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Lorena L. Etchen daughter of Henry and Ruth (Lemke)
Katter, in rural Garner. She grew up
Lorena Luella Etchen, 85, of Clear and attended school in Garner, gradu-
Lake, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, at ating from Garner High School in
her home. 1948. She was a homemaker most of
A funeral service was held on Sat- her life and later worked at Denny’s
urday, Oct. 10, 2015, at Ward-Van School of Dance in Mason City.
Slyke Colonial Chapel with the Rev. Luella was a member of the Rural
Kirk M. Wilkie officiating. Inurnment Lakettes and Zion Lutheran Church,
will be at a later date in Memorial Park in Clear Lake. She was a great cook,
Cemetery. gardener, and seamstress. She liked
In lieu of customary remembranc- to dance and enjoyed watching her
es, memorials may be made to Central daughter, Teri, dance. Her two cats,
Gardens of North Iowa, in Clear Lake, Muffy and Rambo, were a true joy in
or Humane Society of North Iowa, in her life.
Mason City. Luella is survived by a daughter,
Luella was born May 6, 1930, the Teri Lynn (Mark) Larson of Ames,
Iowa; a sister, LaVonne Etchen, of
Sandra E. Tyer Mason City; two nephews, Dan Pope,
of Mason City, and David (Kristie)
Sandra “Sandy” Elaine Tyer, 73, Pope, of Mason City; three nieces,
of Clear Lake, died Saturday, Oct. 10, Cheri Etchen, of Mason City, Debbie
2015, at the Muse-Norris Hospice (Mark Nelson) Etchen, of San Diego,
Inpatient Unit in Mason City, sur- and Laurie Etchen, of Golden Valley,
rounded by her family. Minn.; and great-nephews and nieces,
A funeral service for Sandy will Jason Youngblood, Heather Pope, Al-
be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. lison Pope, and Ryan Pope.
15, 2015, at Zion Lutheran Church, She was preceded in death by her
112 North 4th St., Clear Lake, with- parents; a brother, Henry Katter; a sis-
the Rev. Kirk Wilkie officiating. Buri- ter, Rachel Pope; and a brother-in-law,
al will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery. Merle Etchen.
Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel,
on Wednesday at the Ward-Van Slyke was in charge of arrangements.
Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th St., St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, in Hamp-
Clear Lake. Visitation will also be ton. Sandy received her education in
held one hour prior to the service the Hampton Community Schools.
time on Thursday at the church. Sandy was a waitress and bartender
The family would like to suggest at the Viking Lounge, in Hampton,
that those wishing to give a memorial Flaming Embers, Jack of Diamonds,
in her memory, and in lieu of flow- for 17 years, Martha’s Restaurant, for
ers may wish to consider a memo- 15 years, the Colony, and the Town
rial contribution to Hospice of North Pump. Sandy had been a waitress and
Iowa. a bartender for 45 years.
Sandra Elaine (Day) Tyer was She was united in marriage to
born on Aug. 25, 1942, in Hampton, Robert L. Tyer on March 4, 1979, in
Iowa, the daughter of John D. and the Little Brown Church, in Nashua,
Esther M. (Kruse) Day. She was bap- Iowa.
tized and reaffirmed the faith of her Sandy’s greatest love and enjoy-
baptism through confirmation at the ment in life was her children, grand-
children, and great-grandchildren,
and great-great-grandchildren. Sandy
was always willing to lend a helping
hand and open her heart to anyone.
She was a member of Zion Lu-
theran Church in Clear Lake.
Those left to cherish her mem-
ory are her husband, Robert “Bob”
Tyer, of Clear Lake; her children,
Jodi Craighton, of Clear Lake, James
(Julie) Craighton, of Ventura, Julie
(Shawn) Bogle, of Clear Lake, Jeana
Duit Amundson, of Clear Lake, and
Jason (Deha) Tyer, of Grafton, Iowa;
daughter-in-law, Lora Meier, of Forest
City; her step children, Susan Cran-
dall, of Oelwein, Iowa, Dan (Judy)
Tyer, of Waverly, Iowa, and Deborah
(Kevin) Fitzgerald, of Mason City;
many grandchildren, great-grandchil-
dren, and two great-great-grandchil-
dren; her sister, Alice (Wayne) Bloom,
of Park City, Ill.; as well as many other
special relatives and friends.
Sandy was preceded in death by
her parents; son, John Craighton; a
step-daughter, Mary Lee Tyer; and
a sister and brother-in-law, Barbara
(Harlan) Joslin.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel
was in charge of arrangements.
Rich Oehlert
Clear Lake City Council
Ward 1
Paid for by Rich Oehlert, 106 Fairway Dr., Clear Lake, IA
Oct. 14, 2015 • Page 3
OBITUARIES
Sandra S. Hepperly Sandy enjoyed spending time Lynn M. Harris recruiting top-notch talent worldwide
at their lake home in Elysian, Minn., to work in Israel. He received the Ar-
Sandra S. Hepperly, 69, of Mason where she loved to fish trying to out- Lynn Markay Harris, 70, of Clear my’s second highest civilian award for
City, Iowa, died Friday, Oct. 9, 2015, fish her husband, which she normally Lake, died Friday, Oct. 9, 2015, at his work there.
at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient did. She also enjoyed going out on Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, in Lynn retired as Colonel from the
Unit, Mason City, Iowa. the pontoon, watching the eagles and Mason City. U.S. Air Force Reserve. He had 10
A funeral mass will be held at going on nature trail walks where she Per Lynn’s wishes, his body has years of command experience in secu-
10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct.15, 2015, saw many animals. She had an over- been cremated and a memorial service rity police and logistics units and as a
at the Epiphany Parish St. Joseph whelming passion for animals. Sandy for Lynn will be held at a later date. base commander at the Twin Cities Air
Catholic Church, Mason City, with had a green thumb for planting flow- Family suggests memorial con- Force Base.
