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Irene A. Heivilin

1910 - 1990

Irene A. Heivilin

Mason City - Irene A. Heivilin. 80, 1308 N. Hampshire Ave., died Friday (Dec. 14, 1990) at Heritage Care Center in Mason City.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia Ave., with the Rev. Jerry Oakland officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 3:30 to 8 p.m. today and until noon Monday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 209 2nd St. N.E., and one hour before services at the church.

Memorials may be given to the Irene Heivilin Memorial Fund or the Heart Foundation.

Mrs. Heivilin was born Oct. 26, 1910, in Klemme, to Joseph E. and Annie S. (Carlson) Johnson. She attended and graduated from Klemme High School. She married Edward S. Heivilin on Aug. 18, 1930, in Glenville, Minn. They farmed near Klemme until they retired during 1948 and moved to Mason City. Irene also helped as a election poll worker.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church. She was a church circle member and a member of T.A.E. Study Club.

Survivors include on son, Thomas Heivilin of Fayetteville, Ga.; two daughters, Mrs. Bruce (Gerry) Sharp, Evanston, Wyo., and Mrs. Gary (Diann) Pellatz, Whitefish, Mont.; two sisters, Mrs. Ed (Mildred) Gantenbein, Joplin, Mo., and Gertrude Hummel, Klemme; five grandchildren and one great-grandson.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Edward, in 1978; a daughter, Donna; three sisters and three brothers.


source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 16 Dec 1990, page B11, column 1

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Irene A. Heivilin

Irene A. Heivilin, 80, of Mason City, died Dec. 14, 1990 at Heritage Care Center in Mason City.

Funeral services were Dec. 17 at First United Methodist Church. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Heivilin was born Oct. 26, 1910, in Klemme to Joseph E. and Annie S. (Carlson) Johnson. She attended and graduated from Klemme High School.

She married Edward S. Heivilin on Aug. 18, 1930, in Glenville, MN. They farmed near Klemme until they retired in 1948 and moved to Mason City.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church. She was a church circle member and a member of T.A.E. Study Club.

Survivors include one son, Thomas Heivilin of Fayetteville, GA; two daughters, Gerry Sharp of Evanston, WY; and Diann Pellatz of Whitefish, MT; two sisters, Mildred Gatenbein of Joplin, MO and Gertrude Hummel of Klemme; five grandchildren and one great-grandson.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward in 1978; a daughter, Donna; three sisters and three brothers.

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