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C.N. 'Saul' Hedstrom
C.N. "Saul" Hedstrom, 79, of Mason City
died Friday (July 11, 2003) at 1 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
He was cremated.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday at Hurley Funeral Home, 603 E. Chestnut in Mason City.
Burial of ashes will be in Mason City
Cemetery on Wednesday, with a service conducted by the Rev. Randy Paine at 11
a.m. American Legion Jackson Keen Post 496 will provide
military rites.
Mr. Hedstrom was a design engineer for
Caterpillar Tractor in Mossville. He retired after 27 years with the
company.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War
II.
He was born Aug. 21, 1923, in Chicago
to Per Olaf and Amelia Johnson Hedstrom. He married Amy Housworth on
June 20, 1953, at the Mason City United Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are his wife; one son, Josh
Hedstrom of Mason City; and two sisters, Viola Cedarleaf of
Libertyville and Dorothy Hadley of Spokane, Wash.
He was preceded in death by one brother
and one sister.
He was a member Mason City United
Presbyterian Church and a past deacon of the church. He was a
50-year member and former exalted ruler of Lincoln Elks BPOE 914 and
a member of the American Legion Jackson Keen Post 496 in Mason City.
He was a former Mason City councilman and had served on the Mason
City school board.
He graduated with a bachelor's degree
in engineering from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.
Memorial
contributions may be made to Smithsonian Institution --
Contributional membership, P.O. Box 9016, Pittsfield, MA 01202-9016;
or U of I Alumni Association Services, 227 Illini Union, 1401 Green
St., Urbana, IL 61801.
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Maxine Menzel
Maxine Katherine Menzel, 90, of Lincoln
died Sunday (July 13, 2003) at 4:05 a.m. at the Christian Nursing
Home in Lincoln.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m.
Monday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, with the Rev. Julie Azbell
officiating.
Burial will be in Old Union Cemetery,
Lincoln.
Miss Menzel was employed at Rautenburg
Insurance Agency; the Logan County circuit clerk's office, where she
acted as circuit clerk to fill out the term of George L. Morrill;
and Logan County Title Company, from which she retired.
She was born July 23, 1912, in Lincoln
to Julius and Caroline Jaggi Menzel.
Survivors are one brother, Julian
Menzel of Lincoln, and four nephews, Harry Earle Menzel of Kankakee,
David Menzel of Springfield, Michael Menzel of Williamsville and
Scott Menzel of Louiseville, Ky.
She was preceded in death by one
brother, Harry Menzel.
She was a member of First United
Methodist Church of Lincoln and a lifelong member of Rebecca Lodge.
She attended Bloomingdale School in
Atlanta, Lincoln Elementary and Lincoln High School, and graduated
from Lincoln Business College.
Memorials
may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Lincoln.
Click here to send a note of condolence to the Menzel family.
Eleanor
Ramlow
Eleanor M. Ramlow,
77, of Lincoln died Thursday (July 10, 2003) at 11:10 a.m. at her
home.
Visitation was on Sunday at Holland and Barry in Lincoln.
Her funeral was on
Monday morning at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with
the Rev. Dan Wissman officiating.
Burial is in New
Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Mrs. Ramlow was a
homemaker for her family.
She was born April 6,
1926, in Logan County to William F. and Opal M. Bates Ackerman. She
married Carl C. Ramlow on June 17, 1944, in Emden. He died June 3,
1940.
Survivors are three
sons, Harold A. (and Judith A.) Ramlow, Rick L. (and Kathy S.)
Ramlow and Dennis R. (and Debra S.) Ramlow, all of Lincoln; one
daughter, Bonnie M. Little of Lincoln; eight grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded
in death by three brothers, William A. Ackerman, Marvin Ackerman and
Donald Ackerman; one sister, Norma Blye; one grandchild; and one
great-grandchild. She was the last of her immediate family.
She was a member of
Immanuel Lutheran Church of Lincoln.
She graduated from Lincoln Community High
School in 1944.
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