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Clemon L. Beck
Clemon L. Beck, 83, of Forest City, died Monday.... [???]
Clemon L. Beck was born on February 17, 1912, in Garwin, Iowa,
the son of Oscar Beck and Lillie Beck (nee) Thompson. He attended
and received his education in the rural public school system near Garwin.
After completing his formal education he farmed with his parents on the
family farm near Garwin. He was inducted into the U.S. Airforce serving
in the South Pacific during World War 2, until his honorable discharge.
He was united in marriage to Irene West on November 26, 1945, in
Des Moines.
Clemon worked as a custodian for South East Polk Schools for 3 years
until his retirement in the early 1980's. Following his retirement as a
crossing guard he was given an award from the South East Polk School
Staff, its students and from the police department for his faithful and
caring service to the children. Clemon and his wife Irene had lived in
Altoona, Iowa since 1959, and had moved to Forest City in 1994, to be
near their son and his wife Dennis and Toni Beck, becoming a resident of
the Lake Mills Care Center in January 1995. He enjoyed gardening,
working with his hands fixing things around the house, was an avid
baseball and Chicago Cubs fan, was good natured, loved his family,
children and his dog Ginger.
He is survived by his wife Irene Beck of Forest City, one son;
Dennis Beck and his wife Toni of Forest City, five grandchildren; Joe
Fuller and his wife Gail of Harrisenville, Missouri, Matt Fuller of Los
Angeles, CA., Brett Fuller and his wife Gina of Kansas City, Kansas, Mike
Adams of Olatha, Kansas and Rachael Adams of Tampa, Florida, three
great-grandchildren; Forrest and Brooke Fuller and Alica Adams, one
brother; Gerald Beck and his wife Beryl of Garwin, Iowa. Three sisters;
Flossie Beck, Gladys Beck, and Helen Rodgers all of Garwin, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother; Volla Beck
and one sister, Maggie Beck.
Melbourne J. Trampel
Melbourne (Mel) J. Trampel, 59, of Rockwell, Iowa died Tuesday,
Sept. 5, 1995, at his home.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 9, at Bethlehem
Lutheran Church, Mason City, Iowa, with the Rev. Frederick J. Wood
officiating. Interment was in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.
The family suggests memorials to the Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
Mel was born May 5, 1936 in Klemme, Iowa, the son of John P. Trampel
and Minnie Trampel (nee) Beek. He was baptized in the Immanuel Reformed
Church, Klemme, and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Mason
City. Mel graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1955.
On Feb. 23, 1958 Mel married Carol J. Kinne at Trinity Lutheran
Church, Algona, Iowa. They lived on a farm near Rockwell for thirteen
years, while farming he also drove a milk truck for State Brand Creamery,
Mason City. In April of 1972 they moved to Fertile, Iowa. Mel went to work
at Winnebago Industries on the production assembly line where he has
continued to work. They later moved to rural Clear Lake, Swaledale and
then October of 1985 moved back to the family farm rural Rockwell
Mel loved wood working, working on the family farm, animals on
the farm, and most of all his grandchildren. He was a member of
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Mason City.
He is survived by his wife, Carol Trampel, Rockwell; three children,
Debra Cummingham and her husband, Tom, Forest City, Iowa, Dan Trampel,
Rockwell, and Darla Reed and her husband, Jim, Dougherty,
Iowa; two brothers Ronald Trampel and his wife, Kay, Clear Lake, and
Merlyn Trampel and his wife, Nylene, Rockwell; five grandchildren,
Nickolas Cummingham, Jacob Cummingham, Joshua Cummingham,
Matthew Reed and Larry Trampel; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and in-laws,
Henry O. E. Reed, Lydia Kinne and Larry Trampel; and several
nieces and nephews.
Elsie J. (Hahn) Woyen
Elsie J. Woyen, 95, a resident at the Good Shepherd Care Center in
Mason City, Iowa, formerly of Clear Lake, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 1995 at
North Iowa Mercy Health Center's East campus, Mason City.
Funeral services were held at:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15, 1995 at Zion
Lutheran Church in Clear Lake. The Rev. Dean Hess officiated. Burial
was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.
The family suggests memorials be made to the Elsie J. Woyen
Memorial Fund. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel was in charge of services.
Elsie was born June 24, 1900 in Havana, Ill., the daughter of
August Hahn and Johanna Hahn (nee) Tackenberg. She attended school
in North Dakota. She moved from the west coast to Mason City in 1946.
She moved to Clear Lake in the 1960s. She lived in Clear Lake until
1988, then moved to Mason City.
She was united in marriage with Eddie Woyen in December 1923 in
Moorhead, Minn. Her hobbies included raising flowers, tatting and
crocheting.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake.
