RANDALL, Minnie Marie 1905-2003

RANDALL, KOTHENBEUTEL, FISTLER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/13/2009 at 21:32:20

OSAGE, IOWA — Minnie Marie Randall, 98, of Osage, died Tuesday (Dec. 16, 2003) at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Minnie was born April 26, 1905, in Ackley, the daughter of Fred and Bertha (Kothenbeutel) Fistler.

She married Roy Randall on June 10, 1922, in Hampton. They mov-ed to a farm south of Osage in 1933 and into the city of Osage in 1939.

Minnie was active in VFW Auxiliary, Osage Senior Center, First Baptist Church and EverReady Circle, Kitchen Klatter Band and Grandmother’s Club. She was named the Osage Athletic Booster Club’s Member of the Year in 1982-83. She was a 25-year charter member of the Osage Congregate Meal Program. In 1997, she received the “Mother’s Day Tribute to Special Mother of Many” from the Mitchell County Press-News.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Osage with the Rev. Jerry Newland and the Rev. Duane Lacock officiating. Interment will be in the Osage Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage and one hour before services at the church on Saturday.

Minnie is survived by seven children, Ruth Molstad of Mason City, Ransom Randall (Kathryn) of Cedar Rapids, Doris Erickson (Dale) of Minneapolis, Minn., Rose Tobin and special friend, Loren, of Mason City, Beverly Boehmer (Edward) of Osage, Earl Randall (Janet) of Waterloo and David Randall (Dorothy) of Osage; one son-in-law, Charles Moore and special friend, Neva, of Osage; 26 grandchildren (22 spouses), 70 great-grandchildren (8 spouses), 22 great-great-grandchildren and one sister, Viola Murphy of Cedar Falls.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Bertha Fistler; her husband, Roy Randall in 1976; one son, Merle Randall in 1976; one daughter, Mildred Moore in 2002; two sons-in-law, Dean Molstad and James Tobin; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage (641) 732-3706.

[Mason City Globe Gazette - Dec. 17, 2003]