STAYNER, Raymond Leroy 1920-2001

STAYNER, KNAPP, IVERSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/13/2011 at 18:43:15

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RAYMOND L. STAYNER

ROCKFORD - Raymond L. Stayner, 81, of 220th St., rural Rockford, died Sunday (May 20, 2001) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Faith Baptist Church, 1807 S. Kentucky Ave., Mason City, with the Rev. Miles M. Grismore officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Flood Creek Cemetery, rural Rockford, with graveside military honors conducted by the Charles City Ceremonial Unit.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Fullerton Schumburg Funeral Home, 302 West Main Ave., Rockford, where the family will be present to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church Wednesday.

Fullerton Schumburg Funeral Home, (641) 756-3311

Globe Gazette May 21, 2001
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Social Sec. Death Index:

STAYNER, RAY L
b: 08 Jan 1920
d: 21 May 2001
age: 81
res: 50468 (Rockford, Floyd, IA)

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RAYMOND L. STAYNER

ROCKFORD, IOWA - Raymond L. Stayner, 81, 1881 220th St., rural Rockford, died early Sunday morning (May 20, 2001) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

The funeral for Raymond Stayner will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the Faith Baptist Church, 1807 S. Kentucky Ave. in Mason City, with the Rev. Miles M. Grismore officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Flood Creek Cemetery, rural Rockford, with graveside military honors conducted by the Charles City Ceremonial Unit.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Fullerton Schumburg Funeral Home, 302 W. Main Ave. in Rockford, where the family will be present to greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services on Wednesday at the church.

Raymond Leroy Stayner was born Jan. 8, 1920, in Sargeant, Minn., the son of Thomas Grover and Nelli (Knapp) Stayner. On July 17, 1942, in Sargeant, Minn., he was united in marriage to Helen Iverson. Mr. Stayner was then called into the service of his country during World War II.

He was drafted into the United States Army, and rose to the rank of corporal, serving with the Corps. of Engineers in the Aleutian Islands. Upon his honorable discharge, Raymond moved with his wife to the Charles City area, where his parents had already moved. He worked for several area farmers there. Helen died on Jan. 10, 1950, in Charles City.

On March 1, 1953, at the former Flood Creek Methodist Church, Raymond was united in marriage to Alice Mabel Duesenberg. In 1954, Raymond accepted a position with the former Oliver/White Farm Tractor Factory in Charles City. He worked in what was known as the "bullpen," or the final inspection department. Raymond was a valued employee for 27 years, retiring in 1982.

Mr. Stayner was a member of the Faith Baptist Church in Mason City. He was a member of the American Legion Shannon Wilson Post #174 of Charles City. Raymond actively volunteered at the Cedar Valley Engine Club, rural Charles City, delightfully enjoying many of the odd jobs which needed to be done. In his spare time at home, Raymond loved woodworking in his shop.

Those thankful for sharing Raymond's life are his wife of 48 years, Alice, of Rockford; five children, Bonnie Mason and her husband, Kent, of Minnetonka, Minn., Dean Stayner and his wife, Debbie, of Walnut Grove, Mo., Diana Heyden and her husband, Ken, of Vernon, Conn., Nancy Weide, of Mason City, and her special friend, Everett Paeper, of Cherokee, and Richard Stayner and his special friend, Joan Temple, of Cross Plains, Wis.; three sisters, Mrs. Edna Wulff, of Charles City, Erma Grovdahl and her husband, George, of Sargeant, Minn., and Madeline Grotalushen and her husband, Wayne, of Rochester, Minn.; 12 grandchildren, Tricia, Susanne and Michelle Mason, Julie and Jason Stayner, Kristy Turner and her husband Scott, Shelly Heyden, Justin Stotts and his fiancee, Nikki Kimble, Barbara Stotts, Christopher and Samantha Jo Stayner, and Jarred Temple; and one great-granddaughter, Laurie Turner.

In addition to his parents and first wife, two brothers, Woodrow and Harry Stayner, and two sisters, Marvel Knutson and Margaret Berge, preceded him in death.

Those considering and expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the Faith Baptist Church or Hospice of North Iowa.

Fullerton Schumburg Funeral Home, (641) 756-3311.

Globe Gazette, May 22, 2001