OBITUARY: Leonard Charles Balsley, 1913-1996, Mitchell County, Iowa [ From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Jan. 16, 1996 ] Leonard Charles Balsley ST. ANSGAR--Leonard Charles Balsley, 82, of St. Ansgar, formerly of the Orchard, Little Cedar, and Osage areas, died Monday (Jan. 15, 1996) at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Champion Funeral Home, Osage, with the Rev. Clark Christian officiating. Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of service on Wednesday at the funeral home. Leonard Charles Balsley was born Dec. 11, 1913, near Orchard. Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Shoars of Kensett and Linda Dishman of Charles City; six grandchildren; and four great- grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister. Copyright 2004, Kermit Kittleson (for IaGenWeb)