OTT, Matilda Elizabeth "Til" (Love) 1927-2017

OTT, FELDMAN, LOVE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/14/2017 at 12:05:13

MARBLE ROCK, IOWA - Funeral services for Matilda Elizabeth "Til" Ott will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at Calvary Baptist Church in Greene with Pastor Ben Hartwig and Dr. Dan Brown officiating.

Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene.

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at Retz Funeral Home, 519 N. First St., Greene.

Matilda Elizabeth was born Sept. 7, 1927, in Charles City, to William and Ida Mae (Feldman) Love and died on Sunday, March 12, 2017, at North Iowa Mercy Medical Center in Mason City.

She received her education in public school graduating from Charles City High School in 1946. Matilda worked at the B & L Bakery, Oliver Corp. and Peerless Photo Company during her school years.

Matilda accepted the Lord as her Lord and Savior at Bethel Baptist Church, in Marble Rock, at the age of 35. She became a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Greene, on Dec. 6, 2009, where she had been attending for many years.

Matilda was united in marriage on Sept. 15, 1946, to Harold Eugene Ott at the Methodist Parsonage in Charles City. This union was blessed with two sons, Jerry Lee and David Eugene.

She and her husband farmed west of Dougherty until 1949, when they moved to Charles City. In 1957 they moved to a farm east of Marble Rock and in 1966 to one to the west, then moved to town in 1980. In 1994 they moved to Florida but in 2000, due to illness, the couple moved back to Iowa settling in Nora Springs. They built their home in Marble Rock in 2003.

Matilda enjoyed crocheting, knitting, and baking for family and friends. She loved flowers, feeding and watching birds, and taking bus trips.

Left to cherish her memory are her two sons: Jerry (Linda) Ott, and Dave (Beth) Ott, all of Marble Rock; six grandchildren: Melissa (Delmer) Fenton, Rockford; Angela (Brian Keith) Ott, Marble Rock; Amy (Joshua) Anderson, St. Charles, IA; Nathan (Carrie) Ott, Mason City; Kevin (Brooke) Ott, Waukee, IA; Cory Ott, Marble Rock; 18 great-grandchildren: Madison Fenton, Cole Fenton, Tyler Keith, Dylan Keith, Gabrielle Keith, Adriane Ott, Bria Ott, Calan Ott, Danika Ott, Michah Ott, Ayla Ott, Addison Ott, Haylie Ott, Lillie Ferguson, Madelyn Anderson, Noah Anderson, Isaiah Anderson, Ella Grace Anderson; sister, Marquerite Kratchmer, Spooner, WI, many nieces and nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 2007; two great-grandsons: Jordan Fenton and Anthony Keith; her parents; three sisters: Marie Kollmann, Wilma Lockhart and Ethel Jones.

Those planning an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the family at P.O. Box 293, Marble Rock, Iowa 50653.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Retz Funeral Home, 519 N. First St. Greene. 641-823-4457, www.retzfh.com .

Source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 14 MAR 2017