Mearle A. Lunbeck, 84, of 309 S. 8th St., Clear Lake, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008 peacefully at her home.
    Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 29, at  Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Dean Hess officiating.  Interment was in the Clear Lake Cemetery.  Family suggests memorials to Mearle A. Lunbeck Memorial Fund.
    Mearle was born Oct. 27, 1923 in Story City, Iowa, the daughter of Orvie M. and Hannah (Christensen) Holland.  She graduated from Story City High School in 1943.  She married Marvin H. Lunbeck Jan. 14, 1947 in Kansas City, Mo.  In 1955 they moved from Ames, Iowa to Clear Lake.  In 1965 she began working for St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. She worked there for 13 years as a chief admitting clerk. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Her family meant the world to her. She was active in Zion Lutheran Church as a former Sunday school teacher and enjoyed singing in the choir.
    Mearle is survived by her husband of 61 years, Marvin Lunbeck, Clear Lake; three daughters, Sandy Dillavou and her husband, Dick, Clear Lake, Deborah Swift and her husband, Alan, Hayden, Idaho and Marvel Flatness and her husband, Marvin, Lanesboro, Minn.; six grandchildren, Dawn Mennenga and her husband, Todd, Chris Dillavou and his wife, Autumn, Margo Crabb and her husband, Mike, Melissa DeVisser and her husband, Jeree, McKenzy Flatness and Morgan Flatness; nine great-grandchildren, Dalton and Danielle Mennenga, Mariah, Kori and Austin Dillavou, Paige and Ben Crabb, Tyler and Lilly DeVisser; and one sister, Ordale Fisher, Hill City, Minn.
    Mearle was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Shirley Butler; brother, Charles Holland and one granddaughter, Tamala Dillavou.
    Mearle spent a lifetime enriching everyone that were blessed enough to meet her.  She will be missed.
    Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.