the Rev. Neil Manternach officiating. ers and shrubs, making anything grow tributions to Lewy Body Dementia Lynn was Human Resources
Burial will be in Elmwood–St. Joseph and look beautiful. She loved horses, Association, www.lbda.org, or North Director, Installation Management
Cemetery, Mason City. Visitation will having many of her own. She en- Iowa Humane Society. Agency, Northeast Region in Ft. Mon-
be held on Wednesday, Oct. 14, from joyed going to the fairs, watching her Lynn was born March 4, 1945, roe, Va., where he played a lead role
5-7 p.m. at the Hogan-Bremer-Moore two granddaughters compete in horse the son of Merl and Vida (Monson) in bringing garrisons under a central
Colonial Chapel, Mason City. Fam- races activities, taking home many rib- Harris, in Forest City, Iowa. He financial and human resource system.
ily suggests memorials to Hospice of bons and prizes. She also loved her two was united in marriage to Mary Lou Lynn was a part of many profes-
North Iowa. grandsons, playing family games, going Haberkamp, in Forest City, in 1967. sional activities during his career in-
Sandy was born June 29, 1946, in to the parks and watching them ride To this union two sons were born. cluding: adjunct faculty member at
Mason City, the daughter of Hollis and their ATV in the park. Lynn graduated from Forest City the University of Minnesota Carlson
Violet (Erickson) Burke. She attended She and her sister, Karen, were High School and Coe College, in Ce- School of Business, a member of the
Clear Lake High School and Hamilton very close, they enjoyed spending time dar Rapids, Iowa, where he played Board of Education in Minnesota’s
Business College, Mason City. She together decorating their homes, going football all four years. He graduated fourth largest school district, two
worked at Mercy Hospital, in Mason to antique stores, and taking many va- Summa Cum Laude and was a mem- term president of Twin Cities Federal
City. She later was employed at Cur- cations together. ber of Phi Beta Kappa. Lynn was com- Personnel Association and was an ex-
ries manufacturing plant in Mason She had met a lot of nice friends missioned in 1967 in the AFROTC perienced mediator and arbitrator on
City for 18 years, until her early retire- over the years, in town and at the re- Program. He obtained two graduate human resource issues.
ment in 2007. sort, having many gatherings, at pot- degrees from the University of Minne- Lynn enjoyed traveling, animals,
Sandy married Duane Hepperly lucks, dinners, suppers, and breakfast. sota: MAIR and MBA. reading, and watching his grandson
on June 17, 1967, at St. Patrick Catho- Sandy is survived by her husband, Lynn had many accomplishments grow. He especially loved spending
lic Church, Clear Lake, and they had Duane Hepperly, Mason City; son, during his professional career. He time with his family.
48 memorable years together. Brian (Brooke) Hepperly, Northwood, served as Civilian Personnel Officer Lynn is survived by his wife,
Iowa; daughter, Debbie (Mike) Jones, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mary Harris, of Clear Lake; two sons,
Dennis D. Simmer Cedar Falls, Iowa; grandchildren, Bri- St. Paul District, in St. Paul, Minn., Jonathan (Mindy) Harris, of Shako-
anna and Hailey Hepperly and Landon where he was involved in cutting-edge pee, Minn. and David (Cobi) Harris,
Dennis Dale Simmer, 63, of Gar- and Bryce Jones; her sister, Karen (Ron) changes to human resource manage- of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; a grand-
ner, Iowa, and formerly of Clear Lake, Hintch, Hampton, Iowa; her brother, ment. son, Gage Harris, of Thousand Oaks;
died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, at the Con- Bill (Anne) Burke, McGregor, Iowa; Lynn was handpicked by the a sister, Nancy Harris, of Pleasant
cord Care Center, Garner. and numerous nieces and nephews. Commanding General to serve as the Hill, Iowa; and a sister-in-law, Joan
A celebration of life will be held at She was preceded in death, by her principal organizational troubleshoot- Haberkamp, of Davenport, Iowa.
a later date. parents, Hollis and Violet Burke; two er for the Israeli Airbase Program, a He was preceded in death by his
Dennis was born July 23, 1952 brothers, John and Larry Burke; sister, cornerstone of the Camp David Ac- parents and grandparents.
in Estherville, Iowa, the son of Don- Pat Patrick; step-brother, Peter Nissan; cords. That project was considered a Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel,
ald and Margaret (Rosander) Simmer and three nephews, Christian Burke, remarkable engineering achievement. Clear Lake, was in charge of arrange-
Sr. His family moved to Clear Lake in Timothy Burke and Scott Patrick. Based in Tel Aviv, he played a key role ments.
1958. He graduated from Clear Lake She will be sadly missed. in streamlining the organization and
High School in 1970. Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial vv THEATRE
He worked for Jensen Grocery in Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
the meat deptartment and later worked He married Judy Cummings and The Intern
for Andrews Prestress Concrete, Clear to this union had two children, Chad Wednesday & Thursday “PG-13”
Lake. and Shelley.
He enjoyed playing cribbage, pool Hotel Transylvania 2
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He is survived by his two children,
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Ward, Daxton Ward, Jaxon Rozevink
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He was preceded in death by his in home decor can be found in
parents; five brothers, Donald Simmer
Jr., Larry Simmer, Fredrick Simmer, store now!
Paul Simmer and Richard Simmer; two
brothers-in-law, Merle Olinger and The Red Geranium
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was in charge of arrangements.
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