Dorothy Rose (MULLANEY) AMES

MULLANEY, AMES, ENNIS, DEETS, BELLMORE

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/27/2011 at 12:21:31

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
April 15, 2009

Obituary - Dorothy Rose (Mullaney) Ames

MASON CITY -- Dorothy Rose AMES, 94, of Mason City, died Monday (April 13, 2009) at Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 16, at Holy Family Catholic Church, 714 N. Adams Ave., Mason City, with the Rev. Father Jon M. SEDA officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. today, Wednesday, April 15, at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., Mason City, where a scriptial wake service will be held at 6:30 p.m.

Memorials may be directed to the Dorothy AMES Memorial Fund.

Dorothy was born June 5, 1914, in Rockwell, a daughter of Patrick and Teresa (ENNIS) MULLANEY. She graduated from Rockwell High School in 1932, and later from Iowa State Teacher's College. Dorothy taught country school until 1941.

She was united in marriage to Burl "Mike" AMES on Oct. 12, 1940, at Holy Family Catholic Church Rectory in Mason City and to their union two daughters were born. Mike and Dorothy farmed near Nora Springs from 1945 until 1959. That same year, the family moved to rural Manly where they farmed until 1974.

Dorothy was active at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Manly as part of St. Anne's Guild and also as a member of the Shellrock Dinner Club. Dorothy moved to Mason City in 1984, and became a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and the St. Vernoica's Circle. She enjoyed quilting and spending time with her family.

Dorothy will be greatly missed by her two daughters, Sharon DEETS of Mason City and teresa "Terri" BELLMORE and her husband, Jerry, of Sacramento, Calif., her two grandsons, Christopher DEETS and his wife, Julia, of Mason City and Bradly DEETS and his wife, Amber, of Des Moines; her five great-grandchildren, Andrew, Anna and Alex DEETS of Mason City, and Maxwell and Hannah DEETS of Des Moines; her sister-in-law, Melicent AMES of Swaledale; and numerous nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Mike, in 1980; one sister, Margie MULLANEY; and two brothers, Vic and Leon MULLANEY.

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 641-423-2372. www.colonialchapels.com

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2011