MASON CITY - William "Bill" K. Shoop, 68, of Mason City died Wednesday (July 9, 2008) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.
Funeral services will held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 12, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 100 First St. N.E., Mason City, with Pastor John Byrne officiating. A private burial service will be held at a later date.
Bill was born March 28, 1940, in Mason City, the son of Cecil W. and Marie (Christopherson) Shoop. He graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1958.
On Dec. 30, 1958, he was united in marriage to Karen D. Heinrich in Clear Lake. To this marriage three daughters were born: Kim, Lisa and Pam.
Bill served in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1961. For the past 20 years Bill was employed by the Mason City Transit System and Retirement Housing Foundation, Long Beach, Calif.
He was a member of the First Congregational United Church of Christ.
Bill is survived by his loving wife, Karen; daughters, Kim (Bill) Vierkant of Alexander, Lisa (Mike) Degen of Mason City and Pam (Paul) Bartholomew, also of Mason City; 10 grandchildren: Dillon Vierkant of Merservey and Marissa Vierkant of Alexander, Derek, Cole and Zach Degen of Mason City, Mattison, Lucas, Alicia, Tyler and Alex Bartholomew, also of Mason City; two brothers: Jim (Linda) Shoop of Brooklyn Park, Minn., and John (Karie) Shoop of Mason City; one brother-in-law, Ron Heinrich of Rio Vista, Calif., and one sister-in-law, Ramona Osborne of Templeton, Calif., as well as nieces, nephews and cousins.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Cecil and Marie Shoop; his mother and father-in-law, Gus and Francis Heinrich; one brother-in-law, Don Osborne; one nephew, Allen William Shoop; and one step-niece, Melissa Jacques.
Major Erickson Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements; 641-423-0924, www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.
Published in the Globe Gazette from 7/10/2008 - 7/11/2008
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