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BETTY (MRS. FRED) DAVIDSON
CHARLES CITY - Betty Davidson, 71, of 1403 Cleveland Ave., died Thursday (Jan. 20, 2000) at Floyd County Memorial Hospital, Charles City.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Hauser Funeral Home, 1205 S. Main St., Charles City. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery , Charles City.
Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Hauser Funeral Home, where the family will greet friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Visitation will continue from 9 a.m. until service time at the funeral home Monday.
ELIZABETH BESSIE CLEMENS
DUMONT - Elizabeth Bessie Clemens, 94, died Thursday (Jan. 20, 2000) at Dumont Care Center.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Dumont United Methodist Church, Hampton, with the Rev. Robert Connor officiating. Burial will be in Dumont Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home, Dumont.
MILDRED B. PFLIEGER
MANLY - Mildred B. Pflieger, 95, died Thursday (Jan. 20, 2000) at Manly Care Center.
Funeral arrangements are pending at Champion Funeral Home, Osage, (515) 732-3706.
ALICE NAOMI KEELING
BELMOND - Alice Naomi Keeling, 90, died Tuesday (Jan. 18, 2000) at the Community Memorial Hospital in Clarion.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Church of Christ, Clarion, with Mark Young officiating. Burial of her ashes will follow in Evergreen Cemetery , Clarion. Willim Funeral Home, Clarion, is in charge of the arrangements, (515) 523-2233.
Alice Naomi Dresher was born April 15, 1909, on a farm southwest of Kanawha in Hancock County. Her parents were William and Eva (Mortz) Dresher.
Alice became the bride of Orie Ned Keeling on Dec. 17, 1930, at Belmond in the Reformed Church parsonage.
Their first home was west of Goodell, where Orie started farming. They lived there for two years. They then moved to a farm west of Popejoy and Orie worked for Frank DeForest for three years. Later they moved to a farm near Clarion and Orie worked for Ralph Marshall for two years. They then moved into Clarion, where Orie worked for Cliff Evans and Dewey Simmons and hauled coal for Telford's.
In 1947 they moved to a farm five miles east of Clarion, where they farmed until they retired in 1980. After they retired, they made their home in Belmond.
Her husband Orie died in July of 1995.
In 1997, Alice entered the Leinbach Center at Belmond and resided there until she entered the hospital last March. Alice died Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Community Memorial Hospital, Clarion, at the age of 90.
Alice liked working in her garden and yard, sewing for her children, grand and great-grandchildren, doing needle work, fishing and entertaining her family of 34 at Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
She was a member of the marathon 500 Card Club and the Grandmothers Club in Belmond.
Alice is survived by her children, Lois and her husband, Raynard Southard, Clarion, Beverly and her husband, Robert Delger, Clarion, Shirley and her husband, Gerald Curran, Waterloo, Judy and her husband, Roger Wiemann, Alexander, and Verlyn Keeling and his wife, Joyce, Rowan; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and sisters, Effie and Ila Mae.
Alice was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; three brothers, Ed, Dutch and Charles; a sister, Margaret; and a great-grandson, Michael Alan Johnson.
DELORES M. JOHNSON
KANAWHA - Delores M. Johnson, 75, died Thursday (Jan. 20, 2000) at the Kanawha Community Home.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Lutheran Church in Kanawha, with the Rev. Keith Sievers officiating. Burial will be in Amsterdam Township Cemetery , Kanawha.
Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Ewing Dugger Funeral Home, Kanawha, and will resume one hour prior to the services at the church Monday.
Ewing Dugger Funeral Home, Kanawha, (515) 843-3839.
CHESTER (CHET) MCCOLLOCH
FOREST CITY - Chester (Chet) McColloch, 80, died Thursday (Jan. 20, 2000) at his home.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Petersen Lund Funeral Home, 505 N. Clark St., Forest City, (515) 585-2685.
FERNE RICH
CLEAR LAKE - Ferne Rich, 83, of Clear Lake, died Thursday (Jan. 20, 2000) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church in Clear Lake, with the Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date at Memorial Park Columbarium in Mason City.
Family will greet friends one hour prior to services on Monday at the Church.
Ferne was born Aug. 16, 1916 in Clinton, the daughter of Herbert and Bessie (Grafft) Frazier. She graduated from Lost Nation Iowa High School in 1934 and graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor of sciences degree in 1938.
She entered nursing school at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., in September of 1941. She was in Student Nursing Cadet Corps. She graduated in September of 1944 and was assigned to the Navy. She stayed at John Hopkins Hospital as a supervisor and surgical nursing instructor until December of 1946.
She married William C. Rich on Dec. 27, 1946, and moved to Clear Lake in 1949. She became involved in activities of the Methodist Church (Supt. of Sunday school, Altar guild and life member of the United Methodist Women). She also was chairman of delivery services of Meals On Wheels, served on the Opportunity Village Store board and worked in the Opportunity Village Store for 20 years. She was treasurer of the Friends of the Library board.
