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CORELL, Roger Eugene 1940-2008

CORELL, ROBINSON, STAYNER

Posted By: K. Kittleson
Date: 10/10/2008 at 10:16:46

Roger Eugene Corell, 68, of Mason City, died Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, at his home. A memorial service was held at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 North Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, with Reverend Steve Palo officiating. Inurnment was in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Hwy. 122 West, Mason City.

Roger Eugene Corell was born on September 16, 1940, in Nora Springs, the son of Arnold and Lucille (Robinson) Corell. He attended and received his education in the Nora Springs Community School, and graduated from Nora Springs High School in 1959. Roger also attended Mason City Junior College. He was united in marriage to Kathleen Stayner on September 1, 1968, at the Deer Creek Valley Lutheran Church rural Glenville, MN. Roger worked for various restaurants in the North Iowa area. Roger purchased and operated the Patty-O Café in Albert Lea, MN. Roger was also a chef for the Troika and Green Mill restaurants in Mason City. After the restaurant business, Roger purchased and operated the Kenyon's Locker in Mason City, and until his retirement in 2002, he worked for Curries Manufacturing Company in Mason City for over 20 years.

Roger enjoyed gardening, cooking, publishing poems and short stories in the Remance Reader's Digest and over the internet, enjoyed being the mayor of the "Old Town Gang" in Nora Springs, and visiting with family and friends. Roger's great love and enjoyment was his family and grandchildren.

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Mason City, and was a former member of the Civil Air Patrol.

Those left to cherish his memory is his wife, Kathleen Corell of Mason City; his children, Susan Hrubetz and her husband Mark of Wake Forest, NC, and Michele Corell-Howell and her husband Michael Howell of Dalton, GA; his mother, Lucille Corell of Nora Springs; seven grandchildren, Alexander Morris, Justin Zieman, and Madison Hrubetz of Wake Forest, NC, Phillip, Paige, Patience, and baby Michael III Howell of Dalton, GA; his sisters and brothers, Marilyn O'Connor and her husband Edward of Osage, Christine Youngerman of Osage, John Corell of Nora Springs, Ronald Corell and his wife Theresa of Manly, and Bruce Corell of Nora Springs; his sister-in-law, Carol Stayner of Osage, as well as many nieces, nephews, other extended family members and friends.

Roger was preceded in death by his infant brother, Arnold James Corell; his father, Arnold Corell; two brothers-in-law, William Youngerman and Edward Stayner; a son-in-law, Marvin Zieman; and his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Susie and Wilbur Stayner.

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel: (641) 423-2372 www.colonialchapels.com

[Mitchell County Press online, www.mcpress.com, Oct. 10, 2008]


 

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