OBITUARY: Gene Dorsey, 1924-1996, Mitchell County, Iowa

[From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, July 24, 1996 (edited)]
                           



                           Gene Dorsey

OSAGE, IOWA--Gene Dorsey, 71, of Osage, died Monday, July 22, 1996, at
the Mitchell County Regional Health Center.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the United
Methodist Church with the Rev. Robert Barrick officiating. Following
the funeral service the body will be cremated with inurnment at the
Osage Cemetery at a later date, with military rites by Osage American
Legion Post 278.

Visitation will be held after 4 p.m. today at the Champion Funeral
Home and one hour before services at the church on Thursday.

Gene Dorsey was born Aug. 22, 1924, in Osage, the son of William
and Lila (Dodge) Dorsey.

Survivors include his wife, C. Lavon Dorsey of Osage; one daughter,
Rebecca Schoonover of Des Moines; two sons, Patrick Dorsey and
Michael Dorsey, both of Osage; four grandchildren; and two sisters,
Marjorie W. Elling of Garner, and Dorothy Rogers of Tucson, Ariz.

He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant brother.


    Copyright 2004, Kermit Kittleson (for IaGenWeb)