HEPPERLY, Gary G.

HEPPERLY, HANIG, COOKMAN, GODFREY, HEAVERLIN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/21/2018 at 15:36:02

Obituary ~ Gary G. Hepperly
December 18, 1940~ March 05, 2010

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, March 08, 2010

MASON CITY — Gary G. Hepperly, 69, of 41 24th St. S.W., Mason City, passed away Friday, (March 5, 2010) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City surrounded by his family after a courageous three-year battle with cancer.

A celebration of Gary’s life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday (March 9, 2010) at Grace Evangelical Free Church, 440 N. Illinois Ave., Mason City, with Pastor Jeffrey Dahlin and Pastor Mark Hicks of Praise Community Church officiating. Burial will be in the Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery.

Visitation will be held 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 8, at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., Mason City.

Memorials may be directed to the Gary G. Hepperly Memorial Fund.

Gary George Hepperly was born on Dec. 18, 1940, to Lyle and Lucille (Hanig) Hepperly in Wesley. Gary attended Clear Lake High School.

On July 1, 1961, Gary was united in marriage to Dorothy Cookman at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, and to this union three children were born.

Gary held many interests and hobbies including bowling, watching auto races, playing cards, especially cribbage and poker, and watching golf on TV. Gary especially enjoyed spending time with his family at their cabin in Clear Lake and looked forward to his annual fishing trip with his buddies. He was also fond of working puzzles, solving the cryptoquote in the daily newspaper and his daily walks and visits with special friends in the Southbridge Mall. Gary’s greatest love and enjoyment was spending time with his family and his dog, Ozzie, which he received as a gift on his 69th birthday.

Gary worked for the Mason City Water Department spending many of those years as a meter reader. He was a member of Praise Community Church.

Special thanks to Ken Meyers and the hospice team for their excellent care of Gary within this past week.

Those grateful for sharing in Gary’s life are his wife, Dorothy; his children, Dave (Esther) Hepperly, Mason City, Steve (Michelle) Hepperly, Thompson, Barb (Todd) Godfrey, Mason City; his eight grandchildren, Chad, Garrett, Greg, Jessica, Cameron, Kaylah, Jaidyn and Gabrielle; his brother, Duane (Sandy) Hepperly, Mason City; special nephews, Dennis Hepperly, Charles City and Matthew Hepperly and special friend, Heidi Heaberlin, and his son, Brayden, Mason City; along with many other nieces, nephews and relatives and many friends.

Preceding Gary in death are his parents; brother, Ron Hepperly; sister-in-law, Sarah Hepperly; nephew, Kevin Hepperly; and his in-laws, Alice and Victor Cookman.

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapels,126 Third St. N.E., Mason City, 641-423-2372. http://www.colonialchapels.com">www.colonialchapels.com

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2018