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Harriet M. Pate
Harriet M. Pate, 82, of Clear Lake, died Saturday, Dec.
10, 1994, at the Muse-Norris Hospice In-Patient Unit in Mason
City, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held today (Wednesday), Dec.
14, at 1 p.m. at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th
St., Clear Lake. The Rev. Murley Severtson will officiate. Burial
will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials in her name.
Harriet M. Pate was born Dec. 28, 1911, in Clear Lake,
the daughter of Gregor Christensen and Mette (nee) Jensen Christensen.
She graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1929.
On Sept. 23, 1933, she married Jesse W. (Dub) Pate in
Klemme, Iowa. The couple made their home in Clear Lake. He preceded
her in death Feb. 1, 1977.
Harriet cleaned many offices and cottages in the Clear
Lake area and took in laundry for many people. She enjoyed gardening
and raising flowers and especially loved handiwork, such as embroidering
for her children and grandchildren. She was a family-oriented
person.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake
and the Liberty Club.
She is survived by two daughters, Marian and her husband,
James Pals, Clear Lake, and Barbara and her husband, Roger McQuitty,
of Nora Springs, Iowa; a son, Jesse Pate Jr., and his wife, Linda,
Clear Lake; nine grandchildren, Timothy Pate of Manly, Iowa,
Susan Betts, Coralville, Iowa, Kevin Pals of Mason City, Iowa,
Julie Millhouse, Fairfield, Iowa, Thomas Thornblade Jr., Mason
City, Hollie Mosher of Clear Lake, and Jeffrey Pate, Clear Lake;
20 great-grandchildren, William and Nicholas Pals, John, April,
Megan and Katlin Sheimo, Brandi and Justin Blickenderfer, Scott,
Paul and Samantha Millhouse, Seth and Zachary Thornblade, and
Tyler Mosher.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one
son, William D. Pate; two grandsons, Scott Thornblade and Steven
Pals; two sisters, Jenny Young and Agnetha Kimball; and one
brother, Herbert Christensen.
Marie Bless
Marie Bless, 94, formerly of Ventura, Iowa, died Monday,
Dec. 12, 1994, at the Rotary Ann Retirement Home in Eagle Grove,
Iowa.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Dec. 15, at
2 p.m., at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St.,
Clear Lake, with the Rev. Dean Hess, of Zion Lutheran Church
officiating. Burial will be at the Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason
City.
Visitation begins Thursday at 10 a.m. at the funeral
home. The family suggests memorials in her name.
Marie Bless was born Nov. 22, 1900, on a farm in Corwith
Township, located in Humboldt County, the daughter of George Olson
and Ameria (nee) Jacobson Olson. She attended school in Humboldt,
Iowa.
On Nov. 24, 1921, she married Laurence L. Bless. The
couple lived in Ventura and she continued to make her home there
until August 1992, when she moved to the Rotary Ann Retirement
Home in Eagle Grove, Iowa.
She was honored to be the grand marshal of Venturas
Septemberfest parade in 1990.
She is survived by a brother, Leonard Olson, Eagle Grove;
a sister, Ethel Jaqua, Humboldt, Iowa; three grandchildren,
Alan Bless, Columbus, Ohio, Linda Bless, Austin, Texas, and
Penny Quinn, Pennsylvania; two great-grandchildren, Beth and Michael
Bless, Columbus, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a
daughter, Marilyn Bless; and two sons, Larry Bless and Tom Bless.
James K. Delahooke
Dr. James K. Delahooke, 87, of Friendship Haven, died
Thursday, Dec. 8, 1994, at the Trinity Regional Hospital following
a lengthy illness of pneumonia.
Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 12, at the Chapel
on the Hill at Friendship Haven with the Rev Ron Kitterman officiating.
Services were also held Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the Clear
Lake United Methodist Church with the Rev. Fred Lewis officiating.
Burial was in the Clear Lake Cemetery.
Memorials may be sent to Friendship Haven of Cornell
College in his name.
