OSWALD, Doris I. 1915-2006

OSWALD

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 3/22/2006 at 16:33:15

Doris I. Oswald, 90, of 302 Second St. N.E., Mason City, died Thursday (March 16, 2006) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday at Fertile Lutheran Church with lay pastor David Halverson of Fertile Lutheran Church and Pastor John Bailey officiating. Interment will be held in Brush Point Cemetery in rural Fertile. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Monday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. Memorials may be directed to the donor’s choice.

Doris was born June 5, 1915, on the family farm southwest of Fertile, the daughter of Andrew P. and Celia (Halverson) Suby. She resided in Fertile most of her life. She was a life-long member of Fertile Lutheran Church. She graduated from Fertile Consolidated High School in 1933.

Doris married Roland A. Oswald on Oct. 24, 1936. Doris worked at various jobs throughout her life, but she will be remembered best for her many years as a cook at the Fertile school.

She moved to the Manor in Mason City in 1991 and moved to the Good Shepherd Health Center in May 2005. During this time she attended Trinity Lutheran Church and was a very active participant in making quilts for Lutheran World Missions.

Doris was a loving, caring lady who loved her family very much. Because of her easy-going nature, she enjoyed the friendship of many acquaintances.

She is survived by her children: a daughter, Karen R. Bailey and her husband, John, of Marion; a daughter, Ellamae Butler and her husband, Lowell, of Mason City; a son, Richard (Rick) A. Oswald of Phoenix, Ariz.; grandchildren, Dawn Stephens and her husband, Robert, of Marion, Perry L. Butler and his wife, Danette, of Southlake, Texas, Troy A. Bailey and his wife, Nora, of Dallas, Texas, and Jan E. Schmall and her husband, Dr. Robert, of Sioux Falls, S.D.; great-grandchildren, Michael Stephens, Jeffrey Stephens, Mitchell Butler, Astyn Timmons, Benjamin Butler, Jacob Schmall and Noah Schmall; a sister, Cora Jenkins; and several nieces and nephews.

Source: Mason City Globe Gazette, March 19, 2006.