EVERDING, Emma L. (BELZ)

BELZ, EVERDING, RUEHLOW, GROTH, TURK, HANSON

Posted By: Sharon R. Becker (email)
Date: 11/24/2017 at 00:38:46

Obituary ~ Emma L. (Belz) Everding
January 21, 1908 ~ March 14, 1999

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
March 16, 1999

MASON CITY - Emma L. Everding, 91, formerly of 929 16th St. N.E., died Sunday (March 14, 1999) at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Chapel of the Holy Child at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 419 N. Delaware Ave., with the Rev. Frederick J. Wood officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and one hour prior to services on Wednesday at the church.

Memorials may be given to the Emma L. Everding Memorial Fund.

Emma L. Everding was born January 21, 1908, near St. Ansgar, Iowa, the daughter of George A. and Martha (Ruehlow) Belz. Emma graduated from St. Ansgar High School in 1926 and she also played girls high school basketball while she attended school.

Emma owned and operated a restaurant in St. Ansgar and then married Fred Everding. Emma then was a star route carrier for the U.S. Postal Service for several years.

Emma enjoyed sewing, crocheting, gardening and fishing and traveling with her husband in their motor home.

Emma was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

She is survived by one son, Ron Everding and his wife, Noreen, of Mason City, Iowa; and one sister, Ida Groth, of St. Ansgar, Iowa; nieces and nephews; and special friends, Ella Turk and Mary Hanson, of Mason City.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Fred in 1993; one brother, Lawrence; and one sister, Laura.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2017