HILLER, Evelyn (INGEBRETSEN)

MEYER, INGEBRETSON, HILLER, OELKERS, HOLLADAY, JOHNSON DODGE, HYDE FRIEST, HAUGLAND

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/22/2016 at 04:17:44

Obituary - Evelyn (Ingebretsen) Hiller
April 25, 1922 ~ March 03, 2002

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
March 05, 2002

MASON CITY - Evelyn Hiller, 79, died Sunday (March 3, 2002) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Richland Lutheran Church in Thornton with the Rev. Jerry Gernander officiating.

Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. today at Garry-Roberts-Murphy-Schaaf-Grarup Funeral Home, 107 N. Second St., Thornton. Interment will be in Richland Lutheran Cemetery in Thornton.

Evelyn was born April 25, 1922, to Melvin and Minnie (Meyer) Ingebretson in Thornton. She attended Thornton schools. She was a lifelong member of Richland Lutheran Church.

On Dec. 20, 1941, Evelyn was united in marriage with Lavern Hiller. They farmed south of Thornton all of their married life.

Evelyn enjoyed gardening, cooking, fishing and playing in bridge clubs. She also enjoyed spending winters in Fort Dade Mobile Home Park in Dade, Fla.

Evelyn is survived by three children, Joan Oelkers, of Clear Lake; Jack Hiller, Brooksville, Fla., and Carmen Holladay, Las Vegas, Nev.; sister, Marybelle Johnson, of Inver Grove Heights, Minn.; sisters-in-law, Letha Dodge, of Rockwell; Irene Ingebretson, of Mason City; six grandchildren, Kelly Hyde, of Mason City, Wendy Friest, Mason City, Tisha Haugland, Stuart, Fla., Mia Haugland, Las Vegas, Nev., Rudy Hiller and Drew Hiller, of Brooksville, Fla.; one great-grandchild, Dylan Friest, of Mason City.

Evelyn is preceded in death by her parents; husband Lavern; and a granddaughter, Amber Haugland.

Garry-Roberts-Murphy-Schaaf-Grarup Funeral Home, (641) 998-2311 was in charge of arrangements.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2016