Armond D. LOSH

LOSH, MCGRATH, NEILSEN, NEILSON, ROTH, ABELS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/30/2010 at 11:21:17

October 21, 1998
Mason City (Iowa) Globe Gazette

7 November 1916 -- 19 October 1998

MASON CITY, IA — Armond D. Losh, 81, of 4 Third St. N.W., died Monday (Oct. 19, 1998) at the North Iowa Mercy Health Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, 1998, at Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E., Mason City, with the Rev. David Shogren, of Wesley United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery with a flag folding ceremony conducted by the Mason City Memorial Association. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to direct memorials to the Wesley United Methodist Church, in Armond’s name.

Armond was born Nov. 7, 1916, the son of Harry and Lena (McGrath) Losh in Clarion. He attended the Clarion school system and was later drafted into the United States Army. Armond entered the service on March 25, 1944, at Camp Dodge. He was then sent to Europe to fight for his country. On Nov. 5, 1945, he was discharged after receiving the EAME Theater Ribbon, Victory Medal and a Good Conduct Medal. In 1933, Armond hitchhiked to California to visit Marion, a boyhood friend. He was gone for three months but never found his friend. He road the rails home and said it was the best time of his life.

On March 15, 1940, Armond was united in marriage to Vesta Neilsen in Hampton. The Neilson’s owned the bakery in Clarion and this is where Armond got into the bakery business. He later purchased the Purity Bakery in Mason City and the Belmond Bakery. Armond operated the Belmond Bakery until his retirement in 1984 at which time he and his wife moved back to Mason City. On Nov. 27, 1987, Vesta died at the age of 73. Armond had been attending Senior Citizens and Golden Agers where he met Mildred Roth who, on Feb. 7, 1990, became Armond’s second wife. The couple was married at Wesley United Methodist Church. Armond enjoyed watching sports including golf and football. He was a member of the Moose Lodge No. 1328, Senior Citizens, Golden Agers, and Wesley United Methodist Church.

Those thankful for having shared Armond’s life include his wife, Mildred; two sons, Tracy and his wife, Betty Losh, of Concordia, Kan.; Rodney and his wife, Judy Losh, of Altoona; two stepsons, Jack and his wife, Anita Roth, of Anchorage, Alaska; and Larry and his wife, Cathy Roth, of Coon Rapids, Minn.; one sister, Dorothy and her husband, Gene Abels, of Eagle Grove; six grandchildren, Neil, Todd, Troy, Michael, Brian, and Garrett Losh; five great-grandchildren, Brandon, Holly, Heather, Foster, and Maura Losh.Mr. Losh was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Vesta; two sisters, Jean and Ruth; two brothers, Harry "Bob," and Donald.