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Lois
Perkins
Lois
Norene Perkins, 94, of Tuscola died at 2:55 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22,
2001 at Nightingale Manor.
Her
funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, at Hurley
Funeral Home in Mason City. Greg Skaggs will be the speaker.
Burial
will be in Mason City Cemetery.
Visitation
is one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Perkins was a clerk at the Gamble store in Mason City before her
retirement.
She
was born Oct. 20, 1906, in Kentucky to Thomas and Mary Hensley
Broady. She married Henry Perkins on Sept. 3, 1922. He died in
December 1971.
Surviving
are one son, Gary Perkins of Carlinville; two daughters, Betty
Dodson of Lincoln and Marcela Skaggs of Tuscola; nine grandchildren;
several great-grandchildren; and one sister, Dixie Edwards of
Hodginsville, Ky.
She
also was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
She
was a Jehovah’s Witness.
Memorial
contributions may be made to Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnesses,
Havana, or to Nightingale Manor in Tuscola.
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Alvin
Schmidt
Alvin
C. Schmidt, 90, of Lincoln died at 6:05 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22,
2001, at Mason City Area Nursing Home.
His
funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, at Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Dan Wissmann officiating.
Burial
will be in Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be one hour before the service at the church. Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home of Lincoln is in charge of arrangements.
Schmidt
farmed in West Lincoln Township before his retirement.
He
was born Feb. 24, 1911, in Lincoln to Frederick and Clara L. Baker
Schmidt. He married Louise A. Ramlow in Attica, Ind., on Feb. 2,
1935.
Surviving
are his wife, of Mason City; one son, Thomas Schmidt of Hartsburg;
one daughter, Joyce (and husband Gene) Conrady of Mason City; eight
grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Leslie
Schmidt of Lincoln, Ralph E. Schmidt of Lincoln and David Schmidt of
Crystal Lake; and one sister, Ruth Schmidt of Lincoln.
He
was preceded in death by one son, Robert Louis Schmidt.
He
was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln, where he
participated in the church choir 40 years, was a member of Kogudus
and served as superintendent of the Sunday School. He was also a
member of Farm Bureau and the Westpoint-Rothchild school board.
Memorials
may be made to his church.
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