DEETS, Janet M. 1916-2011

DEETS, ARNDT, BEATTIE, THOMAS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/5/2011 at 11:53:38

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Janet M. Deets

NORA SPRINGS, IOWA - Janet M. Deets, 94, of Mason City, died Sunday, April 3, 2011, at the Nora Springs Care Center.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 6, at the First Christian Church, 102 N. Hawkeye Avenue, Nora Springs, with the Rev. Glen Bandel officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the church service. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the Janet Deets Memorial Fund in care of the family. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com .

Arrangements: Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, IA 50401, 641-423-0924, www. majorericksonfuneralhome.com.

[ Mason City Globe Gazette online, April 5, 2011 ]
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NORA SPRINGS - Janet M. Deets, 94, of Mason City, died Sunday, April 3, 2011, at the Nora Springs Care Center.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. today, Wednesday, April 6, at the First Christian Church, 102 N. Hawkeye Ave., Nora Springs, with the Rev. Glen Bandel officiating.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the church service. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Janet Deets Memorial Fund in care of the family.

Janet was born April 23, 1916, in Rockwell, the daughter of Henry C. and Margaret A. (Thomas) Arndt. She attended school in Rockwell. On Feb. 2, 1935, Janet married Wilbur Deets in Rockwell.
In 1957, they moved to Mason City. In addition to being a homemaker, Janet worked at the Good Shepherd Health Center for nine and a half years and Mode O Day for two and a half years. She was a friend of the First Christian Church in Nora Springs. She was a member of RSVP for 24 years, the Moose Lodge and a lifetime member of the VFW Auxiliary.

For the last 10 years, she enjoyed making Christmas tree ornaments for the grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed spending time with her family, dancing, and volunteering.

Janet is survived by her children: Merlin Deets and wife Dixie of Mason City, Marlin Deets and wife Susan of Redfield, Margilee Beattie and husband Don of Nora Springs, Maurice Deets and wife Denice of Colton, Ore., Mary Ann Cullen and husband Roger of Warsaw, Missouri; her siblings: Mervyle Carey, Lorna Suby, and Lois Knutson, all of Mason City; 22 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; 28 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband: Wilbur Deets in 1979; one daughter: Marilyn Crum and husband Dean; four brothers: Harold, Henry, Merlin, and Lyle; two sisters: Jennie Wagner and Merlene Reed; one grandson: Blaine Cullen.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com
Arrangements: Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, IA 50401, 641-423-0924.

[ Mason City Globe Gazette, April 6, 2011 ]