Esther Carolyn (Olson) MELLIER LORENZ MCGONIGLE

MCGONIGLE, OLSON, SOMA, MELLIER, LORENZ, SEVERSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/1/2010 at 12:18:52

November 1, 2010
Fort Dodge Messenger, Iowa

April 30, 1921 -- October 29, 2010

CLARION - Esther Lorenz McGonigle, 89, of Clarion, passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 2010 at Careage of Clarion. Funeral services for Esther McGonigle will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 at First Lutheran Church in Clarion with Rev. Doctor Ronald Yarnell officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Clarion. Visitation will be held on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ewing Funeral Home, 602 N. Main St., in Clarion and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church.

Esther Carolyn was born April 30, 1921, the daughter of Albert and Ellen (Soma) Olson in Eagle Grove. Esther was raised and educated in Clarion. She was a cosmetologist in California, and later, Administer of Bell Flower Golden Age Convalescent Home in Bell Flower, Calif. Esther returned to Clarion in 1978.

Esther was united in marriage to Stan Mellier in 1952 at Portuguese Bend, Calif. She was united in marriage to Orville L. Lorenz in 1973 in Las Vegas, Nev. She was united in marriage to Dick McGonigle in 1995 at Fort Myers, Fla.

Esther is survived by her step-son Pat Mellier, of California, and his children Monica, Matt, and Mark; her sisters-in-law Iren Olson, of Richfield, Minn.; Audrey Olson, of Clarion; her nieces and nephews; Paul Olson, of Woolstock, Steve Olson, of Edina, Minn., Janet (Olson) Severson and her husband Roger, of Hubbard; Jannel (Olson) Stark and her husband Russ, of Clarion; and JoAnne (Olson) Waura and her husband Tom, of Richfield, Minn. Esther is preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, her brothers Ernie and Clarence, her husbands Stan Mellier, Orville Lorenz and Dick McGonigle, and nephew Phillip Olson. Condolences may be sent to Ewing Funeral Home, 602 N. Main St., in Clarion.