Lloyd Lester BIER, Sr.

BIER, YOUNG, PALMER, WEBNER, SCHLAWIN, CAROLUS, RALSTON, BOOKER, CAMPOS, QUAM, DEIBLER, PALS, OSTERKAMP, HAUPT, BEEK

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/5/2009 at 11:20:44

Lloyd Bier Sr., 74, of Garner died Sunday (October 14, 2001) at his home. Funeral services were held Thursday, October 18 at the United Methodist Church in Garner with the Rev. Kay Hooper officiating. Music was provided by organist, Mary Kopacek who accompanied vocalists, Jerry and Kathy Schlawin. Ushers were Maynard Schoneman and Burke Haberkamp. Honorary bearers were Lloyd's grandchildren and great grandchildren. Casket bearers were Earl Webner, Jerry Schlawin, Ron Bier, Pat Sweeny, Donnie Palmer and Randy Webner. Burial was in Ell Township Cemetery near Klemme.

Lloyd Lester Bier, the son of Henry and Priscilla (Pals) Bier, was born July 19, 1927 near Belmond. He attended Belmond Community Schools and then worked for farmers in the Belmond area. On December 14, 1946 he married Etta Lou Webner at the Evangelical and Reformed Church parsonage in Klemme. They worked on farms in Kanawha and Garner. In 1957, they moved to a farm near Klemme and began farming on their own. In 1966, they moved to a farm near Garner where Lloyd continued to farm until retiring in 1985. For the next seven years he worked in the maintenance department at Prairie View Apartments in Garner. Lloyd enjoyed horseshoe pitching, making miniature horse harnesses and woodworking. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Garner and the North Iowa Horseshoe Pitchers Association.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Warren and Glenn Bier; a brother in infancy, Lester; and sisters, Laura Haupt, Iva Beek and Wanda Bier. Survivors include his wife, Etta Lou of Garner; daughter and son-in-law Roberta and Keith Carolus of Klemme and their four children, Barbara Ralston and her husband Gary of Arkansas and their two sons, Brian and Chris Ralston, Dawn Booker and her husband, Donald, of Tennessee and son, Clark Campos, Bradley Carolus and his wife Jesse of Klemme and their daughter, Bretta, and Daniel Carolus of Meservey and his special friend, Karla Quam; daughter and son-in-law Diana and Bill Deibler of Hayfield and their two children, Jennifer Osterkamp and her husband, Ryan of Hayfield and Billy Deibler of Hayfield; son and daughter-in-law Lloyd Bier, Jr. and Jan of Garner and their children, Wesley and Brianne; sister Ethel Young of Belmond; brother, Paul Bier of Belmond; sisters-in-law, Ardis Bier of Clear Lake, Clara Bier of Goodell, Doris Palmer and her husband, Willard, of Holland, IA and Amy Webner of Mason City; a brother-in-law, Kenneth Schlawin of Garner; and many nieces and nephews.

10/24/2001
Belmond Independent- Iowa