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SPEAKER, Rita 1925 - 2013

SPEAKER, CLAUSEN, PIKE, JUHL, MASSEY, KAMERICK

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 12/11/2017 at 11:07:42

Rita Speakar, 88, of Mason City, Iowa, passed away peacefully on July 17, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center.

Visitation for Rita will be on Sunday, July 21, from 4 until 6 p.m. at Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 Second Street S.E., Mason City, Iowa.

A funeral service will be held on Monday. July 22, at 11 a.m. also at Fullerton Funeral Home. Deacon Mike Byrne of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Mason City will officiate. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City.

Rita was born to William and Rose Clausen of Mason City, on April 23, 1925. She graduated from Mason City high school in 1943. She attended some classes at Hamilton Business College of Mason City and later moved to Washington, D.C., for a short time to work for the government as a secretary.

On December 22, 1945, she was united in marriage to Robert Speakar of Mason City. Unto this union four children were born.

Robert and Rita owned and operated A and B Auto Body for 35 years, before Bob passed away.

Rita was mostly a stay-at-home mother and wife. As she always put her family first. She was selfless. She enjoyed being with her family most of all but also liked to take the occasional trip to the casino.

She is survived by her son Jerry and his wife Jean Speakar of Cimarron, Kan., Lisa and husband Brian Pike of Mason City, Chris Speakar and fiancé Lori of Clear Lake, her six grandchildren Chad (Kelley) Speakar of Farmington, Mo., Andy Speakar of Manhattan, Kan., Amber (James) Juhl of Rockwell, Iowa, Jacob (Margaret) Pike of Algona, Iowa, Samantha and Elizabeth Speakar both of Rockwell, her 13 great-grand children and a one sister Rose Mary Massey of Fullerton, Calif. She is also survived by many friends and other family.

Rita was preceded in death by her husband Robert in 1987, daughter Nancy Kamerick in 2012, brothers Paul, Vern and Dale Clausen. Also, her parents, William and Rose Clausen, and her mother and father-in-law John and Marie Speakar. Nancy Kamerick the daughter of Rita passed away on April 17, 2012.


 

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