.; grandchildren, Pam Selby, of Dallas, Texas, Susie Selby, of California, and Betsy Garner, of Dallas, Texas; three great-grandchildren, Selby Elizabeth More, Nicholas Moore and Kaity Moore, all of Dallas, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Richard (Anita) Peters, of DuQuoin, Ill.; and a cousin, Art Huber, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a granddaughter, Katherine Selby O'Connor; a son-in-law, David Selby M.D.; a brother, Robert Chizek; and a sister, Angela Dusold.
HELEN FRANCES GALES ZOLNER
GREENE - Funeral services for Helen Frances Gales Zolner, 74, of 6851 Rhodes Road, Houghton Lake, Mich., will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, in Greene, with Monsignor Walter Brunkan officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery
in Greene.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Reid's Funeral Chapel, in Greene, where there will be a scriptural wake and rosary service at 7 p.m.
Helen Frances Gales was born Feb. 14, 1925, in Waterloo, a daughter of Francis Earl and Ella Marie (Stanton) Gales, and died Thursday (Aug. 5, 1999) at the Liebe Care Center in Greene.
She received her education and graduated from the Central High School and St. Joseph College of Nursing in Sioux City. She was employed at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Sioux City from 1946 to 1956. She then attended Mt. Carmel in Detroit where she received her anesthetist degree in 1958 and then returned to Sioux City where she was employed by St.Luke's Hospital.
On Sept. 25, 1976, she was united in marriage to James LeRoy Zolner in Sioux City. They made their home in Michigan where she was employed at the William Beaumont Hospital, in Royal Oaks until her retirement in 1990. She was past president of the Nurse Anesthetist Association of Iowa and a member of St. Hubert's Catholic Church in Higgins Lake, Mich.
Helen's interests included reading, archaeology, astronomy and traveling.
Living family members include her husband, James Zolner, of Houghton Lake, Mich.; three sisters and their spouses, Mary Fer, of Davenport, Ann and Gerald Poston, of Kansas City, Mo., and Frances and Walter Stanwood, of Woodstock, Ill.; one brother, William and his wife, Janice Gales, of Ankeny; 12 nieces and nephews whom she considered as her own children. Family members living in Greene include her aunt, Genevieve Stabenow; cousins, Evelyn Stabenow, Bernita Stanton, Charles Stanton, and Rita (Richard) Merfeld.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother-in-law, Richard Fer.
Those planning an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the Helen Frances Gales Zolner Memorial Fund in care of the family at P.O. Box 127, Houghton Lake, Mich. 48629.
Reid's Funeral Chapel, (515) 823-4457.
LAVERN W. STEINBACH
MASON CITY - LaVern W. Steinbach, 69, of 816 16th St. N.E., died Wednesday (Aug. 4, 1999) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today at the Hogan Bremer Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., Mason City, with the Rev. Ron Stein, of First Baptist Church and the Rev. John Scheneman, of First Assembly of God Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation was held on Thursday at the funeral chapel and will continue one hour prior to services today at the funeral chapel.
LaVern Wilford Steinbach was born Nov. 24, 1929, in Des Moines, son of William and Lola A. (Champers) Steinbach. He married Sandy Lane on Aug. 29, 1992, in Clear Lake.
LaVern attended Des Moines schools. He worked for Crown Concrete in Des Moines, Altoona Ready Mix and drove cab for Yellow Cab in Des Moines and Mason City. He also worked for Mason City Wilbert Vault, North Iowa Vocational Center, and he drove school bus.
He loved animals, fishing, bowling and doing art craft work.
Survivors include his wife, Sandy Steinbach, of Mason City; three daughters, LaVonne Steinbach, of Washington, Carrie Steinbach and JoEllen Steinbach, both of Mason City; two grandchildren; and one brother, Albert Steinbach, of Des Moines.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and one son, James Allen Steinbach.
Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel, (515) 423-2372.
VENITA CHRIST
LAKE MILLS - Venita Christ, 78, of Iowa City, formerly of Lake Mills, died Thursday (Aug. 5, 1999) at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Salem Lutheran Church, Lake Mills, with the Rev. Sara Beth Akre officiating.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Mittelstadt Funeral Home, Lake Mills, and one hour prior to services on Monday at the church.
Mittelstadt Funeral Home, (515) 592-0221.
KENZY KORTE
WODEN - Kenzy Korte, 65, died Thursday (Aug. 5, 1999) at Folsom, Calif.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel, Woden.
Cataldo Funeral Chapel, (515) 926-5756.
NOREEN M. MADSON
BRITT - Noreen M. Madson, 41, of Britt, died Friday (Aug. 6, 1999) at the Westview Care Center.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Marvin Bries officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Visitation will begin after 4 p.m. Sunday at the Ewing Funeral Chapel, Britt, with a 7:30 p.m. parish wake service. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services on Monday at the church.
Ewing Funeral Chapel, (515) 843-3839.
BEULAH CLEVELAND
NORTHWOOD - Beulah Cleveland, 92, a former Northwood resident, died Friday (Aug. 6, 1999) at Waunakee, Wis.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood.
Conner Colonial Chapel, (515) 324-1543.