James K. Delahook was born Sept. 24, 1907, in Bravo,
Mich. He attended grade school at Froelich country school and
high school at Monona High School. He later attended Cornell
College earning a bachelor of arts degree in 1930 and a B.D.
in 1933 from Yale University Divinity School. He earned an honorary
D.D. degree from Cornell College in 1952.
Dr. Delahooke married Marie Kaiser at Mount Vernon.
He joined the Upper Iowa Methodist Church serving churches in
Iowa towns of Stanwood, Centerpoint, Urbana, Anamosa, Charles
City and Marshalltown. He also served as Spencer District Superintendent.
Dr. Delahook retired in June 1973 to the United Methodist
Camp in Clear Lake and served as the minister of visitation at
the Clear Lake United Methodist Church for seven years. He later
served as the minister of visitation at the United Methodist
Church in Iowa City.
He married Pearl E. Ashland in 1988. They moved to Friendship
Haven in 1989.
He was a member of many conference committees and boards
especially in the field of Christian education.
He is survived by his wife, Pearl Delahooke, of Friendship Haven;
one daughter, Nancy Thayer of Iowa City; six grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren; two brothers; and one sister.
He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife,
Marie; and a son, Richard Delahooke. ...ndchildren; two brothers;
and one sister.
Craig G. Niemeyer
Craig G. Niemeyer, 55, of La Porte City, Iowa, died
Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo,
Iowa.
Funeral services were held Sunday, Dec. 18, at the Matt
Auditorium at La Porte City Union High School. The Rev. Wayne
McCoy, pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church, La Porte City,
officiated the service. The body was cremated and burial will
be at a later date.
A memorial fund has been established through the family.
Craig Niemeyer was born July 16, 1939, in Britt, Iowa,
the son Clarence Niemeyer and Opal (nee) Slattenow Niemeyer.
He graduated from Garner High School in 1957. He graduated from
Eagle Grove Community College in 1960 and from the Iowa State
Teachers College (now known as UNI) in 1964.
On Sept. 3, 1961 he married Joann M. Hartin, in Clear
Lake. He taught school with the La Porte City School system for
31 years, from 1964-1994.He was the assistant
boys football and basketball coach for 23 years and had a summer
occupation of painting and carpentry for 32 years. Craig was
voted by students as Teacher Of The Year at Union High School
during the school year 1992-93.
He is survived by his wife Joann Hartin; one son,
Christopher Emil Niemeyer, Titonka, Iowa; three daughters,
Carla Cay Williams, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Cari Jo Davis
and Cathy Sue Shell, both of Phoenix, Ariz.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Honorary pallbearers were Ron Crooks, Phil Winther,
Ron Borton, Joel Bishop, Bob Burkgren, Neil Mullen, Craig Gingrich,
Ken Benda, Dick Ingvall, Art Finke.
[Pallbearers were] ... Crooks, Phil Winther, Ron Borton,
Joel Bishop, Bob Burkgren, Neil Mullen,
Myrtle Stella Volk
Myrtle Stella Volk, 87, of Eldora, Iowa, died Saturday, Dec.
24, 1994, at the Eldora Regional and Medical Center in Eldora
of natural causes.
Funeral services will be held today (Wednesday), Dec.
28, at 1 p.m. at the Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora.
Burial will be at the Jackson Township Cemetery in Rural Owasa,
Iowa. Memorials have been established.
Myrtle Stella Volk was born Nov. 10, 1907, in Hardin
County, Iowa, the daughter of Charles Ellison and Minnie Shaner Ellison.
In January of 1924, she was united in marriage to Sam Volk in
Eldora. To this union one daughter and one son were born,
Catherine Volk and Ralph Volk.
She is survived by one son, Ralph and his wife, Marcia,
Clear Lake; one sister, Josie Trende, Iowa Falls, Iowa; nine
grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband,
Sam in 1976; a daughter, Catherine in 1978; one grandson, Timothy
in 1982; and one sister, Anna.