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Louis S. Clock
Louis S. Clock, 83, of Detroit, formerly of Clear Lake,
died Sunday, Sept. 11, 1994, at his Royal Oak home.
Funeral services were held Thursday, Sept. 14, at the
William Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, Royal Oak. Interment was
at the White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy.
Louis Clock was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Clock.
He graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1928.
He received a bachelors degree in chemical engineering
from the University of Wisconsin, and a masters degree in thermal
dynamics from Northwestern University. He taught applied mechanics
for 31 years at the University of Detroit, retiring in 1977.
He is survived by a daughter, Carolyn Clock Allen; a
son, Thomas E. Clock; three grandsons; and a sister, Cora Clock.
[He was] preceded in death by his parents; and his wife,
(Bunny), who died in February 1993. [????] [Check actual newspaper]
Gladys M. Gisel
Gladys M. Gisel, 91, of Ventura, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1994,
at the Concord Care Center, Garner, Iowa.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Oct. 1, at Redeemer
Lutheran Church, Ventura, with the Rev. Daird Korth officiating.
Interment was in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa.
Gladys was born Feb. 20, 1903 in Maquoketa, Iowa, the
daughter of John Garretson and Ada Mayberry Garretson. She graduated
from Maquoketa High School with a Normal Training degree. She taught
rural school in Jackson County.
She married Robert Gisel on Nov. 11, 1925 in Maquoketa.
They owned and operated Gisel Hardware in Andrew, Iowa, from
1925-1943. They moved to Ventura in 1943, where they opened the
Gisel Hardware Store....
She is survived by her son Willard Gisel and his wife,
Gladys, Ventura; one grandson Jeff Gisel and his wife, Karen....
a granddaughter-in-law Capt. Donna Rezendes, Okinawa, Japan;
five great-grandchildren Jeffrey Gisel, Andrew Gisel,
Tiffany Gisel, Jennifer Gisel and Stephanie Gisel.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband
in 1965; one brother ... Kenneth Garretson; and one grandson
Steven Gisel.
Pallbearers were Scott Ollenburg, Curtis Christensen,
Ronald Knop, Robert Wolfram, Leroy Ziesmer, Keith Ransom.
Gladys loved to play bridge. She was a charter member
of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Ventura.
Dorothy E. Bitker
Dorothy E. Bitker, 56, of Mason City, died Friday, Oct.
7, 1994, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City,
following a six year illness of breast cancer.
A funeral Mass was celebrated Monday, Oct. 10, at St.
Josephs Catholic Church, Mason City. Father James E. Hayes, associate
pastor, celebrated the Mass. Burial was in the Elmwood-St. Joseph
Cemetery, Mason City. A Scriptural Wake Service was held Sunday,
Oct. 9 at the Fullerton Patterson James Funeral Chapel, Mason
City.
Mrs. Bitker, the former Dorothy Ellen (nee) Paulsen, was born
Sept. 15, 1938, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Arnold Paulsen and
Christena (nee) Berry Paulsen. She was raised in Mason City where
she attended school. She graduated from Mason City High School
in 1956.
She was raised in Mason City where she attended school. She
graduated from Mason City High School in 1956.
On June 9, 1956, at St. Josephs Catholic Church, Mason
City, she married Larry Ray Bitker. For 10 years, she was a sales
associate taught CCD class. She was a charter member of the North
Central Iowa Genealogical Society in Mason City. She enjoyed
knitting, crocheting and genealogy work.
She is survived by her husband, Larry, Mason City; her
mother, Christena Paulsen, Mason City; ... for the Wal-Mart store
in Mason City.
She was a member of St. Josephs Catholic Church, where
she formerly sang in the choir and the Wal-Mart store in Mason
City. She was a member of St. Josephs Catholic Church, where
she formerly sang in the choir andx children, Brenda Campbell
and her husband, Steven, of Springfield, Va., Teresa Samuelsen
and her husband, David of Mankato, Minn., Tina Scharlau and her
husband, John, Scott Bitker and his wife, Connie, Todd Bitker
and his wife, Elizabeth, and Bradly Bitsband, David, Mankato,
Minn., Christine Paulsen, Mason City; and eight grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her father, Arnold Paulsen;
two brothers, Donald Paulsen and Thomas Paulsen.
Scott H. Siefken
Scott H. Siefken, 37, of Manly, Iowa, formerly of Plainfield,
died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1994, at the University of Iowa Hospitals
and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.
Memorial services were held Saturday, Oct. 8, at the
East Friesland Presbyterian Church, rural Ackley, with Pastor
Charles J. Bar officiating. The body was cremated.
