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Loyola (Tim) Martin OBrien

Loyola (Tim) Martin OBrien, 78, of P.M. Park, Clear
Lake, Iowa passed away Monday, Oct. 24, 1994 at the Americana
Health Center, Waterloo, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday
at St. Patricks Catholic Church, Clear Lake. Msgr. Joseph J.
Slepicka will officiate. A graveside service will be held at
2:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Marys Cemetery in Waverly, Iowa with
Rev. James Miller officiating. Military honors will be performed
at the graveside service.

He was born Nov. 11, 1915 at Whittemore, Iowa. He was
the son of James OBrien and Catherien (nee) Boyle OBrien.
He received his grade and high school education at Whittemore, Iowa.
He was inducted into the United States Army Jan. 29, 1941, and served
on the front lines of battle in the Aleutian Islands, the Northern
Solomons, the Southern Philippines and Ryukyus (Okinawa) until
Oct. 4, 1945.

He married Marie Bahling OBrien at Glendale, Calif.
on Dec. 14, 1940. Following the war, the couple lived at Burt
and Algona, Iowa where he managed the V.F.W. and had a trucking
business for 20 years. He sold his business and did apartment
management in Marshalltown and Des Moines and then retired to
Clear Lake, Iowa in 1978. They spent several winters in South
Texas.

He greatly enjoyed dancing, golfing, the out-of-doors,
camping and the lake. He was a member of St. Patricks Catholic
Church of Clear Lake and longtime member of Veterans of Foreign
Wars and the American Legion of Algona, Iowa.

Survivors include his wife, Marie (Bahling) OBrien,
Clear Lake; children, Judith and her husband David Stewart of
Waverly, Iowa; Maureen and her husband Ralph Mentzer of Dike,
Iowa; and Neal and his wife LeAnn OBrien of Mendota, Ill. Grandchildren
and spouses include Janine and Wayne Whipps of Dike, Iowa; Douglas
and Janeen Stewart of Waverly, Iowa; Jana Mentzer and Jennifer
Stewart of Ames, Iowa; Matt Mentzer of Dike, Iowa; and Lucas
and Clint OBrien of Mendota, Ill. Great-grandchildren are Valerie,
Kristen and Kelly Whipps and Michelle and Shannon Stewart. One
sister, Catherine Kurka and her husband Victor, of Fairfield,
Iowa survives.

He is preceded in death by his parents; four brothers,
Timothy, Edmund, Bernard and Hubert; and four sisters, Lucille,
Eileen, Marguerite and Mary.

The family will direct memorials to the Americana Arcadia
Alzheimers Unit and Alzheimers Research.

Harold T. Webb

Harold T. Webb, 58, of 20 Four Winds Drive, Clear Lake,
Iowa died Monday, Oct. 24, 1994 at North Iowa Mercy Health Centers
east campus.

(A Celebration of Homecoming) will be held at 10:30
a.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at the United Methodist Church in Clear
Lake. The Rev. Fred Lewis will officiate. Burial will be in
the Clear Lake Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26,
at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear
Lake. The family suggests memorials in his name.

He was born Jan. 19, 1936 to Hubert Thomas Webb and
Glenna Mae (nee) Martin Webb at Manly, Iowa. He attended Manly Schools,
graduating in 1954.

On Sept. 7, 1956 he married Audrey Hill at Manly BEUB
Church. He always considered this to be the greatest honor he
would ever receive.

As a youth Harold felt Jesus Christ enter his heart
and thereafter worked to lead a Christian life. He adopted the
hymn (He Leadeth Me) as his personal theme song.

He received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the
University of Northern Iowa, majoring in speech and hearing disorders
of children. Additional graduate studies in administration were
done at Drake, the University of Iowa and the University of Minnesota.

He served the schools of Franklin County from 1958-1970.
He was Director of Special Education for Franklin-Butler-Bremer
Counties from 1970-73 and for Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Mitchell and
Worth Counties 1973-74. In 1974, he helped create the Area Education
Agencies and served as the Director of Special Education for
Northern Trails AEA from 1974-1993. His professional life was
completely dedicated to children with disabilities and their
families. he was an active member and officer of several advocacy
organizations and was appointed by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad
to serve on several Governors Councils on infants and toddlers,
youth, students with special health care needs and children with
head injuries.

He received numerous awards including: Administrator
of the Year, Iowas Friend of School Social Work, the 1992 Harmony
of Living Award and the 1993 Winterstein Award for meritorious
achievement in special education. The harmony of Living Award,
established by the River City Barbershop Chorus, honors a North
Iowans who exhibits (everyday unselfish patterns of positive
and harmonic service to others.) Harolds nomination for the
award was supported by 100 letters, the most the group has ever
received in the awards history.

