Wilbur J. Numelin, 68, of Clear Lake, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City, Iowa.
    Funeral services were held Friday, April 25, at the Ward-Van Slyke Funeral Home in Clear Lake with Pastor Tom Healey, chaplin of Hospice of North Iowa, officiating.  Burial was at the Clear Lake Cemetery.  Family suggests memorials to Hospice of North Iowa.
    Wilbur was born Sept. 23, 1939 in Mason City, Iowa the son of Arnold and Clara (Andrews) Numelin.
    Following graduation from Thornton High School in 1958, Wilbur attended NIACC and then began employment with Krause-Gentle Oil Company in Hampton, Iowa.  He later relocated to Clear Lake and became partner in the JW Oil Distributorship until 1990.  From 1990 until 2008, Wilbur returned to real estate full-time and worked as an independent commercial and agricultural broker.  Wilbur enjoyed his work, spending time on the lake, and with his friends and children.
    He was preceded in death by his parents, Arnold and Clara Numelin of Thornton. 
    He is survived by three children, Tye Numelin of Houston, Texas, Tory Numelin of Chicago Ill., and Todd Numelin of Cedar Falls, Iowa.
    Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.