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 Annetta Van Hoorn,
102, formerly of Atlanta and McLean passed away on December 28, 2003
at 9:00 a.m. in St. Clara's Manor Nursing Home in Lincoln
(Natural Causes).
Funeral
services for Mrs. Van Hoorn will be held on Tuesday, December 30,
2003 at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church of McLean with
Reverend Al Simonson officiating.
Visitation will be from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. at the church on
Tuesday.
Memorials can be made to St. Clara's Manor or to the donor's choice.
Burial
will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery in rural McLean.
Quiram
Funeral Home in Atlanta is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Van
Hoorn is survived by five children: Margaret (Leon) Renfrow of
Atlanta, George (Audra) Van Hoorn of Atlanta,
Marvin (Robin) Van Hoorn of Beason, Doris (Stanley) Evans of Leroy,
Paul (Linda) Van Hoorn Jr. of Atlanta.
Fourteen
grandchildren, Twenty-seven great grandchildren, Seven great great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Van
Hoorn was born on January 29, 1901 in Visquard, Germany to Martinus
and Mika Eeten Saathoff.
She
married Paul Van Hoorn on February 21, 1928 in Hartsburg, Illinois.
He preceded her in death on January 19, 1984.
She came
to the United States of America from Germany in 1923.
She was
a member of the United Methodist Church of McLean.
Member
of Mt. Hope Ladies Aid. and American Legion Auxilary.
Quiram
Funeral Home in Atlanta is in charge of arrangements.
If you
have any questions please call (217) 871-3186 or (217) 648-2001.
Mildred T. ‘Ditter’ Behrends, 89, of
Mason City passed away on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 at Mason City
Nursing Home.
Mrs. Behrends was the daughter of Leonard and Jesse (Dalby) Thomas.
She was born in Mason City on July 4, 1914. She married Herbert
Kramme in Mo. in 1941. He died. She married Theodore Behrends in
Mason County in 1956. He died in 1983.
Surviving are one son, Ron Kramme, Lexington; one step daughter,
Ruth Dowell, Colfax; two grandchildren and one great grandchild. She
was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Alberta Heinhorst;
three brothers, Arthur, Leonard and Ira Thomas.
She worked in the Selective Service Program for the U.S. Government.
She was also the church organist at the First Christian Church of
Mason City and St. Columba’s Catholic Church in Mason City. She was
a member of the former.
Visitation will be Monday, Jan. 29 from 5 – 7 p.m. at Hurley Funeral
Home Mason City.
The funeral will be Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 10:30 a.m. at First
Christian Church, Mason City, with Rev. Dustin Fulton presiding. She
will be buried at Mason City Cemetery.
Memorial may be made to Illini Central Music Program. |
Glenn L. Martin, 98, of Lincoln died
at 10:15 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 25 at Maple Ridge Care Centre.
Mr. Martin was born to Zachie and Blanche Adell (Miller) Martin on
Oct. 14, 1905 in Lincoln. He married Maybelle Rigg on May 16, 1928.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, two brothers, Vigil
and Paul Martin; and one grand daughter, Cathy. He was the last
member of his immediate family.
He is survived by two children; Richard L. Martin, Lincoln and Joyce
H. Moore, Placetia, CO; two grand children and five great grand
children.
Mr. Martin worded at Stetson China and at Cuttler Hammer. He was a
member of the Methodist Church and the Lincoln Masonic Lodge and
Eastern Star.
Holland and Barry Funeral Home is handling arrangements. He will be
cremated.
Arthur Wayne Hankins,
Jr., 75, of LaBella, Florida died of natural causes at Memorial
Medical Center on Friday, Dec. 26, 2003.
Visitation will be 10 – 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 29 at Mason City
Methodist Church. A service is scheduled at 11 a.m. with the Rev.
Bruce Bolin Ghitalia officiating. He will be cremated and buried at
Mason City Cemetery at a later date. Hurley Funeral Home is handling
arrangements.
Mr. Hankins worked with seed corn companies in Ames, IA.,
Shenandoah, IA., Mason City and Kihei, Maui before retiring to
Labelle, FL. in 1994.
He was born Feb. 1, 1928 to Arthur Wayne and Naomi (Bowser) Hankins,
Sr. in Muscatine, IA. His mother survives.
He married Norma Royene Badham in Kahoka, MO. in 1947. She survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Valerie Jo Sarginson of Naples,
FL. and Toni Royene McDaniel of Mason City; one son, Roy (Dorothy
Anderson) Dewayne Hankins of Madison, MN.; three brothers, Joe
Kathy) Hankins of Iowa, Gordon (Connie) Hankins of Naperville, Tom
(Debbie) Hankins of IA.; one sister, Jane (Bill) Wulford of IA.
He was preceded in death by his father and a son-in-law, Denny
Sarginson, who was married to Valerie Jo.
Memorials may be made to the Mason City United Methodist Church or
the donor’s choice.
William Henry (Bob) Zessin,
82, of Petersburg died at Memorial Medical Center on Friday, Dec.
26, 2003. Mr. Zessin worked on the farm with his father until 1953
and then moved to Mason City where he worked for National By
Products and then Robertson’s Disposal. He retired in 1982.
He was born to Carl and Clara (Schultz) Zessin on Feb. 21, 1921 in
Farmington, Il. He never married. He was preceded in death by his
parents, three brothers, Ernest Alfred, Loren (Tiny) Zessin and
three sisters, Eleanor Zessin; Norma Hartley and Dorothy Denton.
He is survived by three sisters, Betty Hartley, Petersburg; June
Shields, Greenview; Helen Browning, Springfield.
Jim and Beverly Robertson of Swan Valley, formerly of Mason City,
were his caregivers.
Hurley Funeral Home of Mason City handled his arrangements. He was
buried Monday at Greenview Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Menard County Rescue. |
