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William F. Utterback

1917 - 2001

William F. Utterback

Mason City, IA - William F. "Bill" Utterback, formerly of 620 Briarstone Drive, Unit 25, in Mason City and the Manly Care Center completed his life at the age of 84 on Monday (April 30, 2001).

The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Ave. in Mason City, with the Rev. John Gannett officiating. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery with military honors by Mason City Veterans Memorial Association. Friends may call from 3 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, at the Bride Colonial Chapel, 110 East Spring Street, Manly, and one hour prior to service time on Friday at the church.

The family of William F. "Bill" Utterback has requested that memorial contributions be made to the American Parkinson Disease Association in his memory.

Bill was born in Mt. Pleasant, on Feb. 3, 1917, the son of LeRoy and Helen (Willey) Utterback. As a young boy, he made his home with Emil and Lizzie Beier of Klemme.

After graduating from North High in Des Moines with the class of 1936, he also attended Drake University until entering the U.S. Army in January of 1942.

He was united in marriage to Helen Long on Dec. 20, 1944. While in the Army, he served his county in Australia and the Philippines during World War II. After he was honorable discharged in January of 1946, he and his wife and young daughter returned to Drake University where he completed his Bachelor of Science degree in commerce and finance in August of 1948. Later that year they moved to Windom, Minnesota.

Bill was a salesman for Goodyear and then became a partner in the Windom Tire Shop, later known as the Windom Tire and Fleet Supply Store. After an early retirement, Bill was employed as a manager at the Windom Country Club.

In 1978, they moved from Windom to the Manly Retirement Apartments, and later purchased a condo in Mason City. From 1972 until 1996, they wintered in Mesa, Arizona.

Bill enjoyed his family and friends, playing golf and in his most recent years, his Sunday trip to Birdsall's and his special young friends, Jake and Alicia, who visited him monthly during the last two school years.

He was a member the Trinity Lutheran Church in Mason City.

Bill leaves behind his daughters, Barbara Backhaus and her husband, Earl, of Manly, and Belinda Weber and her husband, Greg, of Montevideo, Minn.; and a son, William K. "Bill" Utterback and his wife, Kim, of Cedar Rapids. Also surviving him are four grandchildren, Tammy, Angie, Luke and Nathan; seven step grandchildren, Dorothy, Eugene, Garry, Larry, Carrie, Katie and Tom, two great-grandsons, Cameron and Austin; three step great-grandchildren, Aaron, Kelly, and Nicholas; his sister, Gloria Hayden and her family, of the Tacoma, Wash., area; and his sister-in-law, Doris Long and family of the East Waterford, Pa. area. He also leaves behind friends in Minnesota, Arizona, and Iowa.

Waiting to welcome him home is his wife of 51 years, Helen, who passed away April 6, 1996, his parents, and many friends.

Bride Colonial Chapel 641-454-22424



source: Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, 2 May 2001, page A9, column 13

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