She taught nursing at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City from 1960 to 1963. She was an active member of the PEO Sisterhood, DAR, Delta Gamma Sorority, Friendly Garden Club, Questors and the Civil Air Patrol.
Survivors include her husband, William C. Rich, of Clear Lake; a son, Bruce and his wife, Diane, of Sacramento, Calif., and their son, Benjamin Rich and daughter, Katie Rich; a daughter, Vicki Rich Stark and her husband, Jeff, of Tampa, Fla.; and one sister, Jane Frazier Crawford, of Jackson, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and one sister, Anne Frazier Trowbridge.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake is in charge of arrangements. (515) 357-2193.
M. BLANCHE PFLIEGER
PLYMOUTH - M. Blanche Pflieger, 95, of Manly and formerly of Plymouth and Osage, died Thursday (Jan. 20, 2000) at the Manly Care Center.
Mildred was born on April 4, 1904, in Hamilton County near Webster City, the daughter of Albert and Rosa (Albright) Adams. She moved to Mitchell County with her family.
She married Frank Pflieger on Sept. 6, 1926, in Osage. They farmed in the Mitchell, Osage and Little Cedar areas. In 1937 they moved near Riceville and farmed there until Frank's death in 1958. Blanche moved to Osage, and in 1978 she moved to Plymouth.
When she lived in Osage, she was an active member of the Trinity Lutheran Church. When she lived in Plymouth, she was an active member of the Plymouth United Methodist Church.
She enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church in Plymouth, with the Rev. Debra Stowers and the Rev. Richard Pippert officiating. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Liberty Cemetery
in Little Cedar.
Visitation will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Champion Funeral Home, Osage, and one hour prior to services on Monday at the Church.
She is survived by one son, Robert Pflieger and his wife, Doris, of Plymouth; three sisters, Christina Thurnau of Osage, Mary Gerbig of Osage, and Phyllis Bruggeman of St. Ansgar; 10 grandchildren, John Warburton and his wife, Mel, of Janesville, Terry Sprung and her husband, Stan, of Plymouth, Ann Arndorfer and her husband, Jerry, of Britt, Martin Warburton, of Mason City, Kathy Thoms and her husband, Bill, of Waverly, DeLaine Warburton, of Britt, Sandy Rezab and her husband, Jim, of Ankeny, Donna Holloway, of Plymouth, Cindy Dahl and her husband, David, of Mason City, and Lori Pflieger, of Mason City; 14 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Frank, in 1958; a son, Roger Pflieger; a daughter, Rosa Warburton; a son-in-law, Harry Warburton; a sister, Hazel McFarland; and three brothers, Charlie, Vernie and Leo Adams.
Champion Funeral Home, (515) 732-3706.
DELORES M. JOHNSON
KANAWHA - Delores M. Johnson, 75, of Kanawha, passed away Thursday (Jan. 20, 2000) at the Kanawha Community Home.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Lutheran Church in Kanawha, with Pastor Keith Sievers officiating. Burial will be in the Amsterdam Township Cemetery
in Kanawha.
Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Ewing Dugger Funeral Home in Kanawha and one hour prior to services on Monday at the Church.
Delores was born on Oct. 19, 1924, in Dows, the daughter of Elmer and Florence Trowbridge Sturgeon. She graduated from Belmond High School in 1942. Delores was united in marriage to Gaylen D. Johnson on Nov. 6, 1943, in Belmond. They resided in Belmond until 1954, when they moved to Kanawha to farm.
Delores worked at Winnebago Industries and then at Farmers State Bank until she retired in June of 1987. Her favorite hobbies were cooking and baking, along with bowling, playing cards and dancing. She also was an active member of the Kanawha Lutheran Church.
Delores is survived by her husband, Gaylen, of Kanawha; two daughters, Angela Strege and her husband, Kevin, of Bakersfield, Calif. and Andrea Mallen, of Mason City and her special friend, Denny Honsey, of Minneapolis, Minn.; one son, Todd Johnson, of Buffalo Center; one daugher-in-law, Sherry Johnson, of Kanawha; five grandchildren, Travis and his wife, Sue, of Grimes, Chad, of West Des Moines and his fiancee, Steph, of Belmond, Jade, of Clinton, Mitchell, of Buffalo Center and Jacey, of Britt; and one great-grandson, Drew; two sisters, Henrietta Jenison, of Belmond and June Deiser and her husband, George, of Owatonna, Minn.; one sister-in-law, Mabel Sturgeon, of Clarion; and many nieces and nephews.
Delores was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Tony Johnson; and one greatgrandson, Jordan Chase Johnson; two brothers, Dale Sturgeon and Gene Sturgeon; three sisters, Elizabeth Langland, Lucille White and Marjorie Regal.
Ewing Dugger Funeral Home, (515) 843-3839.
