GEILER, Florence C. (HARTMANN)

GEILER, HARTMANN, SCHILIING, MENNEN, NELSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/3/2018 at 23:03:00

Obituary ~ Florence C. (Hartman) Geiler
January 03, 1898 ~ July 09, 1995

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
July 12, 1995

MASON CITY -- Florence C. Geiler, 97, of 1527 N. Jefferson Ave., died Sunday (July 9, 1995) at the I.O.O.F. Home, Mason City. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Grace United Methodist Church, 200 14th St. N.W., with the Rev. Herbert Shafer and the Rev. Harlan Stenberg officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and one hour prior to services at the church. Memorials may be given to the Florence C. Geiler Memorial fund.

Florence C. Geiler was born on a farm in Floyd County, near Charles City on Jan. 3, 1898, the daughter of Henry Hartmann and Anna (nee) Schilling Hartmann. She worked for the telephone company in New Hampton and came to Mason City in 1918 to work for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company as an operator.

She married Karl M. Geiler on June 17, 1920. He preceded her in death on Dec. 15, 1974. She also worked for many years in the office of Jacob E. Decker (Armour & Company), retiring in 1960. She was the oldest living member of the Grace United Methodist Church, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Auxiliary of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, retired Decker Women, Golden Wedding Club, Senior Citizens of Mason City and card groups.

Survivors include one son, Carlton Vae Geiler and his wife, Mitzie of Phoenix, Ariz.; one daughter, Dixie Ann Mennen and her husband, Richard H. Mennen of Mason City; four grandsons, Kal and Kirk Geiler of Phoenix, Ariz., Mark G. Mennen of Alvin, Texas, and Paul Mennen of Chicago, Ill.; six great-grandchildren, Shenae, Bree Ann and Kaleb Geiler, all of Phoenix, Ariz., Emily and Eric Mennen and Keri Nelson, all of Alvin, Texas; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, five brothers, two sisters, one grandchild, and one granddaughter-in-law.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2018