O'BRIEN, George 1923-1995

OBRIEN, ANDREW, ANDERSON, FULLER, MCGRIFF, TUTHILL, CARLSON

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/29/2011 at 02:04:09

[Mason City Globe Gazette, May 27, 1995]

George O'Brien, 71, of 522 13th St. S.E., died Thursday (May 25, 1995) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Clifton L. Bruland officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery with full military rites by the Mason City Memorial Association.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Major-Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday. Memorials may be directed to the George O'Brien Memorial Fund.

George O'Brien was born Oct. 11, 1923, to John O'Brien and Blanche (nee) Andrew O'Brien in Murrayville, Ill. George moved with his family in 1929 to Clear Lake. He attended Clear Lake and Mason City schools. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II and served with the Armed Guard on Merchant Ships.

After the war, he returned to Mason City. He married Viola Anderson on Sept. 3, 1949, in Minneapolis. George worked for O'Brien moving and storage for many years. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, and a lifetime member of the V.F.W.

Survivors include his wife, Viola O'Brien of Mason City; two sons, George P. O'Brien and his wife, Cheri, and Shawn K. O'Brien and his fiancee, Kelly, all of Coon Rapids, Minn.; five grandchildren, Jonathan, Paul, Kristi, Kendra and Amerita; four sisters, Catherine Fuller of Clear Lake, Ellen McGriff of Newton, Osa Tuthill of Mason City and Veryl Carlson and her husband, Jack, of Des Moines; one sister-in-law, Sara O'Brien of Mason City; 37 nieces and nephews; and 37 grandnieces and grandnephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, one brother, four nieces and nephews.