OBITUARY: Floyd F. Whalen, 1923-1996, Mitchell County, Iowa

[From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Dec. 12, 1996 (edited)]
                           



                        Floyd F. Whalen

OSAGE, IOWA--Floyd F. Whalen, 73, of Osage, died Tuesday (Dec. 10, 1996)
at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church, with the Rev. Dennis Cahill officiating.  Burial will be in Sacred
Heart Cemetery, with military rites by the Osage VFW Post #7920 and Osage
American Legion Post #278.

Visitation will be held today at the Champion Funeral Home.

Floyd F. Whalen was born April 14, 1923, in Cresco.

Survivors include his wife, Eileen, of Osage; five daughters,
Lois Freiermuth, Elmwood, Wis.; Kathleen Wencl of Austin, Minn.;
Darlene Strouf, Lyle, Minn.; Arlene Gibson of Gilman, Wis., and
Lori Wilde,  Osage; three sons, Dennis Whalen of Lyle, Minn.;
and James Whalen of Winona, Minn.; three sisters, Gladys Bednar
of Austin, Minn., Ruth Carolan of Austin, Minn., and Cecelia
Martin of Lyle, Minn.; three brothers, Alois Whalen of Rockford,
Ill.; Oliver Whalen of Rose Creek, Minn., and Patrick Whalen
of Cresco; 24 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, one sister
and two brothers.


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