BAILEY, Richard L. "Dick"

BAILEY, BUCKNAM, ASTROTH, FITZGERALD

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/29/2016 at 12:34:43

Obituary ~ Richard L. "Dick" Bailey
March 10, 1925 ~ December 09, 2000

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Tuesday, December 12, 2000

MASON CITY -- Richard L. Bailey, 75, of 116 Meadow Lane, died Saturday (Dec. 9, 2000) at the USA Healthcare.

Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with the Rev. John L. "Jack" Gannett officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. today at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave.

Memorials may be given to the Trinity Lutheran Church, Mason City Foundation, Mercy Foundation or donor's choice.

Dick was born March 10, 1925, in Osage, Iowa, the son of Roy and Dorothy (Bucknam) Bailey. His family moved to Mason City in 1930. He graduated from Mason City High School, continued his education at Mason City Junior College, Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., and the University of Iowa.

He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946. Dick worked for McKesson-Robbins Co. of Cedar Rapids from 1948 to 1950. In 1950 he was employed by the Bankers Life Insurance Company. He then moved to Mason City with Bankers Life and was appointed agency manager for Bankers Life in 1956. He retired from Bankers Life Insurance Co., now Principal Life Insurance, in 1987 as agency manager.

Dick was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church serving as a member of the Board of Trustees, Sunday School teacher and on various committees. He served on numerous community boards including the United Way, YMCA, Jaycees, United Home Bank, Chamber of Commerce, Mercy Foundation, Boy Scouts, Lions Club, Mason City School Board, Mason City Country Club, Muse Norris Foundation and the Mason City Foundation.

He was a proponent of community development, expansion and growth through the Mason City Development Corp. which fostered the formation of Southbridge Mall and Industrial Park. He maintained his professional involvement presiding as president of the local and the Iowa Life Underwriters Associations. In his spare time, Dick attempted to play golf and catch fish.

Dick is survived by his wife of 53 years, Alyce, of Mason City; son, David Bailey, of Sacramento, Calif.; daughter, Deborah Astroth and her husband, Jeffrey, of Denver, Colo.; son, John Bailey, of Sacramento, Calif.; daughter, Barbara Fitzgerald and her husband, Paul, of San Antonio, Texas; two brothers, Robert Bailey and his wife, Colleen, of Bellvue, Wash., John C. "Jack" Bailey and his wife, Shirley, of Sun City West, Ariz.; several nieces and nephews.

Dick was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother, Jerry Bailey.

Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, (641) 423-0924.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2016