ESK, Alice 1908 - 2001

ESK, ARENHOLZ, VIERKANT, HAMMOND, SATHER, CHRISTIANSEN, HARMS

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 12/15/2013 at 10:46:45

Mason City, Iowa Globe Gazette
ALICE ESK

CLEAR LAKE - Alice Esk, 93, died Friday (Oct. 26, 2001) at Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m., Monday at the United Methodist Church, 508 2nd Ave N., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Kathy Graves officiating. Burial will be in the Immanuel Reform Cemetery, Belmond.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake, and one hour before the service on Monday at the church.

Alice Esk was born Sept. 25, 1908, the daughter of Berend and Gazena (Arenholz) Vierkant, in Franklin County, near Thornton. She attended and received her education in the Windsor District No. 2 School system. After completing her schooling, she helped care for families in the Thornton and Meservey area.

Alice was united in marriage to Luke Esk on March 18, 1931, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. He preceded her in death on April 24, 1974. After their marriage, together they farmed in the Thornton and Belmond area before moving to Clear Lake in 1961.

During her life, Alice worked at Ritter's Nursing Home, Clear Lake, the Hanford Hotel and the Holiday Inn, Mason City; she also worked in the kitchens in the Lake Café, the Coffee Shop, and Fatlands Bakery, in Clear Lake, and also provided child day care in her home.

Her hobbies included reading and doing word puzzles.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Clear Lake, former member of Immanuel Reform Church, near Belmond, and the Meservey Reform Church.

Left to cherish her memory are her two children, Lois Hammond, Clear Lake, and Edward Esk, Denton, Texas; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren and two great great grandchildren; two brothers, Bernard Vierkant and his wife, Marie, Jacksonville, Texas, and Henry Vierkant and his wife, Elizabeth, Mason City; two sisters-in-law, Grace and Beulah Esk of Belmond; as well as other relatives and friends.

Besides her husband, Alice was preceded in death by her parents; one great grandson, Matthew Sather; two sisters, Rosie Christiansen and Grace Harms; and three brothers, Edward, Herman and George Vierkant.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, (641) 357-2193.