KIEFER, James Eugene 1946-1999

KIEFER, BOYD, LEARN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/28/2010 at 11:08:46

BURIAL IN MARBLE ROCK

JAMES EUGENE "JIM" KIEFER

MASON CITY, IOWA - James Eugene "Jim" Kiefer, 52, of 516 Third St. N.E., died Saturday (April 3, 1999) at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church, Greene, with the Rev. Galen E. Smith officiating. Burial will be in West Side Cemetery, Marble Rock, with military honors conducted by the Stroud-Gates Post No. 387 of the American Legion, Marble Rock.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Hogan Bremer Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., Mason City, and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church Wednesday.

James "Jim" Eugene Kiefer was born April 14, 1946, in Des Moines, the son of Lewis and Ruth (Boyd) Kiefer.

Jim served in the United States Army at Fort Riley, Kansas, and was honorably discharged on May 13, 1970, after receiving the National Defense medal for his service.

In 1967 he married Virginia Learn in Charles City. After her death, he was married to Cindy Knapp on June 4, 1983 in Mason City.

Jim loved fishing and ice-fishing and watching the Minnesota Vikings and WWF and WCW wrestling. He also enjoyed Western movies and Native American art.

Survivors include his wife, Cindy (Knapp) Kiefer, Mason City; his mother, Ruth Kiefer, Greene; children, Kevin Kiefer, Charles City, Kimberly Blair and her husband, Darren, Burlington, Bobbi Blanchard, New Hampton, Russell Kiefer, Samsula, Fla., Shawn Rose, Denison, Dale Nelson and his wife, Cynthia, Eagle Grove, Christy Hewitt and her husband, Tom, Mason City, Stefanie Tidemanson and her husband, Troy, St. Ansgar, Ray Stump, Mason City, Michelle Keough and her husband, Jim, Roseville, Minn.; 11 grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his father and his first wife, Virginia.

Hogan Bremer Colonial Chapel - (515) 423-2372

Globe Gazette, April 6, 1999