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BELVA LORRAINE BRUNES
CANOGA PARK, Calif. - Belva Lorraine Brunes, 79, formerly of Mason City and Belmond, died Friday (Jan. 7, 2000) at Topanga Terrace Convalescent Home in Canoga Park, Calif.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, at Dugger Ewing Funeral Home, Belmond, with the Rev. Celestyne DeVance officiating. Inurnment will take place in Amsterdam Cemetery , Goodell.
Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, at the funeral home.
Dugger Ewing Funeral Home, Belmond, (515) 444-3248
HAZEL ROSEL
ST. ANSGAR - Hazel Rosel, 98, died Thursday (Jan. 13, 2000) at Stacyville Community Nursing Home.
Funeral arrangements are pending at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar.
JOHN G. BROWN
MISSION, TEXAS - John G. Brown, 67, of Mission, Texas, formerly of Mason City, died Sunday (Jan. 9, 2000) at the Mission Hospital, Mission, Texas.
Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery
with the Rev. David Anderson of St. James Lutheran Church officiating. There will be full military rites conducted by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association.
There will be no visitation. Major Erickson Funeral Home, 209 Second St. N.E., is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to Betty Brown, 1525 Riverbend Dr., Mission, Texas 78572.
John G. Brown was born Jan. 26, 1932 in Mason City, the son of John G. and Verna (Curtis) Brown. He attended Mason City High School and in 1949 enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where he served in the Korean War, Vietnam War and was stationed in Japan. After 20 years of service he was discharged.
In 1978 he married Betty Schulte (Tanner) in Manly. In 1980, he moved to Topeka, Kansas and was employed at St. Francis Hospital as a security guard. Retiring in 1987 to become a "Winter Texan" the Browns moved to Mission full time in 1996. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Mission, a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign War Post 733 in Mason City and a member of the Fleet Reserve Association.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Brown of Mission; two sons, Fred Brown and his wife, Bonnie, of Coralville, Steve Brown and his wife, Terry, of Irvine, Calif.; daughter, Linda Sommers and husband, Wayne, of Riverton, Utah; two stepdaughters, Pam Stockton and husband, Bill, of Louisville, Ky., and Lori Scott and husband, Jeff, of Victoria, Texas; one stepson, David Schulte and wife, Cheryl, of La Crescent, Minn.; 14 grandchildren; one great granddaughter; a brother, Wayne C. Brown and his wife, Beverly, of Mason City; and a host of friends and neighbors. He will be sadly missed by all.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, E. Warren Brown.
Major Erickson Funeral Home and Crematory, (515) 423-0924.
ANGELINE MATALONI
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- Angeline Mataloni, 89, formerly of Mason City, died Monday (Jan. 10, 2000) at Community Hospital, Grand Junction, Colo.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church, Mason City.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Major Erickson Funeral Home and Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, (515) 423-0924.
SARA M. HELM
MASON CITY - Sara M. Helm, 73, of 337 20th Place S.W., died Thursday (Jan. 13, 2000) at Muse Norris Inpatient Unit, Mason City.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at St. James Lutheran Church, Mason City.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Major Erickson Funeral Home and Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City. (515) 423-0924.
HELEN CULBERTSON
LITTLE CEDAR - Helen Culbertson, 88, died Tuesday (Jan. 11, 2000) at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at United Methodist Church, 4255 Patent Ave., Little Cedar, with the Rev. Ted Stowers officiating. Burial will be in First Lutheran Cemetery
at St. Ansgar.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Champion Funeral Home, 702 State St., Osage, and will continue one hour prior to the time of services at the church Saturday.
Helen was born Aug. 27, 1911, at Little Cedar, the daughter of August Sr. and Carrie (Seversen) Hultman. She attended Little Cedar schools and graduated from Little Cedar High School. She attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls and received her bachelor's of arts in education from Upper Iowa University in Fayette.
Helen was a teacher for 46 years in Little Cedar and Osage. She also served as girls basketball coach while teaching at Little Cedar.
Helen married Claude Culbertson Aug. 14, 1945, at Seattle Washington. They made their home in Little Cedar. Helen enjoyed gardening and flowers. She always mowed her own lawn. She also enjoyed all sports and fishing.
