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AMY BRAKKE
FOREST CITY - Amy Brakke, 82, of Forest City, died Monday (Oct. 25, 1999) at the Heritage Care Center in Lake Mills
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at the Winnebago Lutheran Church in rural Lake Mills. Burial will be in the Winnebago Lutheran Cemetery , rural Lake Mills.
Visitation was held on Tuesday at the Petersen Lund Funeral Home, 505 N. Clark St., Forest City.
Amy Olive Lovick Brakke was born on June 14, 1917, on the rented farm of her parents, Henry and Ida (Hanson) Lovick. She was baptized by the Rev. Gronskov of the Bethel Lutheran Church and was confirmed at the Fertile Lutheran Church. She went to country school Mt. Valley No. 6, then graduated from Forest City High School. She taught in different schools in North Iowa.
She married Donald M. Brakke on May 18, 1939, at the Little Brown Church at Nashua. They lived and worked on a farm northeast of Forest City their entire lives. Amy raised chickens and sold eggs in the neighborhood. She worked several years at the Winnebago County Home.
Friends and neighbors were always welcome in her home to have coffee, lunch or a meal. She was an excellent cook. Dan and Amy's farm seemed to be the neighborhood gathering place. Everyone was always welcome. Amy was a member of Winnebago Lutheran Church and active in ladies aid there. She moved to a nursing home in Mason City in June of 1995 when she was no longer able to stay at home.
Amy is survived by a daughter and her husband, Dianne and Frank Riley, of Osceola; three grandchildren, Matthew Riley and his wife, Ember, of Kansas City, Mo., Kory Riley and his wife, Dana, of Des Moines, and Kristen Kouba and her husband, Brent, of West Des Moines; five sisters, Murlette Hagen, of Lake Mills, Pearl Hanna, of Forest City, Alice Toresdahl, of Clear Lake, Elaine Ollenburg, of Ventura and Doris Bonstetter, of Clear Lake; four brothers, James Lovick, of Fertile, Leo Lovick, of Ackley, Ardie Lovick of Washington, Iowa, and Larry Lovick, of Forest City; and a sister-in-law, Gladys Lovick, of Forest City.
Amy was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Donald, who died on Aug. 15, 1994; a brother, Paul Lovick; a sister, Irene Brakke; a brother-in-law, Harvey Brakke; a half brother-in-law, Bob Brakke; two half sisters-in-law, Ethel Haugen and Helen Brones; and three brothers-in-law, Gilman Hagen, Gordon Toresdahl and Raymond Hanna.
DWAINE C. LIGHTER
ALGONA - Dwaine C. Lighter, 78, of Algona, died Tuesday (Oct. 26, 1999) at home.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church, Algona, with the Rev. Phil Webb officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery , with military graveside services.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Garry-Roberts-Murphy-Schaaf Funeral Home, Algona, with a Masonic service at 7:30 p.m.
CURTIS DEAN JENSON
BRITT - Curtis Dean Jenson, 74, of 3085 Iowa Ave., Britt, died Monday (Oct. 25, 1999) at his home near Crystal Lake.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, at Crystal Lake Methodist Church, Crystal Lake, with Pastor Gary Marzolf officiating.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Ewing Funeral Home in Britt.
Curtis Dean Jenson was born Dec. 27, 1924, in Crystal Township, Hancock County. He was the son of Julius Jenson and Olga Larson Jenson. Curtis attended school in Crystal Lake, graduating in 1942.
Curtis was married Sept. 19, 1945, to Leona Alexander at the Crystal Lake Methodist Church. He then served in the U.S. Army in 1946.
Curtis was involved in farming all his life and worked two years at Winnebago Industries in addition to farming.
