JESSIE E. "DOLLY" CHRISTIANSEN JESSIE E. "DOLLY" CHRISTIANSEN MASON CITY - Jessie E. "Dolly" Christiansen, 87, of 1024 15th Place N.E., died Monday (March 6, 2000) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Mason City, with the Rev. Kenneth Hatland officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and one hour prior to services at the church. Memorials may be directed to the Jessie E. Christiansen Memorial Fund. Jessie was born Dec. 8, 1912, in rural Rockwell, the daughter of Benjamin and Anna (Frosch) Deets. She attended school in Rockwell. Jessie married Leonard R. Christiansen June 28, 1937, at Nora Springs. They moved to Ventura in 1938, then to Mason City in 1977. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Senior Citizens in Rock Falls and LUGA Club, which was started by her mother-in-law. She enjoyed gardening, baking, canning, crocheting and made clothing for children. She is survived by her husband, Leonard R. Christiansen, of Mason City daughter, Myrna M. Palzer of Corpus Christi, Texas; son, Leonard R. Christiansen, Jr. and his wife, Joan, of Mobile, Ala.; daughter, Laurie L. Stauffer and husband, Gary, of Sumner; brother, Darrell Deets of Nora Springs; four sisters, Audrey Hewitt of Nora Springs; Mildred Austin of Mason City; Laurine Kressin of Bloomer, Wis.; and Annabelle Christiansen and husband, Glen, of Nora Springs; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and seven brothers. Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory.
JESSIE E. "DOLLY" CHRISTIANSEN JESSIE E. "DOLLY" CHRISTIANSEN MASON CITY - Jessie E. "Dolly" Christiansen, 87, of 1024 15th Place N.E., died Monday (March 6, 2000) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Mason City, with the Rev. Kenneth Hatland officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and one hour prior to services at the church. Memorials may be directed to the Jessie E. Christiansen Memorial Fund. Jessie was born Dec. 8, 1912, in rural Rockwell, the daughter of Benjamin and Anna (Frosch) Deets. She attended school in Rockwell. Jessie married Leonard R. Christiansen June 28, 1937, at Nora Springs. They moved to Ventura in 1938, then to Mason City in 1977. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Senior Citizens in Rock Falls and LUGA Club, which was started by her mother-in-law. She enjoyed gardening, baking, canning, crocheting and made clothing for children. She is survived by her husband, Leonard R. Christiansen, of Mason City daughter, Myrna M. Palzer of Corpus Christi, Texas; son, Leonard R. Christiansen, Jr. and his wife, Joan, of Mobile, Ala.; daughter, Laurie L. Stauffer and husband, Gary, of Sumner; brother, Darrell Deets of Nora Springs; four sisters, Audrey Hewitt of Nora Springs; Mildred Austin of Mason City; Laurine Kressin of Bloomer, Wis.; and Annabelle Christiansen and husband, Glen, of Nora Springs; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and seven brothers. Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory.
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Wilbur R Deets
1911–1979
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Walter Frederick Deets
1915–1994
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Audrey Vivian Deets Hewitt
1917–2008
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Katherine G. Deets Bahnsen
1918–1998
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Virgil Duane Deets
1919–1945
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Darrell E Deets
1921–2001
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Ward V Deets
1922–1969
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AnnaBelle Deets Christiansen
1924–2011
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Mildred A. Deets Austin
1925–2006
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Laurine T. Deets Kressin
1927–2018
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Clayton R Deets
1929–1993
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Emmett G Deets
1930–1973
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