BICKFORD, William R. "Bill"
BICKFORD, CARMAN, SEARS, MOMBERG, FETTE, RYAN
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 9/5/2016 at 05:37:38
Obituary ~ William R. “Bill” Bickford
October 04, 1921 ~ June 05, 2014The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
June 08, 2014CLEAR LAKE, IA -- William R. “Bill” Bickford, 92, Faribault, MN, formerly of Clear Lake, IA, died Thursday, June 5, 2014, at the Homestead Hospice in Owatonna, MN.
A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, IA. with the Rev. Dennis Ganz officiating, followed by a Masonic service.
Visitation will be on Tuesday from 1-2 p.m. prior to the service.
Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Military Honors will be presented by the Clear Lake V.F.W.
Memorials may be given to the charity of your choice.
Bill was born October 4, 1921, in Mason City, IA, the son of William M. and Eva (Carman) Bickford. He attended schools in Mason City, until they moved to Clear Lake where he graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1940.
He worked on the Alaskan Highway for T.L. Sears Highway Construction, Clear Lake, IA, before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1942.
He was a member of the 3rd Amored Division. Following his honorable discharge in 1945, he returned home to Clear Lake.
Bill married Betty Sears June 26, 1943, at the First Congregational Church in Clear Lake, IA.
He attended Mason City Junior College.
He worked for the Ford Garage in Clear Lake in the parts department. He then started working for Memorial Park Cemetery, owned by Henry Koeneke until he purchased it.
Bill owned and operated the cemetery until he sold it in 1983 and retired.
He was an avid golfer who played in the Iowa State Left-handed golf tournament and played the Links courses in Scotland twice.
Betty and Bill traveled all over Europe.
He was a member of the First Congregational Church, Clear Lake, the Clear Lake Masonic Lodge and El Kahir Shrine in Cedar Rapids, IA.
Bill is survived by his wife, Betty, Faribault, MN; daughter Debbie Momberg, Faribault, MN; four grandchildren: Beth (Kevin) Fette, Faribault, MN, Kathy Ryan, Denver, CO, Chris (Lori) Momberg, Northfield, MN, and Rick (Mary) Momberg, Faribault, MN; seven great-grandchildren: Kayla, Nicholas and Katelyn Fette, Micah and Talia Momberg and Oliver and Hennessy Momberg.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents, and son-in-law Stephen Momberg.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, IA, (641)357-2193, ColonialChapels.com.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2016
Cerro Gordo Obituaries maintained by Lynn Diemer-Mathews.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen