OBITUARY: Elfrieda Bertha Zacharda, 1917-1997, Mitchell County, Iowa [Based on Obituary in Mason City Globe Gazette; April 16, 1997] Elfrieda Bertha Zacharda ST. ANSGAR, IOWA--ElFrieda Bertha Zacharda, 79, of St. Ansgar, died on Monday, April 14, [1997] at her home. Funeral services will be held on Thursday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Edward Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in St. Ansgar City Cemetery. The Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, is in charge of arrangements. Elfrieda Bertha Zacharda was born July 18, 1917, in Otranto Township, Mitchell County. Survivors include one daughter, Frances Zacharda of Austin, Minn.; one son, Ronald, of Bloomington, Minn.; and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and one brother. Copyright 2004, K.L. Kittleson