OBITUARY: Joseph Lorence, 1921-1995, Mitchell County, Iowa

Adapted from: MASON CITY GLOBE GAZETTE - August 3, 1995



                           Joseph Lorence

RICEVILLE-- Joseph Lorence, 74, of Riceville, died Tuesday, Aug. 1,
1995, at Mitchell County Memorial Hospital, Osage.

Funeral services were held on Friday, Aug. 4, 1995, at Conway Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Don Lovejoy officiating.  Burial will be in the
Orchard Cemetery at Orchard.  Military rites will be performed
by American Legion Post of Riceville.

Joseph Lorence was born Feb. 28, 1921, in St. Ansgar.

Survivors include one son, William Scott Lorence of Molean, Virginia;
three daughters, Anne Maureen Lorence of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Denise
Doreen Pearson of Aurora, Colorado, and Janet Lorraine Wietz, of
Aurora, Colorado; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren;
three brothers, Clem Lorence of Mitchell; Stanley Lorence of 
Portsmouth, Rhoad Island, and Carl Lorence of Osage; and two sisters, 
Mary Lorence, Osage, and Bessie Gunther of Kansas City, Missouri.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and an infant
sister.



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