COUNSELL, Robert 1933-1999

COUNSELL, STRONG, JULIUS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 6/6/2010 at 23:22:53

ROBERT COUNSELL

LITTLE CEDAR - Robert Counsell, 66, of Little Cedar, died Thursday, December 30, 1999, at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City of natural causes.

Bob was born March 2, 1933, near New Haven, the son of Lloyd Sr. and Harriett (Strong) Counsell. He attended Little Cedar schools and graduated from Little Cedar High School, where he participated in baseball and basketball.

Bob was united in marriage to Alta Julius on July 27, 1952, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Osage. Bob hauled milk for the Little Cedar Creamery for several years. He then was employed at the Little Cedar Grain Elevator, where he became manager until his retirement.

He enjoyed fishing, gardening and his family and friends.

Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 3, at the Little Cedar United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ted Stowers officiating. Interment will be in the Liberty Cemetery, Little Cedar.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Champion Funeral Home, 702 State St., Osage, and one hour prior to services on Monday at the Church.

Those that survive him include his wife, Alta Counsell, of Little Cedar; three daughters, Debra Conrad and her husband, Dennis, of Little Cedar, Darla Kelly and her husband, Darrell, of Belmond and Donna Hanson and her husband, Raymond, of Little Cedar; five grandchildren, Lonnie Conrad and his wife, Leslie, Christina Noah and her husband, Jeremy, Crystal Jacobs, Michael Hanson and Jason Hanson; one great-granddaughter, MaKayla Noah; two stepgreat-grandchildren, Nicholas and Natasha Duryee; and two brothers, Lloyd Counsell Jr. and Owen Counsell, both of Osage.

Preceding him in death were his parents, a sister, a brother and a son-in-law.

Champion Funeral Home, (515) 732-3706.

[ Globe Gazette, Saturday, January 1, 2000 -- from:
http://ncigs.org/obituaries/masoncity/2000/january1to5.htm ]