Darlene Lois (Stevens) AKERS

AKERS, STEVENS, LESTER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/2/2007 at 17:36:36

Mason City Globe Gazette
10 April 2005

Darlene L. Akers, 75, of Mason City died Wednesday (April 6, 2005) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa. A private family memorial service will be held Monday. Inurnment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City.

Darlene Lois Stevens was born on June 28, 1929, in Iowa City. She was the daughter of Lewis and Margaret (Lester) Stevens. Darlene attended schools in Rowan, Dows and Clarion, and later nurses training in Des Moines. She began her employment with Drs. Eaton and Young in Clarion. Darlene was united in marriage to Daryl Akers at the Little Brown Church in Nashua and they later moved to Mason City where she gained employment in the medical field. Retirement came in 1991 from Radiology of North Iowa. Darlene found great satisfaction in volunteering at Mercy Medical Center in the Gift Shop. She enjoyed P.E.O. and her church circle, but her greatest love was watching her grandchildren grow and develop. Darlene was an active member of First United Methodist Church.

Left to cherish her memory are: her husband Daryl of Mason City; son Mark and daughter-in-law Sue, grandchildren, Jennifer and Steven all of Clear Lake as well as many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents. Memorials may be directed to First United Methodist Church. Major Erickson Funeral Home.