He is survived by his wife, Leona Jenson; daughters, Rosalyn Smith and her husband, Marvin, of Sioux City, and Telene Bettcher and her husband, Mike, of Oshkosh, Wis.; two stepgrandsons, Lolane Smith and his wife, Debbie and their two children, Kayla and Jerod, and Dorin Smith and his wife, Carrie and their two children, Shannen and Dorisa, all of Des Moines; Mark Jenson and his wife, Liz, of Gillette, Wyo., their daughter, Karen and stepson, Peter Newhall, of Texas; Kurt Jenson and special friend, Sybil Williams, of West Yellowstone, Mont., and his two daughters, Rebecca and Melanie, of Aberdeen, Wash.; Bart Jenson and his wife, Teresa, of Des Moines and their three children, Gregory, Nina and Louise; and Kelly Jenson and his fiancee, Sheri Peck and her children; his sisters, Mavis Olin, of Spencer, and Carole Siepmann, of Bettendorf.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Richard Jenson; and one foster brother, Donald Jenson.
Ewing Funeral Chapel, (515) 843-3839.
RUBY H. HODGIN
MASON CITY - Ruby H. Hodgin, 89, of 1102 N. Hampshire Ave., died Oct. 6, 1999, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit.
Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, at the First Baptist Church, 129 E. State St., with the Rev. Ron Stein officiating. There will be private inurnment in Memorial Park Cemetery.
There will be no visitation, as her wish was cremation.
Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., is in charge of arrangements.
Ruby was born Nov. 6, 1909, in Mason City, the daughter of Johann Frederick C. and Ida (Engelemann) Johannsen. She graduated from Mason City High School in 1926 and was married to Luther Hodgin on May 7, 1942, at the First Baptist Church in Mason City.
She was an active member of the First Baptist Church, where she was the church historian and also active in church circle. She enjoyed helping the Community Kitchen and working in her garden. She was a member of the Rake and Hoe Garden Club. She was a former member of the North Iowa Quilters and other community groups. Ruby also enjoyed traveling, and on her visits to Austria she joined her family and helped with the Orphans Relief Program and Project Centipede in Romania.
She is survived by daughters Louise Pickart and her husband, Heinz, of Vienna, Austria, and Marthajean Bolgren and her husband, Bill, of Andover, Minn.; granddaughters Heidi and Amanda Bolgren, of Andover, Minn.; stepgranddaughter, Astrid Pickart, of Vienna, Austria; sisters, Frieda Cooper, of Mason City, and Alta Lynch, of Grants Pass, Ore.; sister-in-law, Eleanor G. Johannsen, of Mason City; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Luther, on Oct. 18, 1988; brothers, Clifford and Karl Johannsen; and sister, Pearl Anderson.
Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, (515) 423-0924.
FLORA JANE (KINDLESPIRE) JONES
SPIRIT LAKE - Flora Jane (Kindlespire) Jones passed away Monday afternoon (Oct. 25, 1999) at the Dickinson County Memorial Hospital in Spirit Lake. She had been in the hospital a short time before her demise.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church, Spirit Lake.
Turner Funeral Home, Spirit Lake, is in charge of arrangements.
Flora, 93, was the daughter of Orin Sylvester Kindlespire and Nettie Jane (Brown) Kindlespire. She came from a family of four girls and five boys. She was born in Martin, Weakly County, Tenn. When she was about nine years old, her family moved to Iowa, where her father was a barber for a short time before moving to Ruthven, where he farmed. Flora received her formal education and, after graduation, taught school for a number of years.
On April 2, 1927, she was united in marriage to Glen Ward Jones at Estherville, where the couple farmed. To this union, five children were born, Charlotte Rae, Marvin Sylvester, Roger William, Shelby Lee and Victor Lyman.
She was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church. She and Glen celebrated their 72nd Wedding Anniversary this year. In addition to her daughter and sons, she has 15 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
She was devoted to her husband, her family, her home and her church, belonging to the ladies circle for a number of years. She enjoyed her trips to Arizona in the winter until her health required her to seek care in the Milford Nursing Center in Milford. She enjoyed the church services and the bingo games there.
She is survived by her husband, Glen; her children, Charlotte Rae (Mrs. Warren) Tilton, of Mason City, Marvin Jones, of Tempe, Ariz., Roger Jones, of Okoboji, Shelby Jones, of West Des Moines, and Victor Jones, of Tempe, Ariz.; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews and dear friends of many years.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father; and her brothers and sisters.
