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Marlyn E. Butz
Marlyn E. Butz, 68, of Clear Lake, died Saturday, July 2, 1994,
at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral
services were held Tuesday, July 5 at Faith Baptist Church,
Mason City, with the Rev. Miles M. Grismore officiating.Burial was
in the Clear Lake Cemetery.
Marlyn E. Butz was born Jan. 20, 1926, in Mason City, the son
of Edwin Earl and Alice Nettie (Paul) Butz. He married
Shirley Jean Hamann on Dec. 9, 1945. She preceded him in death
on June 21, 1968.
He then married Eileen (Howland) Vierkant on Aug. 2, 1969.
Marlyn grew up in Clear Lake and graduated from Clear Lake High School
in 1944. He farmed north of Clear Lake for 45 years. He earned
many honors in music during high school and continued to play
the cornet until one year prior to his death. He and his wife
loved traveling, and traveled extensively throughout the U.S.
and Canada. As a young man, Marlyn came to a personal faith in
Jesus Christ and this became the guiding influence for his life.
He was an active mmber of Faith Baptist Church. He is survived
by his wife, Eileen Butz, Clear Lake; three sons, David Butz
and his wife, Rebecca, Clear Lake, Ronald Butz and his wife,
Mary Ann, Sioux City, and Alan Vierkant and his wife, Kari,
Humble, Texas; eight grandche ....
Verlynne Alys Bisgrove
Mrs. Verlynne Alys Bisgrove, 82, of Palm Harbor, Fla., died
Oct. 8, 1993. She was cremated. Memorial services were held Saturday,
July 9, 1994, at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake.
Interment will take place in [Santa] Monica, Calif.; two nieces,
Melva Dance, West Hills, Calif. and Marcia Packard, Woodland Hills, Calif.
She was born Sept. 17, 1911, the daughter of
Ray and Reva (Young) Andrews. She attended school in Clear Lake
and graduated in 1927. In 1927 she married Leslie Bisgrove in Clear
Lake. They moved to Chicago [ and ] later moved back to the Clear Lake
area in 1932. They moved back to Chicago in 1941, and in 1962 moved to
Monroe, Mich. The couple lived there until 1976, when they moved to
Palm Harbor, Fla. [?]
Verlynne loved to play the piano and organ, and was a member of
the Clear Lake Round Robin Club.
She is survived by her husband, Leslie Bisgrove, Lake Wales, Fla.;
two sons, Leslie T. Bisgrove, Lake Wales, Fla., and Larry H. Bisgrove,
Clearwater, Fla.; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sons,
Bobbie and Ronald Bisgrove.
Clifford (Biff) Hansen
Clifford (Biff) Hansen, 78, of 100 N. 14th St., Clear Lake,
died Friday, July 8, 1994, at North Iowa Mercy Health Center east
campus.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 12, at the Ward-Van
Slyke Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Murley Severtson officiating.
Burial was in the Clear Lake Cemetery. Military honors were provided
by Clear Lake V.F.W. Post No. 4868.
The family suggests memorials in his name.
He was born July 1, 1916, to Hans Peter (H.P.) Hansen and
Inger Olsen Hansen, of Ute, Iowa. He received his education in Ute
and graduated from Ute High School in 1934.
In April of 1941 he entered the United States Army, serving
his country as a Master Sergeant in the Engineer Corps during World
War II. He returned home in August of 1945. He and his brother formed
a construction company and built many homes in the Clear Lake area.
On Oct. 16, 1948, he married Lois Ann (Lindy) Olsen in Clear
Lake.
Clifford joined Henkel Construction Company in 1956 as a
carpenter foreman. He retired in 1978 and formed LinCliff Inc., a
family business formed around his patented invention.
He enjoyed fishing, sports, gardening and spending time with
his family. He was a 50-year member of Carpenters Local 1313 and a
Charter member of Clear Lake V.F.W. Post No. 4868.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother,
Ray Hansen; and a daughter, Cathy Marnette Hansen.
John C. DenHartog
Mr. John C. DenHartog, 96, died July 4, 1994, at the I.O.O.F.
Home in Mason City.
He was survived by his wife, Lindy, Clear Lake; a daughter,
Susan DeVary, Rancho Sante Fe, Calif.; three sons, Vance and his wife,
Kimm, Clear Lake, Kevin, Clear Lake, and David, Owatonna, Minn.; five
grandchildren: Misty, Lynzy, Nathaniel, Jared and Jake.
Ref: Vance & Kimm DenHartog
Ref: Kevin DenHartog
Ref: David DenHartog
Funeral was held Wednesday July 6, at the Chapel of Van Dyk-Duven
Funeral Home, Pella, Iowa, with the Rev. Andy Kamphuis officiating.
Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery, Pella, Iowa.
The family suggests memorials for the Hilltop Manor in Pella.
John DenHartog was born April 11, 1898, near Pella, the son of
Cornelius and Anna Veen DenHartog. He attended the Lower Grove
Country grade school near Pella and the Central Academy in Pella.
On Feb. 9, 1922, he was united in marriage to
Josena (Josie) DeJong at her parental farm home. To this union,
two children were born, Raymond Glen and Betty Joyce.
