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Saturday con’t
day in the Surf Ballroom parking lot,
460 North Shore Drive. Fresh fruits
and vegetables, as well as baked goods
and handcrafted products are avail-
able for purchase.
Garden cleanup
All persons are invited to help
in the Clear Creek School Garden
Clean-Up Saturday, Oct. 17, 9 a.m.
to noon. Those attending are asked to
bring gloves, rakes, shovels and wheel
barrels if you have them. Parents and
students can sign-up in the office at
Clear Creek Elementary School; all
community members are invited to
participate.
Trapper event
Youth and adults of any age in-
terested in getting started trapping
are encouraged to attenda Begin-
ning Trapper Event Saturday, Oct.
17, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Iowa
DNR Clear Lake Wildlife Unit Head-
quarters, 15326 Balsam Ave, Ventura
(S-14). The objective is to educate
and inform beginning trappers about
trapping responsibly. There will be
giveaways and door prizes. This free
event is sponsored by the Iowa Trap-
per’s Association (ITA) and the Iowa
Department of Natural Resources (IA
DNR). There is no cost or registra-
tion necessary.
Oktoberfest
Rotary Clubs in several commu-
nities are hosting a special fundraiser discolored water. If you have no water
in Clear Lake to benefit the Fam-
ily Alliance for Veterans of America
(FAVA). The Clear Lake Rotary Club,
the Noon Rotary Club in Mason City,
the Garner Rotary Club, and the Ro-
tary Club of Forest City have been
collaborating to bring together a craft
Sentence
issued in Ave.
of Saints crash
brew and wine event called the North A Belmond man who drove into
Iowa Rotary Oktoberfest. It will be oncoming traffic near Clear Lake last
held on Saturday, Oct. 17, in the Dia- month has been sentenced to two
mond Ballroom in the Best Western years in prison. District Judge An-
Holiday Lodge in Clear Lake from nette Boehlje sentenced Robert Sum-
7-10 p.m. There will be a live auc- mers Tuesday, Oct. 6.
tion at 9 p.m. Tickets are $25 each Summers, 24, drove off from a
and include pub style food available. traffic stop when an Iowa State Patrol
Music and entertainment will also be trooper tried to stop his car in Mason
featured. All proceeds from this fun- City on Sept. 23. The vehicle then
draiser will be used to benefit FAVA, went west from Mason City on the
headquartered in Forest City. Tickets Avenue of the Saints, running over
are available at the Clear Lake Area stop sticks placed down by an officer.
Chamber, and from any Rotarian Summers then intentionally drove
from the participating Rotary Clubs. through the median into the east-
bound lanes and struck a semi near
Sunday the driver’s side door, ripping off the
rig’s fuel tank.
Soup, salad luncheon As part of a plea deal with pros-
ecutors, Summers pleaded guilty to
The public is invited to join Zion eluding with a charge of driving while
Lutheran Church members for a fam- barred being dropped.
ily and community event on Sunday, At the time of his arrest, Sum-
Oct. 18, at 11 a.m., in the Fellow- mers was also wanted on warrants
ship Hall, 12 N. 4th St. A soup/ for first-degree theft and possession
salad luncheon will be served. Lunch with the intent to manufacture illegal
will be a free will donation, support- mushrooms from Wright County.
ing those attending future mission
trips. The Zion Choir will perform Absentee ballots
and there will be pumpkin painting now available
for kids, along with displays of how
Zion members are involved in the Absentee ballots are now avail-
mission field locally and globally. At able for all cities in Cerro Gordo
1:30 p.m. there will be a service proj- County for the Nov. 3, 2015 regular
ect opportunity involving cleaning up city election.
the atrium at Clear Creek Elementary. An eligible voter may vote an
absentee ballot at the county auditor’s
Crews will flush office or submit a written request for a
hydrants Oct. 19-23 ballot to be mailed to the voter. Reg-
ular weekday courthouse hours are 8
The Clear Lake Water Depart- a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A written request
ment will begin the fall hydrant flush- must include the voter’s name, date
ing the week of Oct. 19-23 from 7:30 of birth, address, signature, and the
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Residents may ex- name or date of the election (regular
perience low water pressure and some city election / 11-3-15), and addressed
to: Cerro Gordo County Auditor, 220
pressure during the flushing opera- N. Washington Ave., Mason City,
tions, notify the Water Department at Iowa 50401.
641-357-5267. Call the county auditor’s office
at 641-421-3041, or visit the county
website at www.co.cerro-gordo.ia.us.
for more information
Marvin E. Schmidt
Marvin “Red” E. Schmidt, 82,
most recently of Britt, Iowa, formerly
of Ventura, Clear Lake, and a longtime
farmer west of Klemme, Iowa, passed
away Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, at Han-
cock Memorial Hospital, in Britt, Iowa.
