Florence (JENSEN) COMBS

JENSEN, COMBS, BARR, KORTE, CUTLER, BLISS, LOMARDO, THOMAS, ELLIOTT, WADICK

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/5/2011 at 10:24:27

Obituary - Florence (Jensen) Combs

Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Tuesday, August 24, 2004

MASON CITY — Florence COMBS, 91, formerly of Mason City, died Monday (Aug. 23, 2004) at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. in Mason City.

Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, (641) 423-0924.

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MASON CITY — Florence COMBS, 91, of Mason City died Monday (Aug. 23, 2004). Graveside services will be held in Elmwood Cemetery at a later date.

Memorials may be directed to Hospice of North Iowa and the Mason City Public Library.

Florence, the daughter, of Peter and Johanna JENSEN, was born in Rock Falls on Aug. 4, 1913, where she was educated and raised.

In 1943, she married Harold COMBS in Pasadena, Calif., and lived on the West Coast while her husband was in England during World War II.

They returned to Mason City where she was very active with her husband in their bridge construction business.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Sarah Circle, Mason City Country Club and the North Central Genealogical Society.

She is survived by son, Brian COMBS and wife, Jo, and their children, Heather and Nathan, of Ankeny; daughter, Marcia Charles, husband, Ken, and children Seth, Taryn and Kegan, of Arvada Colo.; sister, Pearl BARR of Mason City; and good friend and neighbor, Marilyn KORTE.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Clarence, Elmer and Herbert; and sisters, Soph CUTLER, Mary BLISS, Clara LOMBARDO, Nora THOMAS, Della ELLIOTT, and Olive WADICK.

Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, is in charge of arrangements. Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., (641) 423-0924.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2011