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Hilda
Jurgens
Hilda Bernice Jurgens, 86, of
Middletown died Tuesday (July 29, 2003) at 8:45 a.m. at her home.
Visitation was Wednesday evening at
Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln, and the funeral was Thursday
morning at the Middletown United Methodist Church.
Burial is in Irish Grove Cemetery,
Middletown.
Mrs. Jurgens worked at Stetson's China
Factory until it closed and then worked 18 years as a mental health
technician at Lincoln Developmental Center.
She was born Aug. 2, 1916, at
Middletown to William and Edith Sanders Wright. She married Herman
Jurgens Jr. on May 29, 1940, at Greenview. He died March 5, 1989.
Survivors are two sons, Bill Jurgens of
Ocala, Fla., and Gary Jurgens of Middletown; two daughters, Juanita
Carlin of Middletown and Violet Davis of Athens; 12 grandchildren;
and 20 great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by three
brothers, Harold, John and August Wright; four sisters, Opal Lane,
Bertha Clemens, Chattie Wright and Neil Hamil; one grandchild; and
one great-grandchild.
Ellis Smith
Ellis B. Smith, 77, of Mason City died
Sunday (July 27, 2003) at 10:40 a.m. at his home.
His funeral will be
at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hurley Funeral Home, 603 E. Chestnut in Mason
City. The Rev. Bruce Bolin-Ghitalla will officiate. Visitation was
on Wednesday evening at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Auburn Cemetery,
Auburn.
Mr. Smith was most recently employed as
assistant superintendent for the Peoria Park District, until he
retired in 1986. He had previously worked in chicken and turkey
production in Iowa.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran.
He was born Nov. 17, 1925, in Shell
Rock, Iowa, to Leslie L. and Mary F. Grim Smith. He married Earleen
Sells in 1944. He later married Lois Pilman, on April 9, 1985, in
Springfield. She survives.
Other survivors are five sons, David
(and Nancy) Smith of Auburn, Steve (and Ruth) Smith of Montgomery,
Kevin (and Cathy) Smith of Springfield, and stepsons Douglas (and
Tammy) Pilman of Peoria and Jerry (and Toni) Pilman of Brazil, Ind.;
four daughters, Maureen (and Paul) Jackson of Springfield, Teresa
(and Todd) Winings of Roseville, Calif., Cheryl (and Pete) Seiser of
Webster City, Iowa, and stepdaughter Lois (and Rick) Descamps of
Washington; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his first
wife, who died Nov. 27, 1988; one daughter, Pam Kerr; one stepson,
Charles Pilman; two grandsons, Ricky Seiser and Gary Spoor; and one
brother.
He was a member of American Legion and
AMVETS and was past president of the Belmond, Iowa, Lions Club.
He worked in a chicken hatchery in
Shell Rock, Iowa, for four years and then did turkey service work as
a troubleshooter for Nutrena Feeds turkey producers. In 1954 he
began managing a turkey hatchery in New Haven, Iowa. In 1958 he
built his own hatchery and farm in Belmond, Iowa, where he raised
turkeys from the hatching stage to the dressing stage.
Memorial
contributions may be made to Mason City United Methodist Church or
Hospice
Care of Illinois.
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Maudine Horst
Maudine W. Horst, 89, of Mason City
died Tuesday (July 29, 2003) at 7:15 a.m. at Mason City Area Nursing
Home.
Visitation at Hurley Funeral Home
in Mason City on Thursday morning was followed by
a graveside service in Mason City Cemetery. Nash Shawgo officiated
at the service.
Mrs. Horst was a homemaker and was
employed at Lincoln Garment Factory.
She was born Sept. 1, 1913, in
Caledonia, Miss., to Newman and Bessie Russell Wood. She married
Howard Horst on July 27, 1941, in Columbus, Miss. He died Feb. 9,
1966.
Survivors are one son, Clifford John
(and Laveda) Horst of Mason City; two grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
She was also preceded in death by three
brothers.
She was a member of the Flint Hill
Methodist Church in Caledonia, Miss.
Memorial
contributions may be made to Mason City Area Nursing Home.
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