1926
Lyle
2015
Lyle Merfeld
October 17, 1926 — August 24, 2015
Memorial services for Lyle E. Merfeld of Mason City, IA, will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, August 29, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia, Avenue, Mason City, Iowa. Pastor Kathleen Moore will officiate. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City at a later date. Military honors will be accorded by the Mason City VFW honors group.
Lyle E. Merfeld, of Mason City, died at the IOOF Home in Mason City, on Monday, August 24, 2015. He was 88 years old. Lyle was born October 17, 1926 in Greene, IA, the son of John Carl and Margaret Sophie (Hammel) Merfeld. He graduated from Chapin High School in 1944. He served his country during WWll in the US Army from 1944 thru 1946. After the war he graduated from Hamilton Business College in the spring of 1948.
On December 5, 1947 he was united in marriage to Betty Mae Barnes at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA.
In 1948 he began his work career at Mason City Builders Supply where he worked for over 37 years as office manager. He was a member of the American Legion, Iowa Builders Association, Exchange Club and an active member of the United Methodist Church for over 65 years. He was a Boy Scout leader for many years and an avid golfer. Lyle loved woodworking and tinkering with anything mechanical.
Lyle is survived by his wife of 67 years Betty of Mason City, IA, children Thomas and his wife Toni of Clive, IA, Steve and his wife Cindy of Albert Lea, MN, and daughter Amy Johnson of Hokah, MN. Grandchildren include Nicole and her husband Lary Fauth of Brooklyn Park, MN, Danielle Merfeld of Omaha, NE, Samantha Merfeld of Des Moines, IA. There is one great-granddaughter Kensington Fauth. Also surviving is one sister Arlene (Gordon) Kammrad of Mason City, IA, sister-in-law Sharon Merfeld of Emmetsburg, IA, nieces, nephews, cousins and in-laws.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Dale (Edris) Merfeld, Claude (Hilda) Merfeld, Ken Merfeld and sister Ruth (Ted) Pinneke.
Memorials preferred to the Hospice of North Iowa.
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Lyle E. Merfeld, of Mason City, died at the IOOF Home in Mason City, on Monday, August 24, 2015. He was 88 years old. Lyle was born October 17, 1926 in Greene, IA, the son of John Carl and Margaret Sophie (Hammel) Merfeld. He graduated from Chapin High School in 1944. He served his country during WWll in the US Army from 1944 thru 1946. After the war he graduated from Hamilton Business College in the spring of 1948.
On December 5, 1947 he was united in marriage to Betty Mae Barnes at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA.
In 1948 he began his work career at Mason City Builders Supply where he worked for over 37 years as office manager. He was a member of the American Legion, Iowa Builders Association, Exchange Club and an active member of the United Methodist Church for over 65 years. He was a Boy Scout leader for many years and an avid golfer. Lyle loved woodworking and tinkering with anything mechanical.
Lyle is survived by his wife of 67 years Betty of Mason City, IA, children Thomas and his wife Toni of Clive, IA, Steve and his wife Cindy of Albert Lea, MN, and daughter Amy Johnson of Hokah, MN. Grandchildren include Nicole and her husband Lary Fauth of Brooklyn Park, MN, Danielle Merfeld of Omaha, NE, Samantha Merfeld of Des Moines, IA. There is one great-granddaughter Kensington Fauth. Also surviving is one sister Arlene (Gordon) Kammrad of Mason City, IA, sister-in-law Sharon Merfeld of Emmetsburg, IA, nieces, nephews, cousins and in-laws.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Dale (Edris) Merfeld, Claude (Hilda) Merfeld, Ken Merfeld and sister Ruth (Ted) Pinneke.
Memorials preferred to the Hospice of North Iowa.
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