Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

    Frederick “Fred” Koch, former president of Metro Bancorporation, parent of Waterloo Savings Bank (now US Bank) and a longtime summer resident of Clear Lake, died July 11. He was 84. He had suffered without complaint several physical complications of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). The Koch family has enjoyed happy summers at the Clear Lake Outing Club since 1967.
    Survivors include his daughter, Katy Koch Campbell of Edina, Minn.; his son, Fritz Koch of Ward, Colo.; grandsons, Jack Frederick Campbell and Baxter Quigley Koch.

Marjorie Helen Callison left us to be with her Savior on Oct. 29, 2011.  In Heaven, she will be reunited with her husband of 63 years, James W. Callison; her son, James W. Callison Jr.; her sister, Virginia Ruttan; and her parents, Fern and Elmer Myhre.      She was the beloved mother of Michael J. Callison (JoAnn), Karen Norman (Michael), and

    Walter Amos Wood Jr., 79, 916 Main Ave, Clear Lake, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa from complications of heart disease.   A funeral service was held Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Diana Hoover officiating.  Interment was at the Clear Lake Cemetery with military honors provided by the Clear Lake V.F.W.  Memorials may be addressed to Clear Lake School Air Plane Project, E.A.A.

    Edward Oscar Tosel, 92, Mason City, Iowa, went to be with his Heavenly Father, Sunday, July 24, 2011, at his home surrounded by family and friends.
    A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., Friday, July 29, at Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd Street N.E. Mason City, with Pastor Lionel Hart officiating.  A family graveside service will be held at Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City with full military honors conducted by members of the Mason City Veteran’s Memorial Association.