BEISEL, Everett Reinhard

BEISEL, MARQUARDT, HIGLEY, WARREN, KATTER, BRATRUD

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/12/2015 at 23:26:23

Obituary - Everett Reinhard Beisel
April 09, 1922 ~ December 09, 2001

Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
December 13, 2001

MASON CITY - Everett R. Beisel, 79, of Mason City, died on Sunday (Dec. 9, 2001) at Good Shepherd Health Center.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with the Rev. Samuel Hamilton-Poore of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, with military rites conducted by the Mason City Memorial Association.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Major Erickson Funeral Home and continuing until the time of services on Friday.

Memorials may be given to the Everett R. Beisel Memorial Fund.

Everett R. Beisel was born April 9, 1922, in Mason City, the son of Reinhard and Alvena (Marquardt) Beisel (sic, should be Neva A. Higley). He attended Mason City schools.

Following school he entered the United States Army, serving his country during World War II.

Following his discharge from the Army, he married Neva A. Higley (sic, should be Alvena Marquardt). They were united in marriage on Jan. 1, 1947, in Mason City. They moved to Zumbrota, Minn., in 1955, where he farmed. They returned to Mason City in 1959.

He was a carpenter and a draftsman, working for Davey and Moen and the Mason City School System. He retired in 1970.

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and the VFW. He enjoyed wood crafting and fishing.

Those left to cherish his memory include a daughter, Gloria J. Warren and husband, John, of Shafter, Calif.; grandson, Samuel E. Katter and wife, Nicole, of Garner; sister, Betty Bratrud, of Kensett; brother, Harold Beisel, of Tomball, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; two sons, Mark Everett and Howard Mark, and son-in-law, Arthur H. Katter.

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

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2015