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Dorothy Kindred
Dorothy M. Kindred, 81, formerly of New
Holland, died Monday (Nov. 10, 2003) at 9:19 a.m. at McLean County
Nursing Home, Normal.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday
at Zion Lutheran Church in New Holland, with the Rev. Dr. George P.
Ascher officiating.
Burial will be in Richmond Grove
Cemetery, New Holland.
Mrs. Kindred was a homemaker.
She was born Jan. 2, 1922, in New
Holland to Herman and Bessie Rusch Harnacke. She married Ralph Wayne
Kindred on Aug. 29, 1948, in New Holland.
She is survived by her husband, of
Normal; three sons, Duane (and Karen) Kindred of Heyworth, Gary
Kindred of Springfield and Darwin (and Barb) Kindred of Lincoln; two
grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren, Kyle, Kirsten, Phillip and
Ashley; and one brother, Harold Harnacke of New Holland.
She was also preceded in death by one
brother.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran
Church in New Holland and the Concordia Society of the church.
She was also a member of the Pleasant
Valley Community Club and the Bunko Card Club.
She was a wonderful wife, mother and
grandmother and will be missed by all.
Memorials
may be made to the church or the Concordia Society. |
R.
Clayton 'Doc' Ainsworth
R. Clayton "Doc"
Ainsworth, 88, of Mason City died Tuesday (Nov. 11, 2003) at 4:24
a.m. at Mason City Area Nursing Home.
Visitation will be
from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hurley Funeral Home in Mason City.
His funeral will be
at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mason City United Presbyterian Church,
with the Rev. Randall Paine officiating.
Burial will be in
Mason City Cemetery.
Mr. Ainsworth was a
hybrid corn breeder> He worked for Iowa State University and Funk
Brothers Seed Company before founding Ainsworth Seed Company in
1941. He was the third generation of Ainsworths in seed corn
production.
He was born Feb. 18,
1915, in Springfield to Ralph and Florence Barber Ainsworth. He
married Ruth Rigdon on July 12, 1941, in Petersburg. She died in
1994.
Survivors are one
son, Thomas (and Peggy) Ainsworth of Mason City, and three
grandchildren.
He was also preceded
in death by one brother, one sister and two sons, Joseph and James
Ainsworth.
He graduated from the
University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in 1937 and received
his master's degree from the U of I in 1940.
He was a founder and
past president of Soybean Research Foundation, one of the first
private soybean breeding organizations. He was a former director and
past president of Illinois Foundation Seeds Inc. and Illinois Crop
Improvement Association.
He was a former
director of Mason City National Bank and chairman of Mason City
Drainage District.
He was a member of
the Mason City United Presbyterian Church, where he served as
trustee and elder.
He was also a member
of the Mason City Rotary Club and Lincoln Elks Lodge 914.
Memorial contributions may be made to the
United Presbyterian Church in Mason City or the Wayne J. Schall
Hospice Fund.
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