NEIGHBORS, Frank H. 1930-2008

NEIGHBORS, SALTZMAN, DRENNER

Posted By: K. Kittleson (email)
Date: 11/2/2008 at 19:16:12

MASON CITY, IOWA - Frank H. Neighbors, 78, of 684 17th St. S.E., Mason City, died Friday (Oct. 31, 2008) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, at the Elmwood Cemetery, 226 Elwood St., Waterloo.

Visitation will be one hour, from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3, at the Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel in Mason City.

Frank was born on June 27, 1930, in Waterloo, the son of Robert and Clara (Thompson) Neighbors. He attended grade and middle school in Waterloo, where he played football. He graduated from West High School, Waterloo, in 1949, where he lettered in baseball and wrestling.

He married Rhea June Saltzman Drenner on July 30, 1950, in Des Moines.

He was employed by Pacific Gamble Robinson, later known as Food Services of America, where he was warehouse supervisor retiring in 1989.
He enjoyed riding his bike ten miles a day and listening to sacred music. He was an avid Hawkeye football and basketball fan and will be buried with the fleece Hawkeye throw that his daughter had made for him. She and her husband Ed gave it to him for Christmas. He also enjoyed woodworking.

He is survived by his wife Rhea June Neighbors, Mason City; daughter Cathy Meyerhofer and her husband Edward, Manly; step-son David Drenner and his wife Mary Sue, Cedar Falls; sister-in-law Pat Neighbors, Richman, Tenn.; nieces Tanya Dill, Spring, Texas, and Martha Phillips, Palatine, Ill.; nephews David Neighbors, Camdenton, Mo., and Steven Neighbors, Hot Springs, S.D.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers Robert and Harold Neighbors and a sister-in-law Phyllis Neighbors.

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., Mason City, 641-423-2372,
www.colonialchapels.com

[Published in the Mason City Globe Gazette 11/2/2008]