She is survived by her sister, Viola Peterson, of Waterloo, and nieces and nephews.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Claude; five brothers; and three sisters.
Champion Funeral Home, (515) 732-3706.
ISABELLE I. RIGGINS
HAMPTON -Isabelle I. Riggins, 76, died Wednesday (Jan. 12, 2000) at her home in Hampton.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hampton with the Rev. Wayne Dobratz officiating. Burial will be in Hampton Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home, Hampton, (515) 456-3232.
OSEA P. KINGERY
GREENE - Osea P. Kingery, 97, of 420 E. Eleventh St., Cedar Falls, formerly of Greene, died Wednesday (Jan. 12, 2000) at Western Home in Cedar Falls.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, Greene, with Pastor Galen E. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery
in Greene.
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday at Reid's Funeral Chapel in Greene where there will be a public scripture service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour before the services at the church Saturday.
Osea P. Kingery was born Sept. 20, 1902, in Coldwater Township, Butler County, a daughter of Lewis and Sarah Elizabeth (Pringle) Hesalroad, and died Wednesday at the Western Home in Cedar Falls.
She received her education in the rural Coldwater Township schools and the Greene High School.
Osea was united in marriage to Darrell Kingery on May 5, 1920, at the Christian Church Parsonage in Charles City. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Windom, Minn., where they farmed until 1925 when they returned to Iowa where they farmed northwest of Greene in Union Township, Floyd County. In 1949 they moved to the Waterloo and Cedar Falls area where she has lived since.
Osea was baptized in the Christian Church in Greene and became a member of First Presbyterian Church in Greene where she taught Sunday school for many years. She later became a member of First Presbyterian Church in Cedar Falls.
She was a member of the Elm Springs Rebekkah Lodge, American Legion Auxiliary and the Halls Grove Ladies Aid. Her interests included collecting antiques, crocheting and knitting.
Living family members include her daughter, Ethel and Richard "Mac" McNutt of Roanoke, Va.; two sons, Keith and his wife Donna, of Green Valley, Ariz., and Darrell "Dutch" and his wife, Maxine Kingery, of Nashua; eight grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband on Oct. 2, 1979; one grandson, Richard Kingery, in 1982; her parents; three sisters, Adah Gates, Amy Shook and Leah White Quick; and one brother, Paul Hesalroad.
Those planning an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the Osea Kingery Memorial Fund in care of the family.
Reid's Funeral Chapel in Greene is in charge of arrangements, (515) 823-4457.
HENRY ARTHUR LAU
GREENE - Funeral services of Henry Arthur Lau of 323 E. Winnebago St., Appleton, Wis., will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, at Reid's Funeral Chapel in Greene with Pastor Lance Kittleson of St. Peter Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery
in Greene with military rites conducted by the Tack Barnett Post 268 American Legion of Greene.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Valley Funeral Home in Appleton, Wis., where there will be a memorial service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Reid's Funeral Chapel in Greene and will resume at 9 a.m. until the service time at the funeral home Monday.
Henry Arthur Lau was born April 1, 1930, in Fredericka, Bremer County, a son of Arthur and Ada (Whitman) Lau and died Wednesday (Jan. 12, 2000) at Appleton Medical Center.
He received his education in the Fredricka public schools graduating in 1948 and continued his training at a trade school. On Aug. 9, 1951, he was inducted into the United States Army where he served overseas during the Korean Conflict. He was honorably discharged on April 28, 1953.
On Sept. 2, 1961, Henry was united in marriage to Judy Miller at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene. They made their home in Appleton, Wis., where he was employed for Hoersch Home Appliance Company and later Albany International. He retired from Appleton Structural Steel in March of 1983.
Living family members include his wife, Judy, of Appleton, Wis.; his mother, Ada Lau, of Fredericka; one sister, June Ives, of Oelwein; and his father-in-law, Dan Miller, of Greene.
He was preceded in death by his father, Arthur Lau; and two sisters, Melva Welsch and Wilma Wydeven.
Reid's Funeral Chapel, Greene, is in charge of local arrangements, (515) 823-4457.
ALLENE METHENY
CHARLES CITY - Allene Metheny, 78, of 303 St. Mary's St., died Friday (Jan. 14, 2000) at home.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Hauser Funeral Home, 1205 S. Main St., (515) 228-2323.
