BRAGER, Ronald Willard

BRAGER, HOLLINGSWORTH, STEENHARD, NELSON, ANDREA, WELLS, STATSER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 9/15/2016 at 06:24:14

Obituary ~ Ronald Willard Brager
October 01, 1926 ~ February 14, 2003

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Sunday, February 16, 2003

VENTURA - Ronald W. Brager, 76, of Ventura died Friday (Feb. 14, 2003) at his home.

His funeral will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at Faith Lutheran Church in Miller with the Rev. Owen Gaasedelen officiating. Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City with military rites by the Garner Veterans Ceremonial Unit.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Cataldo Funeral Home in Garner and one hour prior to services at the church.

Ronald Willard Brager, the son of Willard C. and Velma Odessa (Hollingsworth) Brager, was born October 1, 1926, on a farm north of Ventura where he lived for the past 76 years. He graduated from Ventura High School in 1944. Ron enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1948 and was honorably discharged in 1953. On November 18, 1951, he married LaVonne Steenhard at Ellington Prairie Lutheran Church near Miller. They farmed north of Ventura until Ron retired from farming at the age of 62. Ron was also employed by Cheney Plumbing and Heating in Clear Lake for ten years. He enjoyed square dancing, crossword puzzles, farming, old tractors, woodworking and playing board games with the kids.

He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Miller where he had served in many capacities over the years.

Ron is survived by his wife, LaVonne, of Ventura; two children, Debbie Nelson and her husband, Terry, of Eagan, Minn., and Rahn Brager and his wife, Cris, of Ventura; grandchildren, Staci Andrea and her husband, Dustin, of Rosemount, Minn., Luke Brager of Ventura, Angie Nelson of Eagan, Minn., Misty Brager of Clear Lake, Jake Brager of Ventura and Josh Brager of Ventura; two great grandchildren, Skylar and Paige Andrea; three brothers and two sisters, Marvin Brager and his wife, Adelaide, of Ventura, Kenneth Brager and his wife, Althea, of Forest City, Darlene Wells and her husband, Derwood, of Clear Lake, Venita Statser and her husband, Jack, of Bettendorf and Larry Brager of LeClaire, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Cataldo Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2016