Memorials can be directed to the family in memory of
Scott Siefken.
Scott Siefken was born Feb. 7, 1957, in Grundy Center,
Iowa, the son of Roland Siefken and Ardie (nee) Lindaman Siefken.
He graduated from Wellsburg High School in 1975 and then worked
full time for H & H Implement, a job he had started during high school.
In the fall of 1975, he entered the United States Navy where
he served for the next four years. Following his discharge, he
returned to Wellsburg and went back to work for H & H for a while
before going to work for his uncle, Alle Jasper, on his farm
near Steamboat Rock, Iowa.
On Feb. 14, 1988, he was united in marriage to Lydia K. Krull
at the East Friesland Presbyterian Church, rural Ackley,
Iowa. They made their home in Cleves, and Scott continued to work
on his uncles farm. In 1989 they moved to Auburn, Neb., where they
farmed until November of 1989 when they moved to Plainfield. Scott
worked in Charles City and Waverly.
Scott joined the 1133rd Transportation Company of the Army
National Guard in Mason City, and later became involved with Desert
Storm, leaving for Saudi Arabia in November of 1990. Scott returned
from his service in Saudi Arabia in March of 1991, and the following
month he was discharged. In August of 1991, he became employed by
Trans-Iowa Equipment, Inc., in Clear Lake as a mechanic. June of
1993, Scott became ill and on Aug. 26, 1994, he was hospitalized,
first at the VA Hospital in Iowa City and later University of Iowa
Hospitals and Clinics.
He was a member of the American Legion Post, Iowa City,
and the VFW Post in Mason City.
Scott is survived by his wife, Lydia, of Manly; two
sons, Trent, 10, and Justin, 3, at home; his parents, Roland
and Ardie Siefken of Plainfield; his mother-in-law, LaRue Krull
of Waverly; five sisters, Josie Siefken of Story City, Iowa,
Cristie Sanford and her husband, Craig, Vancouver, Wash., ...
of Dexter, Barbie Hoins and her husband, Kevin, rural Plainfield,
and Leslie Thrasher and her husband, Steven, Plainfield.
iker, all of Mason City; four brothers,
Richard Paulsen and his wife, Alice, James Paulsen and his wife,
Gloria, and Patrick Paulsen, all of Mason City, and Gerald Paulsen
and his wife, Patricia, Minneapolis, Minn.; two sisters,
Geraldine Krueger and her hu....
He was preceded in death by one son, Travis Joseph Siefken
in 1989, and his father-in-law, Ayelt Krull in 1991.
Lillian Irene Nichols
Lillian Irene Nichols, 81, of Clear Lake, Iowa died
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1994 at the I.O.O.F. Care Center, Mason City,
Iowa following a five-year battle with multiple myeloma.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 10, at
the First Congregational Church in Clear Lake. Pastor Charles
Williams will officiate. Burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery.
Visitation begins at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, at the Ward-Van
Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake. In lieu of
flowers, the family suggeeests memorials to be made to Hospice
of North Iowa or to the First Congregational Church.
Irene Nichols was born Sept. 17, 1913 in Union Township,
the daughter of Harry Spilman and Ada (nee) Crozier Spilman.
She graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1930. She attended
Santa Ana Junior College, Santa Ana, Calif., for one year, then
taught at Union No. 2 School for two years.
On Aug. 5, 1933 she married Robert L. Nichols at the
home of her parents. The couple lived their entire lives in Clear
Lake.
Irene was a member of the First Congregational Church,
P.E.O. and Progress Club. She was very active in her church.
She taught Sunday School, was a member of the Womens Fellowship,
serving both as treasurer and president, and contributed many
hours to the annual Holiday Festival. She also served as delegate
to the National Association of Christian Congregational Churches.
She enjoyed playing bridge, reading and needlework.
She is survived by one son, Lester Dale and his wife
Joyce, Bay Village, Ohio; one daughter, Judy Irene Lund and her
husband Neilan, Minneapolis, Minn.; one sister, Luceal Scott
and her husband Roy, Clear Lake; three grandchildren, Kathryn Beabout
and her husband Dan of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Joanne Grace and
her husband Joe, Bay Village, Ohio, and Rebecca Christel
and her husband Tom of Lake Bluff, Ill.; and five great-grandchildren,
Matthew, Laura and Katie Beabout, and Kristen and Joey Grace.
Irene was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
At the funeral service, Sue Roenfanz was organist and
Larry Shaffer provided the music.
Honorary pallbearers were her grandchildren. Pallbearers
were Michael Nichols, John Perkins, Shelby Pierce, Roy Scott,
Wayne Stokes, Glenn Westover and Jim Ransom.
