ALCORN, Catherine (SUTER)
SUTER, ALCORN, SHOVEIN, CISKA, OERTEL, DEETS, OULMAN, LANNON, PROFETTS, SIMONSON
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/31/2016 at 00:54:56
Obituary ~ Catherine (SUTER) Alcorn
April 20, 1950 ~ March 22, 2015The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
March 25, 2015MASON CITY -- Catherine S. Alcorn, 64, of Mason City passed away peacefully with her loving family at her side on Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa.
According to her wishes she requested to be cremated.
A funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 26, 2015, at Epiphany Parish St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 302 Fifth St. S.E., with the Rev. Rodney Allers and Father Tim Lannon officiating.
Graveside services will follow luncheon.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., with a scriptural service beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Memorials will go towards the Delphine Suter Memorial Nursing Scholarship and the Hospice of North Iowa.
Catherine was born April 20, 1950, in Mason City. The daughter of Babe and Delphine (Shovein) Suter, she graduated from Newman High School and then went on to pursue her interior design degree from Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. She owned and operated Cook's Corner, a gourmet cooking store in Clear Lake. During this time she met and married Dr. Harry Alcorn. They shared a love of travel — especially to La Jolla and the Florida Keys. After his death in 1995 she returned to the Clear Lake retail community working for Wilcox Furniture for nearly 20 years.
Catherine enjoyed playing cards — especially with her family. She was a regular season ticket holder for the NIACC Leadership and Performing Arts Series — attending with her special friends. She was an avid Iowa Hawkeye fan and enjoyed watching NIACC women's basketball. She especially enjoyed watching her nieces and nephews participate in their various activities.
Catherine was in her element hosting family gatherings — whether it was the 4th of July at her house in Clear Lake or Thanksgiving and Christmas at her house in Mason City. Her last family adventure was arranging for the entire family to spend a week over this past Christmas in Vero Beach, Florida, making lasting memories.
Catherine will be greatly missed by her sister Anne Ciska of Mason City, brother James (Janet) Suter of Rochester, Minnesota, sister Mary (John) Oertel of Mason City, brother Kevin Suter, of Las Cruces, New Mexico; nephew Marc Ciska, niece Julia (Chris) Deets, Liz Ciska, Teresa Oertel-Court (Adam), Allyson Ciska, Delphine Suter, Joseph Suter, James Suter, Adam Suter, Peter Suter, Sean Suter, John Suter and many great-nieces and nephews and special cousin Julia Oulman. Also left to cherish her memory are lifelong friends Father Tim Lannon, Mary Jo Profetta and Maggie Simonson.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, niece Sophia Suter, niece Katie Oertel.
Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., Mason City, IA 50401, 641-423-2372, ColonialChapels.com.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2016
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