OBITUARY: Mary Lorence, 1908-1997, Mitchell County, Iowa [Based on Obituary in Mason City Globe Gazette; May 16, 1997] Mary Lorence OSAGE, IOWA--Mary Lorence, age 88, of Osage, died Wednesday, May 14, [1997] at the Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. There will be private family services, with inurnment in Oak Grove Cemetery in Mitchell. Mary Lorence was born Sept. 2, 1908, in Nova Ves, Czechoslovakia. Survivors include one sister, Bessie Gunther of McLouth, Kansas; and three brothers, Clement Lorence of Mitchell; Stanley Lorence of Portsmouth, R.I., and Carl Lorence of Osage. She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant sister and one brother. Champion Funeral Home, Osage, is handling arrangements. Copyright 2004, K.L. Kittleson