OBITUARY: Mary A. Leraaen, Mitchell County, Iowa [ Mason City Globe Gazette Online Obituaries ] Saturday, June 12, 1999 MARY ANN LERAAEN ST. ANSGAR - Mary Ann Leraaen, 85, of Belvidere, Ill., formerly of St. Ansgar, died Thursday (June 10, 1999) at the Northwoods Health Center in Belvidere, Ill. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar. Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, (515) 736-4920. [ Mason City Globe Gazette Online Obituaries ] June 13, 1999 MARY ANN LERAAEN ST. ANSGAR - Mary Ann Leraaen, 85, of Belvidere, Ill., formerly of St. Ansgar, died Thursday (June 10, 1999) at the Northwoods Healthcare Center in Belvidere, Ill. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, with the Rev. Gary Gonnerman officiating. Burial will be in St. Ansgar Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Mary Ann was born on July 18, 1913, to Joseph and Barbara Lucas Curin at Haugen, Wis. She married Carl O. Leraaen in 1941. She lived in Belvidere the last 11 years. She passed away at the age of 85. She is survived by one daughter, Barbara (Eldon) Boozell of Belvidere; four grandchildren, Dennis Jensen, Lisa Jensen, Debby Roderick, and Todd Zacharda; seven great-grandchildren, Amy and Ashley Roderick, Samantha and Daniel Zacharda, Rowan and Lucas Abbott and Anna Jensen; and two sisters, Helen Winterton of Fulton, Ill., and Lucy Cullen of Lucerne, Calif. Mary was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Geraldine Zacharda; granddaughter, Roseann Zacharda; and great-grandson, Samuel Abbott. Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, 207 S. School St., St. Ansgar, is in charge of arrangements (515) 736-4920. Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson (Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.) This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. **************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ****************************************************************************