Published in the Mason City Globe Gazette on Wednesday, May 15, 1985, page 7.

CLEAR LAKE—Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, l0l N. 4th Street, Clear Lake, for Mrs. Mary L. Logan, 75, of Green Meadows Trailer Court, Clear Lake, who died Monday (May 13, 1985) at a Clear Lake nursing home.

Ron Nutt and Jeff Evans will officiate and burial will be in Ell Township Cemetery. Klemme.

Visitation will be after 3 p.m. today at the funeral chapel.

Mrs. Logan was born May 14, 1909 in Ossineke, Mich., to Jacob and Emily (Swartz) Eicher. She attended school in Council Bluffs and married Merle Brown in 1931 in Council Bluffs. They lived in Omaha, Neb. After his death in 1946 she married John Logan in 1949 in Davenport. They lived there until he retired from Case Co., and moved to Clear Lake in 1973.

Mrs. Logan enjoyed sewing and crocheting and was a member of the Nondenominational Church, Mason City.

Survivors include her husband, John; one daughter, Mrs. E.J. (Avalon) Ridder, Clear Lake; one son, Dr. John Robert Logan, Selah, Wash.; four grandchildren; and four brothers. Menno, Robert and John Eicher, all of Council Bluffs, and Henry Eicher, Grand Rapids. Mich. 

MASON CITY — Milo T. Paul. 84, of 1024 16th NE, died Tuesday (May 14, 1985) at a Mason City hospital.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania, Mason City, with the Rev. Delmar Jacobson officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Mason City.

Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today until 9 a.m. Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 209 2nd NE. Mason City.

The family requests memorials be made to the Milo T. Paul Memorial Fund.

Mr. Paul was born Nov. 6, 1900 in Rockwell to Thomas and Alice (Ewing) Paul. He attended rural Rockwell schools and married Irene Harriet Hanson on Oct. 21, 1945 in Austin, Minn. He fanned for one year with his brother Edward and worked at the International Fertilizer plant, Mason City, for 29 years retiring in 1962.

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

Survivors include one sister. Mrs. Joseph (Hattie) Stangler, Mason City, and several nieces and nephews. 

ROCKFORD — Longtime Rockford resident Gertrude R. Biddick, 97, died Tuesday (May 14. I985 at a Charles City care center.

Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church here, with Pastor William Green officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Rockford.

She was born Dec. 25, 1887 at Egan, SD., the daughter of Sanford R. and Ada E. (Cleary) Moore. She came to the Cerro Gordo and Floyd counties area in 1886. On June 2, 1915, she married Franklin J. Biddick at Rockford.

Mrs. Biddick was a member of the United Methodist Church for over 75 years, and was a member of the United Methodist Women and the Rockford Women's Club. For over 13 years she was the night operator for the Farmers Mutual Telephone Company in Rockford.

Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Thursday at the Schumburg Funeral Home, Rockford.

Survivors include two sons, F. Max of Mason City and Donald M., Nashua; four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. 

GARNER — Mrs. Ada Burke, 87, of Garner, died Tuesday (May 14, 1985) at a Garner care center.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel here, with the Rev. Jerry Wolcott of the. United Methodist Church, Garner, officiating. Burial will be in the Ellington Township Cemetery, northeast of Miller.

She was born June 23, 1997 on a farm in Ellington Township, Hancock County, the daughter of Orrin and Emma (Kutzner) Willson. She attended rural schools in Ellington Township, Hampton High School and Ellsworth College at Iowa Falls. She was married in 1919 to Arley Burke at Mason City.

Mrs. Burke owned and managed hotels in Odbolt, Britt and the Motor Lodge at Forest City. In 1973 she moved to Garner where she lived with her-sister. She was a member of the United Methodist Church and Rebekah Lodge.

Visitation will be after 3 p.m. today at the funeral chapel.

Survivors include three grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, and a niece and nephew.

OSAGE — Mrs. Robert (Berniece) Kraus, 74, of Osage, died Tuesday (May 14, 1985) at the Osage hospital;

Funeral services will be held at noon Thursday al Sacred Heart Catholic Church here, with the Rev. Leon Connolly officiating. Burial will be in Visitation Cemetery, Stacyville.

She was born March 19, 1911 at New Haven, the daughter of John and Josephine (Pox) Miller. She attended New Haven area schools and was married to Robert Kraus on May 24, 1945 at St. Peter's Church, New Haven. They lived and farmed in the Stacyville area until 1977 when they moved to Osage. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Ladies Guild at Osage.

Visitation will be after' 2 p.m. today at the Champion Funeral Home here, where a rosary will be said at 8:30 tonight

Survivors include her husband, Robert; one daughter, Jane Helvick, Tulsa, Okla.; two sons, Ronald of Waterloo, and Donald, Elgin, Ill.; two sisters, Lucille Klemesrud, Osage, and Vera Mauser, Osage; and four grandchildren.