Florence H. (Roberts) HARRINGTON

HARRINGTON, ROBERTS, SHAPLEY, PRICE, REEM, HRONEK, MCCONAUGHY, COLWELL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/31/2009 at 08:47:58

Mason City- Florence H. Harrington, 80, of 1121 4th Street S.E., died Wednesday November 1, 2006, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City. Memorial service will be held 11 A.M. Saturday November 4, 2006, at the Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd Street Northeast, with Reverend Dennis Ganz officiating. Inurnment will be in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, Iowa. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the memorial service Saturday. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of North Iowa.

Florence H. Roberts was born February 2, 1926, in Floyd, the daughter of Archie and Silvia (Shapley) Roberts. Florence graduated from Floyd High School. She went to nurses training in Cedar Rapids, where she met Richard Harrington. Florence and Richard were united in marriage September 21, 1946; to this union two children were born. Florence and Richard settled in the Cedar Rapids area later moving to Clarion and Webster City. Florence moved to Mason City in 1975, where she worked for A C Nielson as a data processor, until her retirement in 1989. Florence was an avid sports fan, she loved the Hawkeye’s; her greatest love was spending time with her family and friends.

Florence is survived by her children, Dan Harrington, Fort Dodge and Diane Harrington (Steve Price), of Mason City; grandchildren, Michael Harrington, Grimes, Laura Harrington (Ryan Reem), of Des Moines; great grandchildren, Cadell and Isabella; sister Norma Hronek, Yuma, AZ; three sisters-in-law, Ann Roberts, Chetek, WI; Helen (Lyle) McConaughy, Sun City, AZ; and Peggy Harrington, Phoenix, AZ; along with nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Florence is preceded in death by her parents, Archie and Silvia Roberts, brothers Bob and Jim Roberts, sister Genevieve Colwell. Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel.

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