Funeral services will be Wednes-
day, Oct. 14, 2015, at 11 a.m., at Im-
manuel Reformed U.C.C. Church, Kl-
emme, Iowa. Burial with full military
honors provided by the Klemme Mili-
tary Unit will be in the Ell Township
Cemetery, Klemme. Reverend Donna
Buckman will be officiating. Visitation
will continue one hour prior to services
at church on Wednesday.
Memorials may be directed in
Marvin’s name to the Iowa Chapter
of the American Parkinson’s Disease
Association, Inc., P.O. Box 507, Wau-
kee, Iowa 50623, Hospice of North
Iowa, Marvin’s family, Wellness classes
at Summit House, or to the donor’s
choice.
Marvin E. Schmidt, the son of
Fred W. and Esther (Priebe) Schmidt,
was born on his parent’s farm on April
19, 1933, west of Klemme in Twin
Lake Township, Hancock County. He
attended rural school at Twin Lake
County School #2 and then Klemme
High School graduating in the class of
1950. While in high school, Marvin
participated in basketball, a sport he
loved to play and was very proficient at. later worked at the Five Star Coop in
Following his schooling, Marv
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter
OBITUARIES Klemme, where he was baptized, con-
firmed, and married twice. He served
served his country in the United States as both a deacon and elder there. He
Army during the Korean Conflict. faithfully cared for his wife, Lois, prior
During his military tenure, he was sta- to her passing and was a wonderful
tioned in Korea where he was a tank caregiver to Ramona in her health is-
mechanic. After being honorably dis- sues. Marvin also was a faithful board
charged, Marvin returned to farm on member of the Klemme Board of Edu-
the family farm west of Klemme, a vo- cation for 12 years.
cation and way of life he enjoyed for Fellowship was another founda-
more than 40 years. tion of Marvin’s life puzzle. Times with
Marvin was united in marriage to family, church members, co-workers,
Lois Jacobs on Sept. 23, 1956, at Im- his neighbors, and community were all
manuel Reformed UCC Church, in important in his life fellowship.
Klemme, their union was blessed with Marvin absolutely loved anything
two daughters, Luann and Lori, and a Iowa State and Cyclone athletics. He
son, Raymond. Marv and Lois raised loved to tell stories in ways only he
their children on the farm in rural could. He liked showing off his father’s
Klemme. Lois passed away on Jan. 5, 1929 Case, even though he was a John
1990. Deere traditionalist. Life travels round-
Marvin later married Ramona Lau ed out Marv’s taste for fun.
on Feb. 23, 1991, at the Immanuel Re- He is survived by his wife, Ra-
formed UCC Church, Klemme. This mona Lau-Schmidt, Britt; daughters,
partnership brought three more chil- Luann (Ron) Roloff, Fairmont, Minn.,
dren into Marvin’s life, as Ramona’s and Lori (Keith) Ewolt, Paulina, Iowa;
daughter, Sandra Flickinger, Doug Lau, a son, Ray Schmidt, Belmond, Iowa;
and Rob Lau joined his life journey. step-daughter, Sandi (Lloy) Flick-
Following Marv and Ramona’s inger, Clear Lake, and step-sons, Doug
marriage, the couple lived a short (Lindy) Lau, Ogden, Iowa and Rob
time on the farm before making their Lau (special companion Shirley Han-
home in Clear Lake and then settling son), Klemme; a sister, Irene Barkema,
in Ventura, for 20 years. Recently they Klemme; many grandchildren and
moved to the Summit House Assisted great-grandchildren; his cousins and
Living Complex in Britt. extended family and friends. Marv was
After moving to Clear Lake, Mar- anxiously looking forward to two more
vin was employed for a number of great-grandsons expected to arrive
years at the Kum & Go station near soon.
the Half Moon Restaurant, where his He was preceded in death by his
warm smile and welcoming demeanor parents, Fred and Esther; his first wife,
was a true asset to the business. He Lois Ann; sister, Arlene Rasmus; broth-
er in laws, Mervyn Barkema and Irwin
Ventura. “Dean” Rasmus; and son-in-law, Tom
Not one to sit still and always fo- Reese.
cused on helping and sharing himself Andrews Funeral Home, Klemme,
with his communities and others, Mar- was in charge of arrangements.
vin drove people to cancer treatments,
took Opportunity Village residents on Heather Ramirez
countless excursions, and was a bus
driver for Ventura schools for a time. Heather Ramirez, 35, of Clear
Family was important and fore- Lake, died Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, at
most in Marv’s existence. He relished University of Iowa Hospital and Clin-
times spent raising his children and ics in Iowa City.
nurturing and providing for their needs Arrangements are pending at
and wants. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel,
Faith was a pillar in Marvin’s life 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake.
journey. He was a lifelong member of
the Immanuel Reformed Church in