Guymon SEARS

SEARS, STOKES, GROESBECK, FAILOR, HUBER, DYRE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/31/2007 at 10:41:24

MASON CITY - Guymon Sears, 90, of 1037 19th St. S.W., died Wednesday (March 1, 2006) at the Muse Norris Hospice In-patient Unit. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia Ave., with the Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery with full military rites conducted by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and continue one hour prior to services on Saturday at the church. Memorials may be given to Hospice of North Iowa.

Guymon was born May 24, 1915, near Galt, the son of C.H. and Emma (Stokes) Sears. His parents homesteaded in a soddy hut in Harvestry, Okla., before moving to the Mason City area at an early age. Guymon graduated from Mason City High School in 1934. In 1942, he went to Alaska to work on the Alcan Highway. Guymon served in the United States Army during World War II. He was stationed in Yokohama, Japan, and served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre. Guymon was awarded the American Theatre Service Ribbon, World War II Victory Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. Following his discharge, he started farming with his father west of Mason City and farmed until his retirement in 1984. He then moved to Mason City. Guymon was a member of the First United Methodist Church, lifetime member of VFW Post #733, lifetime Hawkeye IOOF and the Moose Lodge. He served on the North Iowa Fair Board for 20 years.

Guymon is survived by a son, John T. Sears and wife, Leota, of Mason City; daughter, Opal Jane Sears of Mason City; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; very special friend of 35 years, Maxine Groesbeck, of Sheffield; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Guymon was preceded in death by his parents, former wife, Virginia Failor; three brothers, Thomas, James and Tilman; three sisters, Opal Sears, Lavalle Huber and Beatrice Dyre. Major Erickson Funeral Home and Crematory.

Mason City Globe Gazette
3/2/2006