OBITUARY: Gladys Maakestad Klemesrud, 1902-1997, Mitchell County, Iowa [Based on Obituary in Mason City Globe Gazette; November 9, 1997] Gladys M. Klemesrud OSAGE, IOWA-- Gladys Maakestad Klemesrud, 95, died Friday, Nov. 7, 1997, at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage, with the Rev. Dennis Hanson and the Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Burial will be in Osage Cemetery. Gladys was born Aug. 14, 1902, in rural Osage. Survivors include two daughters, Cleone Weaverling of Osage, and Mary Lou Dean of Osage; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, her husband, three brothers and two sisters. The Champion Funeral Home, Osage, is in charge of arrangements. Copyright 2005, K.L. Kittleson