Lois Burneis (Tinkey) BRYAN

BRYAN, TINKEY, PALS, HENKEN, ROLLEFSON, HALFWASSEN, ORPEN, JAACKS, PELL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/11/2008 at 21:47:30

Lois B. Bryan, 84, of Garner, died on Thursday, June 1, 2006, at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City. Funeral services were held on Monday, June 5, at the United Methodist Church in Garner with the Rev. David Wagner officiating. Music was provided by organist, Mary Kopacek who accompanied soloist, Beverly Cataldo and a congregational hymn. Ushers were Marvin and Maynard Schoneman. Honorary bearers were Andrew, Carter and Riley Henken and Spencer Bryan. Casket bearers were Ben Bryan, Jason Henken, Marlin Stadtlander, John Spratt, Bruce Sankey and Bob Haugland. Burial was in the Concord Township Cemetery in Garner. The Cataldo Funeral Chapel, Garner, was in charge of the arrangements.

Lois Burneis Bryan, the daughter of William and Grace (Pals) Tinkey, was born on October 8, 1921, at Osterdock. She moved to Alexander as an infant and graduated from the Alexander High School in 1939, sharing honors as valedictorian and representing her school as Miss Alexander at the North Iowa Band Festival. Lois attended the Midland Radio and Television Schools in Kansas City, Missouri and received her license as a radio-telegraph operator in 1942. She was then employed by Delta Airlines from 1942 to 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia and later Fort Worth, Texas.

On September 21, 1945, she was united in marriage to Harold E. Bryan at Alexander. They lived in Dows until 1956 when they moved to Plainfield and owned Bryan's Self-Serve Store. In 1962, they moved to Garner where she was a bookkeeper at local implement dealerships from 1964 to 1983. Lois also clerked in her husband's auction business and for a short time was a dental assistant for Dr. Hayes. She loved to read and enjoyed her home, family and friends. At the age of 70, she learned to play the piano with a home study course and occasionally accompanied her Sunday School class and circle. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Garner and The Welcome Class serving as secretary sending cards to the sick and bereaved. She held offices in the UMW and Rebekah Circle and taught Sunday School in Alexander, Dows and Plainfield.

She is survived by her son, Barton (Nancy) Bryan of Garner; daughter, Kristin Bryan of Cedar Park, Texas; granddaughter, Heather (Jason) Henken of Crystal Lake; grandson, Benjamin Bryan (Tari Rollefson) of Forest City; four great-grandsons, Andrew, Carter and Riley Henken and Spencer Bryan; sisters, Loraine (John) Halfwassen of Belmond, Dilene Orpen of Northwood and Jollene (Marvin) Jaacks of Alexander; a brother, Delbert (Mardel) Tinkey of Coralville; a sister-in-law, Vadona Pell of Brazil, Indiana; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold on August 15, 1992; parents; and a brother, Loren Tinkey.

June 7, 2006
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