Verbeckmoes, Kenyon

VERBECKMOES, BLESS, HAYES

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/28/2013 at 23:55:59

Kenyon Verbeckmoes, 95, of Mason City, Iowa, died on Jan. 24, 2003 in Phoenix,
Az., where he spent the winter months with his children and grandchildren.

A memorial service Mass of reception will be held at St. Patrick¹s Catholic
Church in Clear Lake on March 21, 2003 at 1 p.m. Memorial contributions may be
made to one¹s favorite charity.

Born in Atkinson, Ill., he moved with his parents and two sisters to Clear Lake
where he graduated from high school in 1926. Self employed most of his life, he
had several gourmet and specialty foods businesses under the name ³Kenyon¹s² in
Clear Lake and in Mason City. Kenyon served in the US Coast Guard during WWII
and, while stationed in California, married Viola Bless of Clear Lake. Kenyon
and Viola returned with their children to Mason City in 1961. Kenyon loved to
travel, hunt, fish and play pinochle. He was a member of St. Joseph¹s Catholic
Church and several civic organizations.

Kenyon was preceded in death by his mother, Gertrude; father, Art; sister,
Loretta Marshal, and wife, Viola.

He is survived by his son, John Arthur and daughter-in-law, Peg, of Phoenix,
Az.; his daughter, Kay Busch, and son-in-law, David; grandchildren, Andrew and
Adriene Busch of Tempe, Az.; his sister, Maud Estelle Hayes, of Fort Dodge,
Iowa, and many nieces and nephews.