James Roy HOVELSON

HOVELSON, LARSON, COOLING, ROOKS, COYIER, NELSON, BROWN, BROSDAHL, WILLIAMS, MCCULLOUGH, POTTER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/2/2006 at 01:55:31

Clear Lake Mirror Reporter
11 May 2005

James "Jim" Roy Hovelson, 69, of Clear Lake passed away Friday, May 6, 2005 at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa, Mason City, Iowa. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 10, at Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake with Lay Assistant Richard L. Scott, Zion Lutheran Church officiating. Interment was at the Clear Lake Cemetery with Military Rites by the Clear Lake VFW. Memorials may be made to the James Roy Hovelson Memorial Fund.

Jim was born on March 19, 1936 in Osage, Iowa, the son of Millard and Vida (Larson) Hovelson. The family moved to Clear Lake when Jim was four years old. In 1948, he moved with his family to Decorah, Iowa where he attended school and was confirmed in the Lutheran Church in Decorah. Moving back to Clear Lake, he graduated from the Clear Lake High School in 1955, then attended Mason City Junior College for one year before enlisting in the Army. He spent 18 months in Korea and one year in Fort Huachuca, Az., after which he returned to Mason City Junior College and continued his education. Jim graduated from NIACC with his Associate of Arts Degree in Accounting. In 1961 he married Judy Cooling. Two children were born to them, Lisa Marie and Ann Katheryn. Jim was first employed at the Park Clinic in Mason City as business manager. They moved to Belmond, Iowa in 1968, where he was the hospital administrator for 20 years at the Belmond Community Hospital. While in Belmond he was Chairman of the Wright County Nurses Advisory Committee, served on the Wright County Compensation Board, was involved with the Belmond EMT Ambulance Service, was a member of the Belmond Jaycees, Belmond Country Club, and Trinity Lutheran Church. Jim married Valera (Rooks) Coyier on April 16, 1994 at the Guardian Angel Roadside Chapel, Clear Lake. He later worked as a real estate agent in Clear Lake and also worked at the Heartland Inn in Clear Lake. He was a member of the Clear Lake VFW, Zion Lutheran Church, and Zion Lutheran's Church Elderberries.

Jim is survived by his wife, Valera, Clear Lake; two daughters, Lisa (Neal) Nelson, Belmond; Ann (2nd Lt. Christopher) Brown, Ft. Benning, Ga.; a step-daughter, Dawn (Jody) Brosdahl, Thornton; five grandchildren, Kyle and Katie Nelson; Taylor, Tess, and Tatum Brown; two step-grandchildren, Tad and Trent Brosdahl. He is also survived by his mother, Vida Hovelson, Clear Lake; two sisters, Janet (Richard) Williams of Port Richey, Fla., Jule (Richard) McCullough of Pine Island, Minn.; one brother, Eric (Mary) Hovelson, Clive, Iowa; an uncle, Lynn "Bud" Larson; aunt, Helen Potter; and many cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends. Jim was preceded in death by his father, Millard; one step-son, Randy Coyier, and several aunts and uncles.