Carol A. (Freeks) SKARR

SKARR, FREEKS, MEYER, BOELSEN, WESSELS, STUDER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/9/2015 at 20:51:15

June 6, 1950 --- November 13, 2012

MASON CITY — Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, at the New Hope Parish of the United Methodist Church in Dumont, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at the Sietsema Vogel Funeral Home in Dumont. Burial will be held at a later date. Pastor Mark Young and Pastor Doug Tharpe will officiate the service.

Carol A. Skarr, 62, of Mason City, Iowa, formerly of Dumont, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City, Iowa. She was born on June 6, 1950, in Franklin County, Iowa, to John and Anita (Meyer) Freeks. Carol graduated from CAL High School in Latimer and Hamilton Business College in Mason City. She was united in marriage to Jay Skarr on June 26, 1970, in Latimer. Carol owned and operated J & C Grocery with her husband Jay and spent most of her life working there in Dumont.

She is survived by her husband, Jay Skarr of Mason City; son, Jason (Robyn Hay) Skarr of Mason City; son, Jeremy Skarr of Las Vegas, Nev.; daughter, Julie (Jesse) Boelsen of Mason City; grandson, Braden Boelsen of Mason City; sister, Betty Wessels of Belmond; sister-in-law, Kay Studer of Des Moines; and several nieces and nephews. Carol was preceded in death by her parents, John and Anita.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Mason City, IA
November 15, 2012