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FAITH WINTERS
CHARLES CITY - Faith (Mrs. Harlen) Winters, 78, of 101 S. Jackson St., died Thursday (Aug. 12, 1999) at the Ninth St. Chautauqua Guest Home, Charles City.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Trinity United Methodist Church, Charles City, with the Rev. Blair Rohde-Frank officiating. Burial will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Hauser Funeral Home, 1205 S. Main St., with the family greeting friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services on Monday at the church.
Hauser Funeral Home, (515) 228-2323.
TOM BOONSTRA
CLEAR LAKE - Tom Boonstra, 43, of 710 Sixth Place N., died Thursday (Aug. 12, 1999) at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, with the Rev. Frederick Wood of Bethlehem Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery , Mason City.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory and until time of services on Monday.
Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, (515) 423-0924.
GEORGE D. HANSEN
BOLAN - George D. Hansen, 88, of Bolan, died Thursday (Aug. 12, 1999) at home.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Bolan United Methodist Church, Bolan, with the Rev. Robert M. Cumings officiating.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Highway 65 So., Northwood. The body was donated to the University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, (515) 324-1121.
SOREN C. CHRISTENSEN
MASON CITY - Soren C. Christensen, 87, of 432 S. Tennessee Place, died Wednesday (Aug. 11, 1999) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, West Campus.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with the Rev. Arne Bergland officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery , with Flag folding and taps by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and one hour prior to services on Monday at the church.
Memorials may be given to the Soren C. Christensen Memorial Fund.
Soren C. Christensen was born March 14, 1912, in Scarville, the son of Soren and Kristine Kristensen. Soren attended and graduated from Forest City High School in 1930. Soren was an Eagle Scout during high school, which was very important to him.
He worked for Forest City Creamery for several years and was married to Bonna Beyer at the Little Brown Church on Nov. 11, 1934. Soren served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a radar technician.
After returning from the service, they moved to Mason City, where he was employed for 32 years with Peoples Gas and Electric, which then became Interstate Power. From 1955 until his retirement in 1977, they lived in Nora Springs, where he was an area manager with Interstate Power and was a former mayor of Nora Springs. They moved back to Mason City in 1978.
They spent their summers at their lake home on Lake Vermillion, Minn., for the past 30 years. Soren was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife, Bonna, of Mason City; children, Gary Christensen and his wife, Mary, of North Oaks, Minn., Carol Hansen and her husband, Volney "Zip", of Mason City, and Jon Christensen and his wife, Fita, of Monarch Beach, Calif.; grandchildren, Kent and Barbara Christensen, Kevin and Barbara Christensen, Kimberly and Phil Finanger, Kyle Christensen, Cathy and Rick Storey, Russ and Tammy Hansen, Christine and Matt Francis, Mindy and Jim Nelson, Tamara and Mario Comandatore, Shelley Christensen, Jamie McMillin, Jill McMillin, and Maria Elena McMillin; 19 great-grandchildren; one brother, Victor Kristensen and his wife, Virginia, of San Jose, Calif.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four sisters, one brother, and two great-grandchildren.
Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, (515) 423-0924.
RUTH MISSMAN
WODEN - Ruth Missman, 87, of Woden, died Thursday (Aug. 12, 1999) at the Titonka Care Center.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the First Presbyterian Church, Woden, with the Rev. Roland Emond Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Bingham Township Cemetery , south of Woden.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Woden, and will continue one hour prior to services on Monday at the church.
Cataldo Funeral Chapel, (515) 926-5756
DARYL D. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
FOREST CITY - Daryl D. Schimmelpfennig, 71, of Forest City, died Friday (Aug. 13, 1999) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Ewing Funeral Chapel, Britt. Burial will be at Bingham Township Cemetery
in Woden.
Visitation will begin after 4 p.m. Sunday at the Ewing Funeral Home, Britt, and one hour prior to services at the funeral home.
Ewing Funeral Chapel, (515) 843-3839.
PAULINE STONECYPHER
FLOYD - Pauline Stonecypher, 79, of Floyd, died Friday (Aug. 13, 1999) at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Champion Funeral Home, Osage.
