OBITUARY: Dean Lashbrook, 1920-1996, Mitchell County, Iowa [From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Oct. 26, 1996 (edited)] Dean Lashbrook OSAGE, IOWA--Dean Lashbrook, 76, of Osage, died Thursday (Oct. 24, 1996) at the Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Champion Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dennis Hanson officiating. Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery, with military rites at the grave by the American Legion Post #278 of Osage. Visitation will begin after 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Dean Lashbrook was born May 14, 1920, in Osage. Survivors include one brother, Kenneth Lashbrook and his wife, Mildred, of Osage; one sister, Bethel Durby and her husband, Marlo, of Lake Mills; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Sammie. Copyright 2004, Kermit Kittleson (for IaGenWeb)