Who's Who in Mason City, 1957
 Globe Gazette Special Edition

In these individual sketches you will find useful information that will help you in your daily reference to the people who have helped to build Mason City into the important center it is today [1957].

A
Mrs. Roy F. Aarons Cecil W. Abbott Robert O. Albrecht
Harley Alitz Gerald D. "Jerry" Allen Robert T. Allen
Peter Andersen Raymond T. Andrews A. Boyd Arnold
Charles L. "Bob" Ashby Sister Mary Assumpta R.S.M. Robert R. Aune
B
H. Morris Bahr Rex R. Bailey Richard L. Bailey
James C. Barclay Paul V. Barclay Robert C. Bauer
Arthur L. Becker Walter P. Bender R. Lyle Bergo
Frances H. Berscheid E[ugene]. H. Bier C. E. Blanchard
Mrs. Tolla Blowers Emil J. Bohn Robert L. Booe
S. N. (Harry) Boonstra S. R. Bowen C. R. (Cec) Boyer
Willys E. "Bill" Bramhall Ned C. Brandt Rev. Arthur J. Breen
Wes Brodt A. D. Brown Glenwood O. Buchanan
Robert G. Budlong Jack J. Buehner William J. Burger
Ray D. Burgess G. Robert Buttrick
C
Thomas F. Cain John H. Calhoun William L. Cameron
Robert E. Campbell George Truman Carl Buehl C. Carman
Robert M. Carson Al E. Carstens Charles J. Casey
Neal Casey J. B. Chauncey Miles S. Chenault
E. W. Clark Walker H. Clarke Robert Clausen
Marion E. Clayburg Thomas L. Connor Harry W. Conover
James B. Conroy Charles B. Cooper M. E. "Ed" Corless
S. E. Corson Mrs. S. E. (Irene) Corson William A. Craig
H. W. Crawford B. "Woody" Crew L. R. Croy
Lloyd N. Cummins Gordon C. Curran Leigh R. Curran
Frank R. Currie Richard L. Currie Dorothy M. Curtis
D
Channing E. Dakin Francis H. Darland E. L. (Ed) Day
Earl M. Dean Hal H. DeGrush Peter S. De Jong
Howard Delahoyde Francis C. DeSart Nick DeWilde
D. D. Dickinson Jack J. Diercks Dwayne A. Dietze
E. C. Dopps Frances Dormedy Walter P. Doyle
Rolland J. Duff Lyle J. Duffy Van C. Duling
Elmer Dyre
E
L. M. (Jack) Easley Robert W. Easley Fred J. Ebeling
John A. Eberhardt J. O. Edwards R. J. Edwards
Albert R. Effress Charles W. Eikenbary Charles D. Elder
Richard D. Ennis Ivan W. Erickson Clifford (Doc) Eslick
Ben F. Evans
F
Emery C. Fatland Walter G. Finke Robert E. Finlayson
Arthur M. Fischbeck B. C. Fisher D. J. Fix
Ambrose E. Flynn L. V. Fox Leonard V. Franke
Alfred E. Franzen Harry Freeman
G
L. T. "Jim" Gallogly Charles W. Gasswint Lloyd L. Geer
Harry Gelt J. J. Gerard Harvey M. Getz
Donald A. Giesen W. E. Gildner W. F. "Bill" Gildner
Victor C. Glass Robert Glazer Vince Goodman
H. F. Bud" Goplerud Paul Grange Jack Griffin
R. L. (Pete) Gripp Harold G. Griffith Carl Grupp
H
Dr. Victor J. Haag W. C. Haase Leonard Haijsman
W. Earl Hall Alfred M. Halsor C. W. "Cliff" Hamblin
Ward B. Hammond Joel F. Hanes Luvern J. Hansen
Win Hansen C. A. Hanson Joseph R. Hanson
Glenn E. Harman Donald G. Harrer F. J. (Jerry) Harrer
Robert G. Harrer Fred Hart Pete Hasapopoulos
Sam G. Hasapopoulos Ted Hasapopoulos George G. Hasse
W. P. Hawley Leslie G. Hawkins George H. Hayes
Dale H. Hayes John D. Healy Kenneth E. Hedrick
Max Y. Hedrick Al Heinz Don W. Helbling
Fred C. Heneman Carl A. Henkel William F. Henkel
Robert K. Hermanson C. D. Herme I. W. Hillstrom
Carl A. Hinz Melville D. Hof Francis E. Holland
Gehart (Gay) Holm Sidney H. Hovda Don C. Hubacher
George L. Huber Paul J. Hughes Metta Hugi
I
Robert H. Isensee
J
Floyd M. James J. R. James Alvin W. Jaspers
Frank R. Jeffrey Harold H. Jennings Lloyd A. Jensen
Thor J. Jensen Elvin G. Johnson Harold W. Johnson
Robert E. Johnson Robert R. Johnston Edward C. Jones
Orville A. Jorgenson
K
Raymond C. Keister Donald G. Keller Alfred H. Kellum
Frances Kellum Lawrence B. Kelly Edmund F. Kelsh
Dale D. Kennedy Eugene E. Kernan Kenneth E. Kew
Murray F. King Steve Kiroff Avis A. Kislia
W. M. Kitsis Richard A. Knapp Henry W. Koeneke
E. Emil Koerber Fred W. Krueger Rev. Harold G. Kruger
Ernest J. Kuhn Floyd F. Kurtz
L
Donald W. Lambie Terence C. Lane Ed Lamson
Lawrence G. Lang Avery J. Lauber Kirby M. Lawlis
Murray C. Lawson Glenn R. Leaman C. E. Leffler
Otto J. Lehmann A. E. "Al" Lennan C. H. "Chuck" Lennan
R. O. Linder A. Russell Lindquist Harry W. Little