She is survived by a daughter, VaLois Masters, of Mason City; a
son-in-law, Floyd Fousek, Cedar Falls, Iowa; four sisters,
Kathryn Pederson of Adams, Minn., Erma Griffin of Minnewauken, N.D.,
Eleanor Donaldson of Oberon, N.D., and Mary Combs of Concord, Calif.;
four grandchildren, Valerie Salsbury of Freemont, Calif.,
Elzora Dalrymple of Woodbury, Minn., Melinda Gonyaw of Palm Bay,
Fla. and Mark Masters of Rancho Cordova, Calif.; and seven
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a daughter,
Naomi Fousek; three brothers, Lawrence Hahn, Harry Hahn and
Norman Hahn; and a sister, Margaret Griffon.
Music at the funeral service was provided by organist Karen Harthan
and soloist Marilyn Sadler.
Pall bearers were Carlin Hahn, Larry Hahn, Walter Swanson,
Duane Hahn, Marvin Carlisle and Don Hanson.
William R. Wainwright
William R. Wainwright, 60, of 306 N. 10th St., Clear Lake, Iowa died
Tuesday, Sept. 12, 1995. ... [???]
Funeral services were held at....
... September 18, 1995, at North Iowa Mercy Health Center, East in Mason
City. Memorial services will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 23, 1995,
at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake,
with Timothy Hartman of Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall officiating.
Family will greet friends one hour prior to service time on Saturday at
the chapel. According to his wishes his body was cremated. Inurnment
was in the Memorial Park Columbarium, Hwy. 18 West, Mason City.
He [was] born Feb. 7, 1935 in Chicago, Ill., the son of
Wilmer G. Wainwright and E. Eunice (nee) Ryan Wainwright.
He graduated from Prew High School in Sarasota, Fla. and attended
Menlo College, Menlo, Calif....
Bertram H. Kruse
Bertram "Burt" H. Kruse, 84, of Clear Lake, died Tuesday, Sept.
19, 1995, at North Iowa Mercy Health Center, Mason City. There is
no funeral service planned. Burial will be in Vinton Cemetery, Vinton,
at the convenience of the famil, Mason City. The body will be cremated.
Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, was in
charge of the arrangemments. Memorials may be given to Hospice of
North Iowa.
Bertram Kruse was born Sept. 14, 1911, at Vinton, the son of
Henry G. Kruse and Olive Kruse (nee) Barnes. He graduated from
Vinton High School and Yale University.
He was a reporter for the Hartfort Courant Newspaper then
worked in public relations for New Departure division of General
Motors. He married Mary E. Traer on June 21, 1935, at Vinton. He served
in the U.S. Army serving one year in Japan with the U.s. occupatinal
forces. The Kruses moved to Cler with the U.S. occupational forces. The
Kruses moved to Clear Lake in 1951, where Bert then published the Cerro
Gordo Farmer until 1966.
He was an author of light verse published in the Saturday Evening
Post, Wall Street Journal, Tennis Magazine and other national journals.
He constructed cross word puzzles published in major papers such as the
New York Times, Los Angeles Times and the Minneapolis Star and
Tribune as well as cross word puzzle bookss.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Ellen Traer of Clear Lake; one son
George Traer Kruse, San Francisco, Calif.; and one daughter, Mary, and
husband, Jerry Weidler, Montgomery, Ala.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and two
brothers.
Mary Louis Borschel (nee) Lynxwiler
Mary Louis Borschel, 82, of Clear Lake, died Friday, Sept. 22, 1995
at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Mason City.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25, at the Ward-
Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake with the
Reverend Fred Lewis of the United Methodist Church in Clear Lake
officiating. Burial was in the Clear Lake Cemetery.
The family of Mary Louis Borschel has requested that memorial
contributions be made to the United Methodist Church in Clear Lake or to
the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City in her memory.
Mary Louis Borschel was born Oct. 5, 1912 in Des Moines, the
daughter of Louis Delbert Lynxwiler and Ethel (nee) Hunsinger
Lynxwiler. The family moved to Cedar Rapids and she attended and
received her education in the Cedar Rapids school system, graduating
from Cedar Rapids High School in 1930.
She was united in marriage to Ardell Edward Borschel on April
22, 1930, in Oklahoma City, Okla. He preceded her in death in January of
1977. In 1957, they moved to Clear Lake where she worked for several
years at the Grethen House in Clear Lake.
She enjoyed reading, golfing, watching golf on T.V, feeding birds
and squirrels, but her great love and enjoyment was her family and
grandchildren.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Clear Lake.
Survivors include a daughter, Sally Lou Christeson and her
husband Mearle of Osage; three grandchildren, Lisa Spencer and her
husband Stan of Nora Springs, Bradley Christeson and his wife Liz of
Indianapolis, Ind.; and Kevin Holden of Bettendorf, Iowa; three great-
grandchildren, Steve and Sarah Malone of Nora Springs, and Bradley
Christeson, Jr., of Indianapolis; and one sister, Dawn Bennett and her
husband Don of Springfield, Mo.; as well as other relatives and friends.
Besides her husband, she was also preceded in death by her
parents and one brother, Tom Lynxwiler.
