Mabel A. Sido

CHARLES CITY, Iowa - Mabel A. Sido, 91, of Charles City, died Wednesday, August, 15, 2007 at her home.

Funeral services for Mabel Sido will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charles City. Pastor David Werges will officiate. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Rockford.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday. Visitation will continue an hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.

Mabel Arlene Alice (Priebe) Sido was born April 20, 1916, at Fredericksburg, the daughter of Herman and Wilhelmina (Hemker) Priebe. She graduated from the Charles City High School. On July 15, 1936, she was united in marriage to Lloyd Cecil Sido at the Zion Lutheran Church in Rockford. Mabel was a bookkeeper at Kruse Pharmacy until her retirement. On August 14, 2007, Mabel received the Century Farm Plaque at the Iowa State Fair. She was a member of Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charles City, the Dorcas Circle, Senior Citizens, and quilting at church for world relief. Her interests included sewing, quilting, playing cards, volunteering at the Treasure Chest, baking cookies, and spending time with her family, especially the grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Living family members include two daughters, Lloydene (Eugene) Brunner of Rockford, and Marlene Mohring of Charles City; four grandchildren, Kevin Mohring of Miami, Fla., Kellie (Tom) Schmit of Denver, IA, Tammie (Alex) Hirv of Rockford, and Eric (Janan) Brunner of Rockford; seven great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Gladys Nelson of Charles City and Irene Birkholz of Rockwell Nursing Home.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1968; and a son Harlan Sido in 1950.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church in care of World Relief, 200 South Main Street Charles City, IA 50616.

The Hauser Funeral Home, (641) 228-2323, www.hauserfh.com, in Charles City, is in charge of arrangements.