NATHAN R. NORTHRUP
MASON CITY - Nathan R. Northrup, 90, of 302 Second St. N.W., died Tuesday morning (Oct. 26, 1999) at Good Shepherd Nursing Home.
Arrangements are incomplete at Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E., Mason City.
Fullerton Funeral Home, (515) 423-8676.
VIRLEY ANN HEINE
CLEAR LAKE - Virley Ann Eilers Heine was born on March 11, 1928, to George and Fannie (Hinders) Eilers in Stout, Iowa. She passed away on Wednesday (Oct. 27, 1999) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the First Congregational Church, 205 W. 10th Ave. N., Clear Lake, with John Ayers and the Rev. Thomas Healey officiating. Burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery
with a luncheon to follow at the church.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake.
Memorials may be given to Hospice of North Iowa in her memory.
Virley graduated from Grundy Center High School in 1944 and then worked as a legal secretary. In 1947 she married James Heine at the First Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center. They made their home in Conrad, Iowa, until 1967 when they moved to Clear Lake. Four children, their spouses and nine grandchildren have enriched Jim and Virley's wonderful marriage.
For the last 20 years, Virley had enjoyed working as a real estate agent for Iowa Realty in Clear Lake. She loved spending time with her family, going to the beach in Florida, golf, bridge, reading, crosswords, trips with her friends and the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Virley is survived by her husband of 52 years, Jim; daughter, Jennifer, and husband Jon Niedermayer and their children, Carter and Maddie, of Mason City; daughter, Sally, and husband Davee Olson and their children, Nicholas, Sara and Lindsay, of Minneapolis; son, Jeffrey, and wife Debbie and their children, Alyssa and Erinn, of Clear Lake; and daughter, Susan, and husband Willard Olesen and their children, Andrew and Kathryn, of Greenfield. Also, Virley is survived by her sisters, Kathryn Andreessen of Parkersburg, Tina Mollendorp of Parkersburg, Minnie Kramer of Westwood, Calif., and Myrna Raymond of San Jose, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, George.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, (515) 357-2193.
ESTHER HESS
KLEMME - Esther (Johnson) Hess, 100, of Klemme, died Tuesday (Oct. 26, 1999) at the Concord Care Center in Garner.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church, Klemme, with the Rev. Curtis DeVance officiating. Interment will be in the Ell Township Cemetery , Klemme.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Tenold Funeral Home in Klemme, and one hour prior to services on Friday at the church.
Esther (Johnson) Hess, the daughter of John Axel and Taalena Brotton (Anderson) Johnson, was born on Sept. 27, 1899, on a farm in rural Kanawha near the Twin Lakes. She attended country school in rural Kanawha through the 4th grade. At that time, she quit school to take care of her younger siblings at home.
Esther was working at a candy factory in Chicago, Ill., when she met her future husband, Jake. She and Jacob John Hess were united in marriage on May 15, 1926, in Chicago. The couple made their home in Chicago for two years, and then they moved to rural Klemme in 1928. They farmed around Klemme, where Esther loved to raise ducks, until they retired and moved into town in 1946. Jacob died on March 28, 1978.
She had a passion for flowers and gardening - something she took great pride in doing. She was frequently referred to as the "Flower Lady."
Esther was awarded many ribbons for her flowers and she showed them regularly at the Klemme Garden Club flower shows and at the Hancock County Fair. She was also very active in the Klemme United Methodist Church and the Women's Circles, the American Legion Auxiliary, Klemme Senior Citizens and the Klemme Garden Club. Esther entered the Concord Care Center in Garner on Jan. 25, 1999.
Survivors include her sister, Ruth Nuehring, of Mason City; a special niece, Marie Perkins, of Klemme; and many other nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jacob; four brothers, John, Bert, Alfred and Carl; and three sisters, Edith Caroline Johnson, Alice Hummel and Nora Perkins.
Tenold Funeral Home, (515) 587-2510.
