OBITUARY: Henry Novak 1914-1997, Worth Co., Iowa


                             Henry Novak

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[ Mason City Globe Gazette; September 6, 1997 ]

FERTILE -- Henry Novak, 83, of Fertile, died Friday (Sept. 5, 1997)
at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Petersen Lund Funeral Home,
Forest City.



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[ Mason City Globe Gazette; September 7, 1997 ]
   
FERTILE -- Henry Novak, 83, died Friday (Sept. 5, 1997) at the Muse
Norris Hospice Unit, Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Fertile Lutheran
Church with the Rev. Roger Kampstra officiating. Burial will be in the Brush
Point Cemetery, rural Hanlontown.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Petersen Lund Funeral
Home, Forest City.

Henry Novak was born April 25, 1914, the son of James and Emily (Zindulka)
Novak at Gilman, Iowa. He was baptized and attended the Congregational Church in
Gilman. He graduated from Gilman High School.

He moved to Britt with his family, where he worked in the family store, and
also as a farm hand.

He entered the service in May, 1941, serving as a medic in the 34th division
(Red Bull). He served in Ireland, England, Africa and Italy as a medic. He was
discharged July 19, 1945, with the rank of staff sergeant.

On March 12, 1947, he married Doris Hammon of Garner and started farming in
the Britt area. In 1955, they moved to their farm near Fertile. Henry was a
member of the Fertile Lutheran Church.

Henry loved to farm until he was forced to retire in 1989. Since then, he
loved to garden and take care of the lawn. He has been in failing health these
last years and has been confined to a wheelchair.

He leaves to mourn, his wife, Doris; three children, Ronald and his wife,
Deb, of Forest City, Sharen and her husband, Larry, of Forest City, and Gary of
Fertile; one granddaughter, Amy Rieffer of Forest City; three sisters, Rose of
Palacios, Texas, Theresa of Lakewood, Calif., and Elsie of San Jose, Calif.; and
several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and three brothers.




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