Champion Funeral Home, (515) 732-3706.
JAMES D. COE
MANLY - James D. Coe, 57, of Manly, died Friday (Aug. 13, 1999) at his home.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E., Mason City.
Fullerton Funeral Home, (515) 423-8676.
DALLAS HAWKE
DUMONT - Dallas Hawke, 88, of Dumont, died Friday (Aug. 13, 1999) at the Franklin General Hospital, Hampton.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Grarup Funeral Home, Sheffield.
Grarup Funeral Home, (515) 892-4241.
PHILLIP J. FUNK SR.
MARQUETTE, Mich. - Phillip J. Funk Sr., 85, of Marquette, died Tuesday (Aug. 10, 1999) at the Norlite Nursing Center, in Marquette.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, Aug. 28, 1999, at the Swanson-Lundquist Funeral Home, Marquette. Inurnment will be on Sept. 1, 1999, in Memorial Park Cemetery , Mason City, Iowa.
There will be no visitation. Swanson-Lundquist Funeral Home, Marquette, is in charge of arrangements.
DOROTHY M. ROGERS
CLEAR LAKE - Dorothy M. Rogers, 77, died Thursday (Aug. 12, 1999) at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St. Interment will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery.
The family will greet friends one hour before the service at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorials to the Dorothy M. Rogers Memorial Fund.
Dorothy was born Aug. 12, 1922, in Clear Lake, the daughter of Lynn and Zella Carter. She attended Clear Lake High School.
Dorothy married Erwin "Moose" Hanson on Jan. 1, 1940. They began Hanson Marine of Clear Lake. Dorothy would help out by renting boats and making large meals for all the employees. Dorothy enjoyed living on the lake. She would take friends for boat rides and to sunbathe. Dorothy and Moose traveled with their sons on numerous camping trips. She had a love and respect for all animals and nature. Dorothy always had pets, even taming wild ones.
Dorothy was a good mother, a natural teacher. She enjoyed playing card games and dominoes with her sons and their friends. Dorothy had a fun-loving, competitive spirit. Her home was often a popular place for Jim and Jon's friends to have a meal, a laugh and a good helping of her advice!
After raising her sons, Dorothy moved to Colorado Springs, Colo. There, Dorothy married David Rogers. She became a director/counselor at her own group home for troubled boys. Dorothy made a difference in the lives of young people. Dorothy began painting in Colorado. She was a talented artist, receiving honors at various local art shows. She continued to paint and make handmade, beautiful cards for her family and friends.
Dorothy loved to bake and cook. She especially enjoyed entertaining family and friends. She always had special baked treats for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Dorothy spent her retirement years in Clear Lake. However, Dorothy was never truly retired. She continued to be active, organizing Bible study groups and counseling friends and family. Dorothy had a strong, spiritual, Christian faith. She witnessed and shared her faith with all.
Dorothy was a strong, vibrant and independent woman. She was truly ahead of her time. She will be remembered for her quick wit and hearty laugh. Dorothy was very involved with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Dorothy lived a full, colorful life, as if she painted it herself. She always wanted to write a book describing her interesting experiences in life. Dorothy may not have a book to capture her life, but Dorothy has left a bookmark in our hearts and minds forever. Her final chapter would read, at peace in heaven. As Dorothy would say, "God is love and love is God."
Left to cherish her memory are: a sister, Marjorie Leek of Cranberry Township, Penn.; daughters-in-law, Julie Hanson of Brandon, S.D., and Carol Hanson of Clear Lake; six grandchildren, Holly Theisen and her husband, Richard, of LeMars, Heidi Hanson of Sioux Falls, S.D., James Hanson of Sioux Falls, Heather Wells of New York City, Robin Garrington and her husband, Brad, of Clear Lake, and Heather Hanson of Ankeny; eight great-grandchildren, Charley, Ivan, MicKie, Sydnee and Rylie Theisen of LeMars, Faith, Autumn and Carter Garrington of Clear Lake.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lynn and Zella Carter; sons, James C. Hanson and Jon L. Hanson; and brothers, Fred and Larry Carter.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, (515) 357-2193.