He was the founder of North Iowa Phi Delta Kappa, which
recently initiated a scholarship program in his name for prospective
teachers.

Harold enjoyed wildlife and belonged to several environmental
and conservation organizations. He had a special love of trees
and with family and friends had planted over 2,000 trees, many
in public parks. Several trees have also been planted in his
honor.

He was active in the United Methodist Church, where
he held many officers at the local and state level. For the
past 14 years he was a Certified Lay Speaker and conducted worship
services in over 50 area churches of various denominations.
He was a member of the church choir and taught Sunday School
for several years. He and his wife, Audrey, did clown ministry
for childrens groups.

He was fascinated by the hobby of gardening, always
impressed by the miracle of plant germination and propagation.
He was a charter and life member of the Mens Garden Club of
North Iowa and had served as its president.

Harold is survived by: his wife, Audrey, of Clear Lake;
two sons, Hugh T. Webb and his wife Marie, of Clear Lake, and
their children Brianna Christine, Houston Thomas and Harrison
Tanner; and Greg S. Webb and his wife Sherry, of Iowa Falls,
Iowa and their children Blake Thomas and Brooke Kathryn; a sister,
Delores Mullin and her husband Avery of Milbank, S.D.; his mother-in-law,
Hazel Hill, of Mason City; a brother-in-law, David Hill, of Mason
City, Iowa; a sister-in-law, Ellen Harris, of Mason City.

He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant
brother, Lloyd Dean Webb.

Honorary pallbearers at the service will be members
of the Mens Garden Club of North Iowa.

Active pallbearers will be Dick Raatz, Lyle Abbas, Dennis
Scudder, Dale Jensen, Jim Clark, Mark Feustel, Dale Tietjens
and Fritz Kruger.

Hinda G. (nee) Johnson

Hinda G. (Mrs. Irving (Speed)) Wallace, 92, of Clear
Lake, formerly of Mason City, died Monday, Oct. 31, 1994
Funeral service will be held Thursday, Nov. 3, at 10
a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church, 112 North Fourth Street,
Clear Lake, with the Rev. Dean Hess and the Rev. Murley
Severtson officiating. Burial will be in Clear Lake Cemetery.
Visitation will be held today (Wednesday), from 4-8
p.m. at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North Fourth
Street, Clear Lake, and one hour prior to the service at the
church on Thursday.
Hinda G. Wallace was born June 29, 1902, in Forest City,
the daughter of Henry S. Johnson and Ida (nee) Ramberg Johnson.
The family moved to Minot, S.D., where Hinda attended school.
She married Irving (Speed) Wallace in Long Beach, Calif.,
on Feb. 29, 1924. They returned to Minot where they lived until
1938 when they moved to Mason City. Throughout much of her life
she accompanied her husband, a free-lance writer, and assisted
in his research. They considered Mason City their home, however
for the past 14 years they also had a home in Clear Lake.
Her Christianity and her family were very important
parts of her life. She was an accomplished artists exhibiting
paintings at the Chicago Worlds Fair and taught china painting
in her own studio.
She is survived by one daughter Wanda Kennedy and her
husband, Jack, Clear Lake; four grandchildren, Sam Kennedy and
his wife, Denise, Clear Lake, Sally (Kennedy) Roper and her husband,
Albert, Clear Lake, Scott Kennedy, Clear Lake, and
Sue (Kennedy) Bristol and her husband, Richard, Littleton, Colo.;
nine great-grandchildren, Colton and Kristian Kennedy, Ginny,
Danielle, A.J., Charles and Zachary Roper, all of Clear Lake,
and Samantha and Jackson Bristol of Littleton, Colo.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; and
two sisters.

Cynthia Wirtz

Cynthia Wirtz, 54, of Marietta Georgia, formerly of
Ventura, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 1994.

Cynthia was born Aug. 6, 1940, the daughter of
Larry Thiele and Lucille Thiele.

She is survived by her husband Dr. E.K. Wirtz; one son
Trent Wirtz, Atlanta; one daughter Tara Wirtz, Calgary; a sister,
Susan, Everett, Wash.; and her father and step-mother Larry Thiele
and Norma Thiele of Ventura; five step-children; and nine
step-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her mother; and one son
Troy Wirtz.

George W. Goodell

Mr. George W. Goodell, 85, formerly of Clear Lake, died
Sunday, Nov. 6, 1994, at the Nora Springs Care Center, Nora Springs,
Iowa.

Private graveside services were held in the Lincoln
Township Cemetery, rural route Hanlontown, Iowa. Services were
held by the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake.

He is survived by his sister Rua Doebel, Hanlontown, Iowa.

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