GLASSEL, Doris Mae (Feldt) 1932-2005

GLASSEL, FELDT, EIDNESS, TROUSDALE, RUSTAD, SORENSON HOFFMAN, SMITH, MILLER, HACKBART

Posted By: Jeannine Peterson (email)
Date: 7/21/2016 at 19:08:45

Doris Mae Glassel, 72, of Mason City, formerly of Plymouth, died Tuesday, April 19, 2005, at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Memorial services were held Friday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton with the Rev. Wayne Ellingson officiating. Inurnment was in the Grafton Cemetery.

Doris Mae Glassel was born on October 15, 1932, in rural Mitchell Country near Osage, the daughter of August and Helen (Eidness) Feldt. She attended grade school near Osage, and graduated from Osage High School in 1950. After completing her schooling, she worked as a secretary for The Gage Co. in Mason City.

She was united in marriage to Rufus Glassel on March 10, 1956, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage, and to this union three daughters were born. Doris loved and enjoyed raising her family and after her children were grown she began working at the Jones Piano House as an organ teacher for nine years.

She enjoyed baking, especially pies, and growing flowers, knitting, painting and loved to please people; but her great love and enjoyment was her husband, family, and grandchildren.

She was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and the church circle in Grafton.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband, Rufus J. Glassel of Mason City; three daughters, Sharon (Bill) Trousdale, of rural Mason City, Patti (Duane) Rustad of Grafton, and Teri (Mike) Sorenson of Plymouth; 10 grandchildren: Cory, Kyle and Ryan Trousdale, Aaron, Megan, Taylor, and Klay Rustad, Kayla, Katie and Brett Sorenson; two great-grandchildren; Trevor and Serena Trousdale; one sister, Delores (Merle) Hoffman, of Toeterville; one brother, Bill (Janice) Feldt, of Des Moines; as well as nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant brother, Russ Feldt; two sisters: Arlene Smith and Norma Jean Miller; nephew, Joel Smith, and brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bob and Loretta Hackbart.

Mason City Globe Gazette