Safford W. Lock Lloyd D. Loers Kenneth F. Long
Lee P. Loomis The Rev. Donald Loots Armond D. Losh
Frink C. Lovell R. H. Ludlow Jr. Marcus D. Lundberg
Harvey J. Lyons Renus H. Lytle
M
Gen Hanford MacNider Jack MacNider Tom MacNider
Harvey B. Major Robert L. Major Vern Mallo
Alfred R. Malone Rt. Rev. P. F. Malone, V.F. M. W. Masters, D.C.
Ronald O. Masters, D.C. John J. May Ralph N. McCarron
William D. McCauley R. F. McDonald V. A. McDonough
Lloyd L. McGee Earl McGowan James G. McGowan
Mrs. Wayne A. McGowan Allen J. Meinecke George E. Mendon
John E. Mensch Terry W. Menzel Dean Miller
George W. Miller Mrs. George W. Miller William E. Miller
Ralph S. Millhiser Lester Milligan Louis A. Moore
Richard J. Morel Don Morgan Jack A. Morgan
Robert L. Mott Harry H. Moyer John A. Muldoon
H. F. Muehlstedt The Rev. E. M. Mueller Mrs. E. M. Mueller
Margie M. Mullaney B. C. (Bud) Myhr Kermit O. Myli
N
Sude Stephen Naifeh Ben M. Nelson Dale Nelson
Russell J. Nelson Carl M. Nielsen Lucille B. Nielsen
Enoch A. Norem
O
J. R. O'Brien George G. O'Connor William F. Oertel
Frank C. O'Hearn Herbert R. Ohrt W. M. Oleson
George F. Olson
P
Harry D. Page Nick T. Pathoulas Thos. A. "Tom" Pattee
W. Hobart Patterson Allen D. Patton Roger C. Patton
Willis O. Patton E. L. Pattschull John E. Pauley
L. D. Paulsen Thomas C. Paulsen Robert L. Paulson
Harold G. Paulus C. Lawrence Payne Gene L. Payne
George L. Payne Michael L. Payne B. L. Payton
Kenet Pearce Lynn G. (Tex) Pearson Henry C. Pendergraft
Harry T. Percy P. F. Petersen Roy P. Petersen
Henry A. Peterson Paul Arnold Peterson Dan Phalen
Tim R. Phalen Donald J. Picken Frank B. Pirkl
Fred C. Plath George E. Platts W. J. "Bill" Platts
Glenn H. Pogeler Carl Popenhagen Ross A. Potter
Ralph W. Preuss George H. Price
Q
Adolph G. Quamme
R
Ray L. Randall Harley C. Ransom James L. Rasmussen
Harvey W. Rayburn Marilyn Casey Rentz Raymond J. Rentz
Art Reynolds George P. Reynolds Park Rinard
Leo F. Risacher Harold D. Rissler Jr. George E. Rodgers
Richard E. Romey Raymond N. Rorick Donald O. Roschi
Ralph Rowley
S
Robert E. Sarset Robert G. Sawyer Roger E. Sawyer
Reuben E. Schaefer Gordon A. Schaper Raymond C. Schlader
Richard W. Schultz H. F. "Herb" Schwanke Orvis R. Sedars
Ray Seney Jr. B. E. Setterberg Bert Sharff
J. B. Sheehy Ralph Shelton Ralph S. Shepherd
Lawrence H. Shepoiser John H. Sherman Douglas F. Sherwin
The Rev. Vincent J. Simon Claude E. Sinnett C. H. Sippy
Art Skram Harold J. Slagle Leslie E. Slock
Arlington E. Smith Clarence J. Smith David E. Smith
E. W. (Bill) Snell Lein E. Snell Lewis E. Snell
Ned I. Snyder Harry E. Sondergaard Max Sowers
V. E. Spindler Howard M. Sprague E. J. Sprengeler
Maude J. Stackhouse Steve Stahl John O. Starks
R. M. St. Clair Robert M. St. Clair Jr. Roderick Steward
W. Howard Stewart Fred J. Stockberger Robert L. Stone
Richard Stoyles H. V. Streyffeler Charles E. Strickland
John W. Strom Lloyd L. Stevens G. A. "Gerry" Studer
Carl J. Swab D. G. Swale Harry E. Swarner
Mrs. Barney Sweeney Reuben M. Swehla Dan C. Swickard
W. Carroll Swift George M. Szymeczek
T
Henry E. Tagesen Mrs. Bernice Tait W. H. "Bill" Tate
Robert G. Temple Willard M. Temple Raymond B. Tenney
Don L. Toepfer John W. Tyler W. P. Tyler
V
John David Vance Jr. John David Vance Sr. Harold E. Van Essen
John A. Van Ness Grif Venz John E. Vesterby
W
Fred J. Wagner W. R. Wagner G. L. Wallace
Ralph H. Wallace Robert C. Wass Mrs. J. E. Wass
Charles F. Weaver I. R. Weaver Donald H. Weber
Roy S. Weber E. I. Weiseth William F. Werner
John (Jack) Whitsell Leonard (Bob) Wicks LaVonne M. Willford
William Ralph Wilkins Wallace B. Wilson Harry Ralph Wolf
Louis Wolf Louis H. Wolf Walter Wolff
D. J. Woodworth Edward J. Wooldridge Ethel T. Wooldridge
Z
Guy F. Zach

Source: "Who's Who in Mason City." Globe Gazette. Mason City, Iowa. Section Two, Special Edition. 31 Aug 1957.

Transcribed for Cerro Gordo County IAGenWeb by Sharon R. Becker (Dec 2013) and Jennifer Gunderson (Mar 2021) with additional notes from obituaries and cemetery records.