WRIGHT, Mayzee (Reckner) 1934-2007

WRIGHT, RECKNER, RING, KLOBASSA

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 5/25/2007 at 15:06:27

Funeral services for Mayzee Wright, age 72, of Osage, Iowa, were held on Friday, May 25, 2007, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage, with Rev. Dennis Hanson and Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Burial was in the Osage City Cemetery. Mayzee died Monday, May 21, 2007, at her home in Osage.

Mayzee was born July 2, 1934, at Riceville, Iowa, the daughter of Emil and Minnie (Reckner) Ring. Shortly after her birth, Mayzee's mother died. Two years later, her father married Alene Klobassa, who raised Mayzee and Alene's two daughters, Lois and Marlene. Mayzee graduated from Riceville High School at the age of 16. She moved to Osage, and worked at the Farm Bureau office.

She then met Eugene Wright, and they were married on December 14, 1952, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Riceville. Mayzee worked for Cummings and Kratchmer Law Firm for 25 years. Eugene and Mayzee started Wright Plumbing and Heating in 1977, where she worked until the present time.

Mayzee is survived by three sons: Dean Wright and wife Julie of Clear Lake, and children Nicholas and Diana; Douglas Wright and wife Jean of Osage, and children Jonathan, Stephanie and Emily; David Wright and wife Cornelia of Clear Lake, and children, Justin, Jaden and Hailey; and by two sisters, Lois Dinger of Riceville and Marlene (Glen) Dillon of Cresco, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents; by her husband, Eugene Wright, in 2004; and by a granddaughter, Chelsey Marie Wright.

Arrangements were by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, Iowa.