Tilman Sears
SEARS, STOKES, THOMSEN, CURRIER, SCHONEMAN, DYRE
Posted By: Mark Bailey (email)
Date: 4/8/2007 at 09:41:25
PUBLISHED Monday, January 17, 2005.
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Tilman Sears
CLEAR LAKE Tilman Sears, 92, of 1106 First Avenue South, Clear Lake, died Saturday (Jan. 15, 2005) at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.
A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church, with the Reverend Jan Burnett officiating. Burial will be held at the Clear Lake Cemetery with military honors being performed by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 4-7 p.m. at Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North Fourth Street, Clear Lake.
Tilman was born July 25, 1912, in a sod hut in near Hardesty, Okla.
He was the son of Clement H. and Emma Susan (Stokes) Sears. His parents had traveled by covered wagon from Missouri to Oklahoma, while it was still an Indian Territory.
Tilman attended schools in Plymouth, Burchinal, and Mason City.
Tilman was an accomplished musician; he played the guitar and sang. He loved country music and big band music. In 1933 he joined the band "the Coldz Hawaiian" and played with them for several years. He wanted to pursue a career in music but couldn't make a living of it. He then went to work with his brother, T.L. Sears, and worked for Sears Construction Company as a heavy equipment operator.
Tilman was inducted in the Army in April 1942. He was with the Army Corps of Engineers and served in the Aleutian Islands for thirty-three months before he was honorably discharged as a sergeant in November 1945.
He returned to Iowa and worked for E.M. Dusenberg Construction Company until his retirement.
Tilman met Lucille Thomsen at the Surf Ballroom. They were married on Sept. 8, 1946, at the Zion Lu-theran Church, Clear Lake.
Tilman enjoyed his family, being outdoors, music, horses, reading, and dancing at the Surf Ballroom. He was a Lifetime member of the Mason City VFW, I.O.O.F., Masonic Lodge, and the United Methodist Church in Clear Lake.
Tilman is survived by his wife, Lucille Sears, Clear Lake; two daughters: Beverly (Denny) Currier, Clear Lake, and Marilyn (Paul) Schoneman, Garner; five grandchildren: Jennifer Currier, Clear Lake, Jason (Jenny) Currier, Clear Lake, Yvette (Joshua) Egland, Ames, Raquel and Theodore Schoneman, Garner; two great grandchildren: Nicholas and Maxwell Currier, Clear Lake; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
He is also survived by one brother, Guymon Sears, Mason City; and one brother-in-law, Viva Dyre, Mason City.
He is preceded in death by his parents; two brothers: James, and T.L. Sears; three sisters: Opal Sears, Lov-elle Huber, and Beatrice Dyre.
Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel in Clear Lake is in charge of the arrangements.
Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, (641) 357-2193. www.colonialchapels.com.
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