Dawn Ingersoll

Dawn Marie Ingersoll, 69, of Clear Lake, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2025 at the Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center in Clarion, Iowa, after a courageous 10-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

The family will hold a private celebration of Dawn’s life in the summer. She will be laid to rest at Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City.

The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the staff at the Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, 110 13th Avenue SW, Clarion, IA 50525 in honor of their dedicated care of Dawn over the last few years.

Dawn was born on November 1, 1955, in Mason City, Iowa, alongside her twin sister, Diane; to Ronald and Gretchen (Genson) Olson. Dawn received her education with Mason City Community Schools and graduated in the class of 1974, from Mason City High School.

Following graduation, she began her career at Marshall & Swift, later working for Unisys until its closure. She then spent several years at Graham Manufacturing as a forklift operator, retiring when her health began to decline.

In her younger years, Dawn loved roller skating and spent much of her free time enjoying the outdoor she had a passion for bowling, golfing, and fishing.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband, David Ingersoll; her mother, Gretchen Olson; twin sister, Diane (Jeff) Kopps; brother and sisters-law, Lyn Ingersoll and husband Marc Rosenbaum, Doug (Diane) Ingersoll, and Kathy (Brad) Arends; nieces and nephews, Emily Rosenbaum (Eric Kahn), Katie Ingersoll (Julie Tozer), Robert Rosenbaum (Asya Troychansky) and Drew Arends; along with several great-nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father, Ronald Olson, and her mother and father-in-law, Shirley and Crosby Ingersoll.

Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.