Bernie BELL

BELL, FOWLER, MONTAG, KRAMER, SMITH, DEVIN, HISCOCKS, FOTH, RIFEN, HEIM

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/18/2014 at 14:38:21

January 15, 1937 ---- June 26, 2014

Bernie Bell, of Algona, had an eye for a good horse and a love of adventure. Bernie died Thursday June 26, 2014 at his home. He was 77. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. Cecelia Catholic Church in Algona. The Rev. Bill Black will preside. Visitation will be 3-6 p.m. Sunday at Lentz Funeral Home in Algona. Scripture service will be at 5:30 p.m. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Jewell, Iowa, at a later date.

Bell, the son of Melvin and Mary (Fowler) Bell, was born Jan. 15, 1937, in Blairsburg, Iowa. His passion for horses started young, when he and his brothers rode horses his father bought for them. He continued riding as an adult, winning many awards on his favorite horse, Chief.
For many years, he ran Bernie’s Buy-Right gas station in Jewell. He was a natural salesman who sold many things, but his passion was buying and selling horses.

On May 4, 1991, he married Michele Montag of Algona. They enjoyed trail riding with family and friends and participated in local horse events. Bernie retired in 2011. Since then, he was often seen in his red pick-up “making the rounds.”

Left to cherish Bernie’s memory is his wife of 23 years, Michele; children, Bernie (Tracy) Bell, Jr. of Jewell, Ken (Sue) Bell of Sylvian, Ore., and Deb Bell of Gilmore City; stepdaughters Molly Montag of South Sioux City, Neb., Katie (Steve) Kramer of Knoxville, Iowa, Mary K. (Steve) Smith, of Algona, Diane Devin, of Livermore, and Wendy Hiscocks, of Livermore; stepsons Robbie Foth, of Livermore and Randy (Mona) Foth, of Livermore. He has many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; second wife, Dorothy Foth, and brothers, Don and Robert Bell; sister, Bonnie Rifen; granddaughter, Julie Heim; and great-grandson, Zach Heim.

Lentz Funeral Home -- Algona, Iowa
http://www.lentzfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Bernie-Bell/#!/Obituary

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[attended Goldfield High School in Goldfield, Wright County, Iowa]