OBITUARY: Irene Adelene (Hagen) Gullickson, 1913-2003, Worth County, Iowa [Northwood Anchor online - www.northwoodanchor.com - Posted Feb. 11, 2003] Irene Adelene Gullickson Irene Adelene Gullickson, 89, Northwood, died on Feb. 7, 2003 at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City. Funeral services were Monday at the First Lutheran Church, Northwood, with Rev. Allan Stoa officiating. Burial was at Sunset Rest Cemetery, Northwood. Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Northwood, was in charge of arrangements. Irene was born on Oct. 13, 1913 in Grove Township, Worth County, IA, to Andrew and Ida (Nieman) Hagen. She was baptized and confirmed by Rev. Herman Diers at the German Lutheran Church in Northwood. She attended country school through the 8th grade and graduated from Northwood High in 1931. Irene married Lester Gullickson on Dec. 17, 1933. They were married for 68 years and lived on the farm north of Northwood the entire time. Irene was preceded in death by her husband Lester; parents, Andrew and Ida Hagen and a daughter, Delores Nelson. Irene is survived by one son, Kenneth Gullickson of St. Peters, MO; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Evelyn Brunsvold of Albert Lea, MN. Copyright (c) 2003 by Kermit Kittleson (Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.) This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives.