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Thomas "Russell" Bell
1906 - 1994
- Thomas "Russell" Bell
Mason City - Thomas "Russell" Bell, 88, of 1111 East State St., died
Friday (Oct. 28, 1994) at Good Shepherd Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Major Erickson Funeral
Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with the Rev. David Anderson and the Rev.
Stephen Engelstad of St. James Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be
in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and until time of services on
Monday at the funeral home.
Thomas Russell Bell was born Sept. 15, 1906, in Maroa, Ill., a son of
William and Julia (Brannen) Bell. In 1914, he moved with his family to
Klemme where they farmed.
He married Mamie C. Deiger on July 9, 1932, in Garner. They farmed in the
Klemme and Goodell areas. They moved to Mason City in 1948, and Russell
worked for the Cerro Gordo County Maintenance Department until he retired
in 1978.
Survivors include his wife, Mamie C. Bell of Mason City; one son, Russell
R. Bell and his wife, Beth of Wylie, Texas; five grandchildren, Jessica,
Emily and Clinton Bell of Wylie, Texas, and Kimberly and Shanna Bell of
California; one special friend, Bart Pals and wife Jody, and their
children, Katie and Logan, of Mason City; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Myrtle Lassahn; and
three brothers, Jefferson Bell, Fred Bell and Kenneth Bell.
source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 30 Oct 1994, page B5, column 1
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- Thomas Russell Bell: born 15 Sep 1906 - died 28 Oct
1994
Grave marker at Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
- Husband of: Mamie Charlotte Dieger, born 1906 -
died 1999; married
1932
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- source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 42103524
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