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Louella Kagel

Louella M. Kagel, 77, of rural Ellsworth died at 10:40 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, 2002, at Heritage Manor in Colfax.

Visitation at Carmody-Flynn Williamsburg Funeral Home, 1800 Eastland Drive in Bloomington, will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m.

There will also be a half hour of visitation at Bloomington’s St. Patrick Church of Merna preceding the funeral at 10 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Gerald T. Ward will officiate at the service.

Burial will be in Blue Mound Cemetery, Blue Mound Township.

Mrs. Kagel was a homemaker and worked for many years as a meter reader for Corn Belt Electric.

She was born June 18, 1925, at Hartsburg to Louis Nicholas and Edith Schwantz Baker. She married Charles DeLoss Kagel on Aug. 15, 1953, in Lincoln. He died Dec. 5, 1998.

Surviving are four daughters, Ruth (and Gerald) Poppe of Chenoa, Jane (and John) Hogan of Dalton City, Karen (and Mark) Wyant of Ellsworth and Mary (and Daniel) Kerber of Arrowsmith; one son, John D. Kagel of Chenoa; 12 grandchildren, Phillip Poppe, Craig, Lynn and Alan Hogan, Zeb, Wendy, Zach and Jenny Wyant, Chris, Kelly and Nick Kerber, and John David Kagel Jr.; two sisters, Esther (and Rudy) Lolling of Lincoln and Irma (and Bill) Neil of Jacksonville, Fla.; and one brother, Wilbur (and Mac) Baker of Lincoln.

Mrs. Kagel was a member of St. Patrick Church of Merna in Bloomington, Women of the Moose, Ellsworth American Legion Auxiliary and Home Extension East Siders. She had been a 4-H leader for the Ellsworth Tip Toppers.

She was a graduate of Hartsburg-Emden High School.

Memorials may be made to Corn Belt Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association or to Heritage Manor of Colfax.


Ruby ‘Nana’ Bubert

Ruby E. "Nana" Bubert, 88, of Mason City died at 9:05 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, 2002, at Mason City Area Nursing Home.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hurley Funeral Home, 603 E. Chestnut in Mason City.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Church in Mason City, with the Rev. Bill Boyce officiating.

Burial will be in Mason City Cemetery.

She was a cook at Prairie Trails Inn for more than 10 years.

She was born April 17, 1914, in Liletown, Ky., to Charles W. and Ader Magdelene Ennis Lile. She married Luther Wilcoxson on Oct. 4, 1928, in Jefferson, Ind., and he died in 1957. She married Bobbie Bubert on March 12, 1959, in Havana, and he died on June 28, 1997.

Surviving are three sons, Lou (and Helen) Wilcoxson of Golden, Colo., Danny Wilcoxson of Mason City and Donny (and Nina) Wilcoxson of Lincoln; two daughters, Patricia (and Robert) Lough of Mason City and Margaret (and Raymond) Dye of Mason City; 18 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Bessie Lynch; four brothers; four sisters; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

She was a member of the First Christian Church in Mason City.

Memorial contributions may be made to her church or to the Juvenile Diabetes Association.

Ronald ‘Zeke’ Zeisness

Ronald "Zeke" Zeisness, 73, of Mount Pulaski died at 7:37 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002, at Doctor’s Hospital in Springfield.

His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Mount Pulaski First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Carol Andricks officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service.

Burial will be in Melbourne Cemetery, Melbourne, Iowa.

Zeisness retired from Logan-Mason County Health Department.

He was born July 6, 1929, in Marshalltown, Iowa, to Leonard and Marge Frease Zeisness. He married Jeannie Graeber in Melbourne, Iowa, on Dec. 27, 1948.

Survivors are his wife, of Mount Pulaski; one daughter, Lynn Marie Wessolowski of Twin Lakes, Wis.; two sons, Kim Jay Zeisness of Lakeville, Minn., and Jay Thomas Zeisness (and Kathleen Oertle) of Urbana; four grandchildren, Scott, Sarah, Josh and Brianne; one sister, Judith (and Dean) Diamond of Clive, Iowa; and one brother, Norman (and Ginny) McCreary of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Mount Pulaski and its Men’s Club.

Memorials may be made to the church.

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Gordon Ireland

Gordon H. Ireland, 88, of Lincoln died at 10:40 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9, 2002, at his home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, with the Rev. Greg Wooten officiating.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.

Ireland worked as an assistant manager, head grocery clerk and in the produce department of the in Lincoln A&P and Kroger grocery stores. He retired in 1977.

He was born Nov. 27, 1913, in the rural area north of Noble to James and Lucy Trowbridge Ireland. He married Opal S. Dority on Sept. 13, 1936, at her mother’s home on College Street in Lincoln.

The Irelands were inseparable during their 62 years of marriage. Mrs. Ireland died Sept. 9, 1998, and the date of his death was exactly four years later.

Surviving are one son, James (and Nancy) Ireland of Lincoln, and two granddaughters, Sherry (and Randy) Wagnon of Maryville and Brenda (and Brad) Centers of Lincoln.

He was also preceded in death by one brother, Herman. He was the last of his immediate family.

He was a member of First Church of the Nazarene in Lincoln, was a former Sunday school teacher and superintendent, served on the church board, and sang in the church choir.

He was a former member of the Holiday Rambler Camping Club and Retired Good Sams Camping Club.

He graduated from Lincoln Community High School in 1933 and attended the Chicago Evangelistic Institute.

Ireland loved his little family, especially his granddaughters. He was a devoted husband and loving father and grandfather and will be missed by all of his family and friends.

Memorials may be made to First Church of the Nazarene or Hospice of Central Illinois.

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