Clair Arthur NEHLS
NEHLS, REIS, SIMERSON, DRUEHL, ROETHLER, BUCKNESS, REMOND, BYERS, NIBAUR, TURPAN
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/18/2011 at 20:26:54
Obituary - Clair Arthur Nehls
Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Tuesday, June 02, 2009Clair A. NEHLS, 85, of Mason City and formerly of Charles City, died Tuesday evening, June 2, 2009, at the Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
A funeral Mass for Clair NEHLS will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Charles City. Monsignor Stanley J. HAYEK will celebrate the Mass. Burial will be held in Calvary Cemetery, Charles City. Military honors will be conducted by the Charles City Ceremonial Unit.
Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday where there will be a Vigil Scriptural Wake Service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue an hour prior to the Mass at the church on Saturday.
Clair Arthur NEHLS was born May 31, 1924, at Marble Rock, the son of Arthur and Anna (REIS) NEHLS. He graduated from the Floyd High School. After high school, Clair served 2 ½ years in the United States Navy in the South Pacific. On October 5, 1946, he was united in marriage to LaDonna Mae SIMERSON at Chicago, Ill. Clair was employed for 34 ½ years at White Farm. In his earlier years Clair coached Little League Baseball in Charles City. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Charles City. His interests included fishing, hunting and spending time with his family.
Living family members include his 11 children, David (Charlotte) NEHLS of Ionia, Douglas NEHLS of West Des Moines, Mary (Gary) DRUEHL of Colwell, Karen (Bob) ROETHLER of Charles City, Diana (Dean) BUCKNESS of Charles City, Susan (Steve) REMOND of Charles City, Daniel "Pete" NEHLS of Charles City, Christina (Tony) BYERS of Colwell, Catherine (Randy) NIBAUR of Austin, Minn., Theresa (David) TURPAN of Webster City and Dale NEHLS of Mason City; many grandchildren; and daughter-in-law, Roxanne NEHLS of Wellsburg.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; son, Dennis NEHLS; granddaughter, Lisa Marie NEHLS; grandson, Scott DRUEHL; two sisters and two brothers.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to Hospice of North Iowa, 232 2nd St. S.E. Mason City, IA 50401.
The Hauser Funeral Home, (641) 228-2323, www.hauserfh.com, in Charles City, is in charge of arrangements.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2011
Cerro Gordo Obituaries maintained by Lynn Diemer-Mathews.
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