BREDLOW, Merle Lloyd

BREDLOW, ULRICH, KROEGER, SHOCKMAN, MARTIN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/3/2016 at 16:22:16

Obituary ~ Merle Lloyd Bredlow
April 23, 1919 ~ January 23, 1996

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
January 25, 1996

Merle Lloyd Bredlow, 76, of Mason City, passed away Tuesday (Jan. 23, 1996) in Houston, Texas.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Mason City Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 4060 Fourth St. S.W., with George Grover, elder, officiating.

Merle Lloyd Bredlow was born April 23, 1919, in Liberty Township, Hancock County, Iowa, a son of Walter John Bredlow and Lavina Ulrich Bredlow.

Mr. Bredlow married Alice Irene Kroeger on Jan. 7, 1957, in Mason City.

Merle was retired after more than 22 years of employment as a property maintenance engineer at The Harbourage Condominiums in Clear Lake.

After retirement, he worked as a private residential painting contractor.

For the past 55 years, he was active as one of Jehovah's witnesses and truly lived his faith.

Merle had many dear friends that he dearly loved and would like to express it at this time. His wife shares this sentiment as well.

We are very grateful for our loving neighbors and all the encouragement from our friends.

Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Alice Irene Bredlow of Mason City; one son, Ethan Bredlow of Clear Lake; one brother, Ellsworth Bredlow and his wife, Norma, of Mankato, Minn.; two sisters, Jean Shockman and her husband, Gerald, of Mankato, Minn., and Lola Martin of Houston, Texas; and one nephew, Meredith Martin of Houston, Texas.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker