OBITUARY: THELMA JURGENSON BRONES, Worth County, Iowa [Mason City Globe Gazette JULY 25, 2001 ] THELMA JURGENSON BRONES [1911-2001] LAKE MILLS - The funeral for Thelma Brones, 90, of Lake Mills, will be held 10:30 a.m. today at Bethany Lutheran Church in Joice, with the Rev. Bill Peters officiating. Burial will be at Beaver Creek Cemetery. Visitation was held Tuesday at Mittelstadt Funeral Home in Lake Mills, and also will be held one hour before services today at the church. Thelma Brones passed away Monday evening (July 23, 2001) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Thelma Jurgenson Arneson Brones was born on May 7, 1911, at Upham, N.D., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Jurgenson. At the age of 2, her mother died during childbirth. She then moved to Joice, to be reared by her aunt Sara Arneson. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church in Joice, where she was a lifetime member. She graduated from Lake Mills High School. She married Lyle S. Brones at Joice on Jan. 3, 1929. She tragically lost her husband in an automobile accident on Easter Sunday in 1955. She worked as a clerk at Dunn's V-Store at Forest City before becoming an employee of Deluxe Products, where she retired. Thelma passed away Monday, July 23, 2001, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. She will be remembered for her strength, her love of family and friends, and as an accomplished pianist. Thelma is survived by one son, Max Brones and his wife, Margie, of Lake Mills; one daughter, Diane Sewald and her husband, Edward, of Apple Valley, Minn.; six grandchildren, Lynn Brones and his wife, Laura, of Johnston, Lee Brones and his wife, Carolyn, of Louisville, Ky., Lisa Brones and her fiancé, Chris Huber, of Louisville, Ky., Lori Westcott and her husband, Scott, of Lake Mills, Jennifer Rasmusson and her husband, Mark, of Chandler, Ariz., and Stacy Sewald of Minnetonka, Minn.; eight great-grandchildren, Brock and Brett Brones, of Johnston, Marques, Brandon and Kelsea Brones, of Louisville, Ky., Megan and Morgan Fjelstad, and Madison Westcott all of Lake Mills. Thelma is also survived by a sister, Ella Pedersen, of Los Angeles. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one infant sister; three brothers, Maurice, Jack and Joe; and one sister, Alice Mott. Mittelstadt Funeral Home, (641) 592-0221. ************************************************************** Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. (Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.) ************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. **************************************************************