Week of Feb 16 2008 - 7:00pm to Feb 23 2008 - 6:59pm

Valera “Val” Ann Hovelson, 64, of 5851 South Shore Drive, Clear Lake, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008 at her residence.  Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 18 at Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Dean Hess officiating. Interment was at the Clear Lake Cemetery on Tuesday, Feb. 19.  Memorials may be made to the Valera Hovelson Memorial Fund.
    Val was born in Meservey, Iowa the daughter of Raymond and Clarice (Johnson) Rooks
    Val graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1961 and married Jim Coyier on Oct. 21, 1961.  She worked for many local and area businesses including E.F. Johnson, Unisys, and Alexander Battery Mfg.  After attending NIACC, Val worked at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City, Iowa.  She was joined in marriage to James Hovelson on April 16, 1994 and at this time in her life, began working a Wal-Mart in Mason City, and was blessed with many new friends and acquaintances.
    Val was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake, and was active in the Associates of Retarded Citizens.  Val enjoyed reading books or magazines and poems as a past time at home.  She enjoyed family and friends very much and was strong in faith through out her whole life.  As a hobby, Val enjoyed crafting and would on occasion give items she made as gifts that would touch everyone that received them.  Her favorite thing in life was having family home for the holidays and special times during the year.
    Val is survived by her daughter, Dawn Coyier-Brosdahl and her husband, Jody, Gretna, Neb. and their two children, Tad and Trent Brosdahl; two step-daughters, Lisa Nelson and her husband, Neal, Belmond, Iowa, their children, Kyle and Katie Nelson, Ann Brown and her husband, 1st Lt. Christopher, Ft. Benning, Ga., their children, Taylor, Tess and Tatum Brown; a step-sister, Connie Pals and her husband, Wayne, Thornton, Iowa. 

Dave G. Frisbie, 57, of 210 W.10th Ave. N., Clear Lake, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2008 at his residence.
    Memorial services will be Saturday, March 8, 11 a.m., at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake with the Rev. Dennis Ganz officiating.  Visitation will be one hour before the service.  Military honors will be by the Clear Lake V.F.W.  Family suggests memorials to Dave G. Frisbie Memorial Fund.
    Dave was born Oct. 15, 1951 in Des Moines, Iowa the son of C.H. and Ila Jean (Walker) Frisbie.  He graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1971, following high school he served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.
    After the service he moved back to Clear Lake where he did construction, worked at Opportunity Village, Clear Lake Bakery, and then at Liberty Square, Nora Springs, Iowa.
    He enjoyed spending time with his son, especially their rides around the lake, going to movies and teasing him.  His favorite movie was, “No Country For Old Men.”
    He is survived by his son, Nick Frisbie, Clear Lake; parents, C.H. and Ila Jean Frisbie, Clear Lake; brother, Michael Frisbie, Clear Lake; sister, Diane Rich and her husband, Bruce, Sacramento, Calif.; aunt, Joanne Bearss and her husband, Russell, Vermillion, Ohio; uncles, Bob Walker, Mason City, Iowa and George Walker and his wife, Sally, Palm Desert, Calif.; cousins, Benjamin Rich, Katie McFarland, Steve Mailey, Sara Mailey, Nancy Bearss, Daniel Bearss, Ann Vinkovich,  Nancy Conroy and her husband, Chuck, and Kirk Walker, Megan and Branwen. 
    He was preceded in death by his sister, Jill Mailey.