He is survived by one son, Raymond DenHartog, and his wife,
Jean, Clear Lake; one daughter, Betty Glewen and her husband,
Kenneth, Cedar Grove, Wis.; six grandchildren;
and nine great-grandchildren; three step-children, Jan Horman and
her husband, Edwin, Dallas, Texas, Sylvia Hoksbergen and her husband,
Edward, Sully, Iowa, Bernie J. VanRoekel, Arlington, Texas; nine
stst of Leighton, Iowa, for six years, and then moved into Leighton,
where John operated a drug-sundry store for 30 years. In 1959 they
moved to Pella at which time John was associated with a distributing
business for Pella bologna and cookies and later fishing tackle.
On June 28 1971, Josie passed away. On May 16, 1972, he was
united in marriage to Adrianna VanWyk DeJong. They made their home
at the Pella Manor and were spending the winter in Bradenton, Fla.,
when she passed away Dec. 17, 1972. On March 18, 1977, John married
Sophia Vos VanRoekel. They moved to the Pella Manor, and then became
residents of Hilltop Manor. Sophia died Feb. 1st.
He was a non-resident member of the First Reformed Church
in Pella.
John was the last surviving member of his original family.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three wives; four
brothers, William DenHartog, Egbert DenHartog, Simon DenHartog
and Henry DenHartog; and a sister, Mrs. Hilda (Arie) Klyn.
Pallbearers were Michael Den Hartog, Jerry Den Hartog, Eric
Glewen, Cornie DenHartog, Harold DenHartog, Francis DeJong.
Jeffry Richard Beach
Jeffry Richard Beach, 23, of Clear Lake, died Sunday, July
10, 1994, in a car accident in Polk County, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 14, at 11 a.m.
at the St. Patricks Catholic Church in Clear Lake with the Msgr. Joseph
J. Slepicka officiating. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery in Truman,
Minn. Graveside services are set for Thursday at 3:30 p.m.
Visitation will begin today (Wednesday), July 13, at the
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake. A Knights
of Columbus rosary will be said at 6 p.m. Wednesday, with a scriptural
wake service at 7 p.m.
Jeffry Richard Beach was born June 11, 1971 in Monticello,
Minn., the son of Richard and Sharon (Zehnder) Beach. He graduated
from Newman High School in 1989 with the distinction of begin named
salutatorian. While at Newman, he especially enjoyed playing football
for the Knights.
Ref: Sharon Zehnder
He earned a degree with honors in computer science from Iowa
State University. He had recently accepted a position with Eli Lilly
Pharmaceutical Co. in Indianapolis, Ind.
Jeff loved to ride his Harley motorcycle, canoe and go to the
Boundary Waters Canoe Area. He also enjoyed downhill skiing and fishing.
He was a member of St. Patricks Catholic Church in Clear
Lake.
He is survived by his parents, Richard and Sharon Beach,
Clear Lake; a sister, Joan Bettag and her husband, Eric, of Chicago,
Ill.; three brothers, Jerome, of Denver, Colo.; Jason and James, both
of Clear Lake; and his maternal grandmother, Christine Zehnder, Truman,
Minn.
Ruth M. Smith
Ruth M. Smith, 84, of Clear Lake, died Sunday, July 10, 1994,
at North Iowa Mercy Health Centers east campus.
Funeral services will be held today (Wednesday), July 13,
at 2 p.m. at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church, with the Rev.
Fred Lewis officiating. She will be cremated and interment will be
in the Clear Lake Cemetery at a later time.
The family suggests memorials to the United Methodist Church
or the Parkinsons Foundation.
She was born April 9, 1910 in Clear Lake, the daughter of
Nathaniel Brown Miller and Hattie Amelia Leach Miller. She grew up
in Emory, Iowa, and attended Mason City High School. She graduated
from Hamilton Business College and worked for the W.L. Patton Insurance
Company in Mason City for 11 years.
On Oct. 6, 1935 she married R. Max Smith in Mason City, Iowa.
The couple lived in Mason City until March 1, 1945 when they moved
to Clear Lake.
Ruth was a dearly loved and treasured wife, mother, grandmother,
aunt and friend. She took up sculpting at the age of 60 and became
known as "The Grandma Moses of the Clay Pits." Ruth touched the lives
of many people with her kindness, gentleness, humor and with her
sculptures, the majority of which were biblical characters. Her
busts of Mary, Joseph and the Christ Child, along with John Wesley,
reside in the Clear Lake United Methodist Church where Ruth was a member.
She is survived by her husband, Max, of Clear Lake; three
children, Jane Arevalo and her husband, Bob of Leavenworth, Kan.,
Pete Smith and his wife, Retta, of Gulf Breeze, Fla., and Judy Smith,
of Seattle, Wash.; six grandchildren, Alan Arevalo,
Robin Arevalo Cradic, Zachary Smith, Josh Smith, Corey Smith
and Seth Smith; and two great-grandchildren, Stephen Cradic and
Emily Cradic.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers,
Merle Miller and Harold Miller.
