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Norman Raine Allison
Norman Raine Allison, 80, of Clear Lake, died Saturday,
Aug. 20, 1994, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason
City, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held today (Wednesday), Aug.
24, at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Clear Lake.
Msgr. Joseph J. Slepicka and Msgr. Roger OBrien, of Dubuque,
will officiate. Following the services he will be cremated and
inurnment will take place in Clear Lake Cemetery at a later date.
A scriptural wake service was held Tuesday, Aug. 23.
The family suggests memorials be made to the Norman
Allison Memorial Fund.
Norman Allison was born June 14, 1914, in Hampton, Iowa,
the son of George Allison and Anne (nee) Raine Allison. He
graduated from Geneva High School in 1932 and from Hamilton Business
College in Mason City.
On Aug. 22, 1937, he married Harriet Sheridan at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church in Clear Lake. The couple enjoyed spending
their winters in Weslaco, Texas.
He was employed by Wagner Motor Co. in Mason City, later
known as Pritchard Motor Co. He served in the United State Army
during World War II. He returned to Mason City after the service
and was co-owner and business manager of Pritchard Motor Co.
for 30 years. He became a partner with Bud Davenport and purchased
Max Boyd Machine Co. He operated the business for 10 years, retiring
in 1979.
He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his grandchildren.
Norman was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church,
a 50-year member of the American Legion Post in Clear Lake, Kiwanis
and Elks, a past president of Mason City Junior Chamber of Commerce
and past vice president for the Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce.
During his service with the Jaycees, he was elected one of the
four Iowa vice presidents at the Jaycee State Convention. He
had beeen state awards chairman and was active in JCC local and
state affairs for a number of years.
He is survived by his wife, Harriet Allison, Clear Lake;
three sons, Anthony Norman Allison and his wife, Mickey, Mason City,
Patrick William Allison and his wife, Kathleen of Grimes, Iowa, and
Gregory George Allison and his wife, Kaye, Fairfax, Va.; a brother,
George Russell Allison and his wife, Cheryle, Hampton, Iowa;
12 grandchildren, Mike Allison, Sean Allison, Mary Allison,
Patrick Allison, Sara Allison, Kimberly Kern and her husband,
Craig, Zachary Allison, Lucas Allison, Marcus Allison,
Rebekah Allison, Mattie Allison and Elizabeth Allison;
one great-grandchild, Gabriel Kern.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Marie Faber was the organist, and special music was
provided by Mary Stattelman and St. Patrick's Choir.
Honorary pallbearers were his grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Mike Allison, Bill Burke, Bud Davenport,
Daryl Akers, M. A. Arneson, Keith Collins and Ken McCormick
Arlette (Tiny) Austin
Arlette (Tiny) Austin, 66, of 113 15th St. N., Clear
Lake, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 1994 at her home.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Major
Erickson Funeral Homes in Mason City, with the Rev. Murley Severtson,
of Zion Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial was in Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to the Arlette (Tiny) Austin
Memorial Fund.
Mrs. Austin was born Nov. 3, 1927, at Ossian, Iowa,
the daughter of Theodore Jermeland and Lena (nee) Knutson Jermeland.
Mrs. Austin worked as a nurses aid for Park Hospital,
then North Iowa Medical Center for 20 years. She and her husband
lived in the mason City-Clear Lake area most of their lives.
She was a loving wife, mother and friend who enjoyed
crafts and celebrated her 48th wedding anniversary on Aug. 17.
Survivors include her husband, Donald E. Austin, of
Clear Lake; two daughters, Marilyn and her husband Richard Seward
of Santee, Calif. and Linda and her husband Denny Ell, of Mason
City; one son, Donald Austin Jr. and his wife Loretta Austin
of Des Moines,Iowa; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild;
four brothers; four sisters; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers
and one sister.
Jeanine Ethel Dohrmann Nedved
Jeanine Ethel Dohrmann Nedved, 35, of Clear Lake, died
Tuesday, Aug. 23, 1994, at her home in Clear Lake.
Private memorial services were held at the Ward-Van
Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake. Inurnment was in the Hampton
Cemetery, Hampton, Iowa. The family suggests memorials to Clear
Lake Cub Scouts, Clear Lake Little League, or North Iowa Youth
Hockey.
Jeanine was born March 17, 1959 in Hampton, Iowa, the
daughter of Fred Dohrmann and Lois Freie Dohrmann.
She graduated from Mason City High School, Mason City,
Iowa and Apollo Dental College, Phoenix, Ariz. She worked for
Dr. Patrick Carney in Clear Lake as a dental assistant.
