BLOCK, Mary Katherine (MICHALOVICH)

MICHALOVICH, BLOCK, LEVAD-PASSOW, LEVAD, NUSSBAUM, CATRON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 9/5/2016 at 06:52:56

Obituary ~ Mary Katherine (MICHALOVICH) Block
November 02, 1916 ~ November 05, 2004

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
November 07, 2004

MASON CITY — Mary K. Block, 88, of 1525 South Delaware Avenue in Mason City, died Friday morning (Nov. 5, 2004) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa following a sudden illness.

Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E. in Mason City with the Rev. Bill Poland officiating. Inurnment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City.

The family will greet friends and relatives on Tuesday morning from 9 until 10 a.m. at the funeral home prior to her service.

Those wishing to extend memorials or expressions of sympathy may direct them to the Mary K. Block Memorial Fund.

Mary Katherine Block was born Nov. 2, 1916, in Minneapolis, Minn., to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Michalovich. She was one of three children born to her parents. Mary had lived in the Mason City area for most of the past 50 years.

On May 25, 1973, in Detroit Lake, Minn., Mary was united in marriage to the love of her life, Robert H. “Bob” Block. One of the favorite activities they treasured together was dining at the Prime and Wine in Mason City, where they developed close friendships with many of the staff.

Mary was a devoted wife and took great pride in nurturing her daughter, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren. She was faithful in remembering the special days in her family’s lives with cards, and her family states that she was an avid letter writer, “a master communicator!” She enjoyed traveling in her earlier years, canning and making pickles. Some of her other leisure activities included shopping, baking and cooking. She was known to delight each individual family member with their favorite food prepared especially for them when they visited. Mary looked forward to her weekly appointment at the beauty shop, where she also had developed close friendships.

Those left to cherish the memory of her life include her husband, Bob Block, of Mason City; her daughter, Linda (Neal) Levad-Passow of Helena, Mont.; her grandchildren: Christopher Levad and Kevin Levad of Fort Collins, Colo., Kim (Wes) Nussbaum of Billings, Mont. and Kirby (Miranda) Levad of Palm Desert, Calif. She will also be sadly missed by her great-grandchildren: Quincy and Mason Nussbaum, Levi Levad and Leif Levad; her special life-long friend, Dorothy Catron of Seattle, Wash.; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Fullerton-Hage Funeral Home and Cremation Services (641) 228-4211. www.fullertonfh.com.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2016