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Elizabeth “Liz” Hinrichsen
1930 - 2016
- Elizabeth "Liz" Hinrichsen
March 18, 1930 - March 1, 2016
ROCK FALLS: Elizabeth “Liz” Hinrichsen, 85, of Rock Falls, died Tuesday,
March 1, 2016, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services
will be held 10:30 AM Friday, March 4, 2016, at the Old Stone United
Methodist Church, Rock Falls with Pastor Jim Roth officiating. Interment
will be in the Rock Falls Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00
PM Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue,
Mason City. Memorials may be directed to the Rock Falls United Methodist
Church, KCMR Radio or Hospice of North Iowa.
Liz was born March 18, 1930, at the home of her parents Gottlob and Sarah
(Thiemann) Goll in Klemme, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the
Reformed Church in Klemme. She graduated from Klemme High School in 1947
then attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, now the
University of Northern Iowa. She worked in Mason City until her marriage
to Donald Hinrichsen February 24, 1952, at the Klemme Reformed Church,
Klemme. Don and Liz lived on the Hinrichsen Farm at Nora Springs before
opening “Don's Farm Store” in Rock Falls in 1956. They moved to Rock Falls
in 1957 with Liz working alongside Don as the bookkeeper in the family
business. They sold the business in 1985. They enjoyed traveling and
spending their winters in Texas. Liz was an active member of the Old Stone
United Methodist Church where she served as financial secretary for over
30 years. She enjoyed volunteering at KCMR Radio, reading to the blind and
her social life which included breakfast club and playing in several card
clubs. Liz was always willing to lend a helping hand to those in need.
Liz is survived by two daughters, Sandra (Tony) Wyborny of Bloomington,
Indiana and Dee (Roger) Pearce of Mason City; grandson, Kurt (Michelle)
Hinrichsen of Washington, Iowa; grandchildren, Tonya (Jonathon) Bolton of
East LeRoy, Michigan, Troy (Tara) Wyborny of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Angela (Ben) Miller of Waukee, and Ashley Pearce of Mason City; great
grandchildren, Madysen, Kolten, Lauren and Kendall Hinrichsen, Caden Molak
and Tenley Bolton, Caleb Miller; several nieces and nephews.
Liz was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Donald in 2003; son,
Jay in 1976; two brothers and two sisters.
source: © Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania
Avenue, Mason City, IA 50401, 641-423-0924; [http://www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com
]
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ROCK FALLS | Elizabeth “Liz” Hinrichsen, 85, of Rock Falls, died Tuesday,
March 1, 2016, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 4, 2016, at the
Old Stone United Methodist Church, Rock Falls, with Pastor Jim Roth
officiating. Interment will be in the Rock Falls Cemetery. Visitation will
be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N.
Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City. Memorials may be directed to the Rock Falls
United Methodist Church, KCMR Radio or Hospice of North Iowa. Online
condolences may be left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.
Liz was born March 18, 1930, at the home of her parents Gottlob and Sarah
(Thiemann) Goll in Klemme, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the
Reformed Church in Klemme. She graduated from Klemme High School in 1947
then attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, now the
University of Northern Iowa. She worked in Mason City until her marriage
to Donald Hinrichsen Feb. 24, 1952, at the Klemme Reformed Church, Klemme.
Don and Liz lived on the Hinrichsen Farm at Nora Springs before opening
“Don's Farm Store” in Rock Falls in 1956. They moved to Rock Falls in 1957
with Liz working alongside Don as the bookkeeper in the family business.
They sold the business in 1985.
They enjoyed traveling and spending their winters in Texas. Liz was an
active member of the Old Stone United Methodist Church where she served as
financial secretary for over 30 years. She enjoyed volunteering at KCMR
Radio, reading to the blind and her social life which included breakfast
club and playing in several card clubs. Liz was always willing to lend a
helping hand to those in need.
Liz is survived by two daughters, Sandra (Tony) Wyborny of Bloomington,
Indiana, and Dee (Roger) Pearce of Mason City; grandson, Kurt (Michelle)
Hinrichsen of Washington, Iowa; grandchildren, Tonya (Jonathon) Bolton of
East LeRoy, Michigan, Troy (Tara) Wyborny of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Angela (Ben) Miller of Waukee, and Ashley Pearce of Mason City;
great-grandchildren, Madysen, Kolten, Lauren and Kendall Hinrichsen, Caden
Molak and Tenley Bolton, Caleb Miller; several nieces and nephews.
Liz was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Donald in 2003; son,
Jay in 1976; two brothers and two sisters.
Arrangements: Major Erickson Funeral Home and Crematory, 111 N.
Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, IA 50401; 641-423-0924.
www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com
source: Mason City Globe Gazette
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