She was a Den Leader for Den 7 of Clear Lake Cub Scout
Pack #103, was a member of Zeta Theta Soriety, and the Christian
Science Church.
She is survived by her parents, Fred and Lois Dohrmann;
three sons, Matthew, Benjamin and Reid Nedved; her fiance,
Mark McLaughlin, all of Clear Lake; one brother, Fred James Dohrmann
and his wife, Karen, Mason City, Iowa; two sisters, Joette Dohrmann,
West Des Moines, Iowa, and Mrs. Jill Popejoy and her husband,
Randy, Phoenix, Ariz; and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ethel Freie,
Alexander, Iowa.
Kathryn H. Rowson
Kathryn H. Rowson, 81, of Coralville, formerly of Clear
Lake, died Aug. 22, 1994, at her sons home following a brief
illness.
She was born March 3, 1913 in Mason City, the daughter
of Russell Bruce Kennedy and Floy Glacier Kennedy. She grew
up and attended schools in Clear lake, graduating from Clear Lake
High School and later attended Hamilton Business School. She was a
secretary.
Her memberships included the Tina Rebekah Lodge, Navy
Mothers, and the First Congregational Church, Clear Lake.
She was married to Deloss L. Rowson in 1938 in Clear
Lake. He died in 1988.
They had lived in Clear Lake and upon their retirment,
the couple moved to Mountain Home, Ark., and in 1992, Kathryn
moved to Coralville.
Graveside services for Kathryn and Deloss Rowson were
held Friday, Aug. 26, at the Hampton Cemetery. There was no visitation,
their bodies were cremated. The Rev. Charles Williams officiated
the service.
Memorials can be made to the American Diabetes Association
or the Kidney Foundation.
She is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth (Betty) Johannessen
of Tucson, Ariz.; a son, Lawrence (Larry) Rowson of Coralville;
four grandchildren; one great-grandson; and a brother,
Dr. W.B. Kennedy of Urbandale.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.
Florence Mae Heifner
Florence Mae Heifner, 83, Clear Lake, died Wednesday,
Aug. 31, 1994, at the Muse Norris Hospice Center, Mason City,
Iowa, following a one year illness with cancer.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 3, at the
United Methodist Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Fred Lewis
officiating. Burial was in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason
City.
The family suggests memorials to the Florence Heifner
Memorial Fund.
Florence was born Feb. 20, 1911, in Iowa Falls, the daughter
of Marcus Bacon and Myrtie Wilson Bacon, and attended schools at
Iowa Falls and Titonka Consolidated Schools, graduating in 1929.
She was united in marriage to Clair Heifner on April 16, 1934,
in Des Moines, Iowa. They farmed in the Titonka and Clear Lake
areas until moving to Clear Lake in 1945.
Florence was a member of the Methodist Church, Miriam
Circle, Tina Rebekah Lodge, volunteered at Handicap Village and
Retired Senior Citizen Program. She enjoyed flower gardening,
knitting, crocheting, camping, fishing, and her family. One of
her greatest loves was making beautiful gifts for her family.
She is survived by her husband, Clair Heifner; three
daughter, Ina Lee and her husband, Alan, Madison, Wis.,
Judith Heifner, Morris, Ill., and Beth Fink and her husband,
Jeffrey Abel, Hampton, Iowa; seven grandchildren, Lynell Gile, Bradley
Abel and his wife, Susan, Kristy Abbas and her husband, Matt,
Jolie Fink, Jason Fink; eight great-grandchildren, Timothy and
Amanda Gile, Stephanie, Andrew, Elizabeth and Peter Plagenz,
Jordan and Nicholas Abel; three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Smith and
her husband, Clarence, Iowa Falls, Iowa, Rosemary Isebrand and
her husband, Merle, Okeechobee, Fla., Shirley Neel and her husband,
Clyde, Clear Lae; one brother, Vern Bacon and his wife, Anna
Grace, Clear Lake; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death byer parents; two brothers,
Donald and Lewis; and one great-granddaughter.
Organist Mary Jane Reynolds accompanied soloist Marilyn
Sadler.
Honorary pallbearers were Dennis Best, Robert Tibbets,
Robert Friest, James P. Hansen, David Smith, Pastor Michael Plke;
one brother, Vern Bacon and his wife, Anna Grace, Clear Lake;
and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by ....
Pallbearers were Jeffrey Clair Abel, Bradley Ross Abel,
Jason Richard Fink, Matthew Lyn Abbas, Marcus L. Bacon, David
Scott Neel.
