BEERY, John Ernest "Johnny"
BEERY, ISAACSON, HOHENFIELD, ZIEMANN
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/12/2015 at 23:38:05
Obituary - John Ernest "Johnny" Berry
July 10, 1934 ~ September 07, 2013Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
September 12, 2013Mason City — John E. Beery, 79, of Mason City, was reunited with his beloved wife, Lois, in Heaven on Saturday, September 7, 2013, in Mason City.
A funeral service for John will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 14, at Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third Street N.E., Mason City, with Pastor Ed Bard officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City where full military honors will be provided by the United States Navy and the Mason City Veterans.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral service at the funeral home on Saturday.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to Hospice of North Iowa or charity of choice.
John Ernest Beery, son of Everett George and Mary Louise (Issacson) Beery was born July 10, 1934 in Rock Falls, Iowa. He attended and graduated from Mason City High School in 1952. Shortly after his education, he enlisted in the United States Navy in September of 1953. He was part of the Formosa Patrol on the USS Luzon in the South China Sea during the Korean Conflict until he was honorably discharged in September of 1957.
In 1958, Johnny began working as a machinist at Thomas Machine Company in Mason City. On November 15, 1958, Johnny married the love of his life, Lois Hohenfield, in Mason City, with whom he shared homes in Mason City, East Grand Forks, Minn., and Renville, Minn., due to Johnny working at the Sugar Beet Plant and being transferred all over Minnesota. He was employed at the plant for many years, retiring in 1998. Following his retirement, Johnny and Lois moved back to Mason City to be with their families.
Johnny was an amateur pilot and loved to hunt, camp, and attended many, many Mason City football games and wrestling matches, meeting up with his old buddies there, cheering for our home teams. He enjoyed cards and was an avid reader, literally having a list of ALL nearby town libraries that he and Pete (Lois) would visit on road trips. Most importantly, Johnny was a well rounded character who inspired and helped his family, friends and neighbors.
He was a member of the Mason City VFW.
His memory will be cherished by his sister, Dorothy (Ben Jr.) Ziemann, Belvidere, Ill. He is also survived by many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Lois “Pete” Beery, in 2012.
Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third Street N.E., Mason City, 641-423-2372, ColonialChapels.com.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2015
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