LeNora Coretta Ouverson, of 404 1st St. N., Hanlontown, Iowa, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa.
    Funeral services were held Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Fertile Lutheran Church, Fertile, Iowa, with Lay Minister David Halverson officiating.   Interment was in the Brush Point Cemetery, Fertile.  Family suggests memorials to LeNora C. Ouverson Memorial Fund, Good Samaritan Home, Forest City, Iowa or a charity of your choice.
    LeNora was born June 22, 1915 on the family farm in rural Joice, Iowa, the daughter of Nels E. and Mary (Suby) Fjeld.  She graduated from Fertile High School in 1934 and then attended Iowa Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she obtained her teachers certification.  She taught in rural school.
    LeNora married Lawrence Ouverson on June 22, 1938 at the Beaver Creek Lutheran Church, rural Joice.  They farmed the rural Fertile area and she continued to live on the farm after her husband’s death in 1950.  In 1965 she moved to Forest City and later Clear Lake and in 1973 to her present home.
    She enjoyed playing Rook, croquet, hide the thimble with the grandkids, going on picnics and visiting with friends and neighbors.  Her visitors enjoyed her good homemade bread and pastries, especially her pies.  At Christmas time they especially enjoyed her good Lefsa, Krumkaka and many of her cookies.  She was the person who made the Roomegrot, and did much of the other preparation necessary when the whole Field family gathered at the family farm for Christmas Eve.  She was very proud of her Norwegian Heritage.
    She was a member of Fertile Lutheran Church.

Diane Lucille Fiala, 51, of Clear Lake went to her heavenly home Friday, Feb. 15, 2008 after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
    Funeral services were held Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Church of Christ, Fertile, Iowa with the Rev. Dennis Ganz, officiating.
    Diane Lucille Fiala was born Sept. 29, 1956 at Offutt Air Force Base, Bellvue, Neb., a daughter of Dean and Beverly (Pitkin) Krieger.  Raised in an Air Force family, Diane was baptized in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1968.
    Diane was a 1975 graduate of Forest City High School, Forest City, Iowa where she was involved in the girl’s glee choir, concert choir, a member of the homecoming royalty court, and was a varsity cheerleader.
    She married Tim Abrams in June 1976 and to this union a son, Alan, was born.  Diane worked at Winnebago Industries, Forest City for 17 years as the word processing supervisor.
    She was united in marriage to Joe Fiala on Aug. 29, 1987 at Estes Park, Colo.  In 1992 she began working with her husband Joe at their business, Fiala Office Products, Mason City, Iowa.
    Diane enjoyed crocheting, playing the piano, and family gatherings at their cabin, on Clear Lake.
    She was a member of the Quaker House Church, Mason City.
    Diane accepted the Lord as her personal Savior at a very young age and her personal relationship with her Lord Jesus Christ was very important to her.  Her greatest desire was to bring honor and glory to God through her life. Diane viewed her illness as an opportunity to witness to others about the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and she knew that he was working through her, to reach others.

    Charlotte McEnelly Swartz, Oakwood Care Center, 400 West Highway 18, Clear Lake, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008 at the age of 96 years, five months, and 29 days.  According to her wishes, her body has been cremated.  Memorials may be given to Hospice of North Iowa, 206 Highway 69 N, Forest City, IA 50436.
    Charlotte was born Aug. 20, 1911, at Lake Mills, Winnebago County, Iowa, the daughter of Charles Garfield McEnelly and Myrtle Mildred Myers.
    Charlotte graduated from high school at Hanlontown, Iowa then attended commercial art school in Chicago, Ill.  While in Chicago she was an usher in legitimate theater.  She became an accomplished artist and many of her pictures are displayed in several states.  Her paintings received many awards in Iowa and elsewhere.  Among other things, she lettered names of those who served in World War II on Honor Roll boards throughout North Iowa.  She was described in an article in the Mason City Globe Gazette as a “traveling woman painter.”  She worked at numerous occupations while living in Hanlontown, including cook at the local restaurant and in the school lunch program.  She and her husband were very active in the Boy Scout program.  She enjoyed raising flowers and the flowers from her garden brightened many weddings.  For many years in the 40’s and 50’s she was a correspondent from Hanlontown for the Clear Lake Mirror Reporter.
    Following the death of her husband she attended nursing school at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, graduating with an LPN degree.  She worked in pediatrics at University Hospitals until her retirement.  She then returned to Mason City.
    She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Bealor Swartz, whom she married Oct. 14, 1929 at Crown Point, Ind.; her parents; one son, David; one grandson; two great-granddaughters; two brothers, Norman and William and one sister, Mary Ardis.