Dorothy R. Bass

Mason City – Dorothy R. Bass, 93, died Tuesday (May 22, 2018) at Chautauqua Guest Home, Charles City, Iowa.

A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday (May 31, 2018) at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd Street NE, Mason City, with Reverend Wendy Johannesen officiating. Burial will be at the Riverside Cemetery, Rockford, Iowa.

Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Riverside Cemetery, Rockford.

Dorothy Ruth Trask was born January 16, 1925, in rural Floyd county, the daughter of Guy and Pearl (Shave) Trask.  She attended country school in Niles Township until she entered high school at Colwell High School, where she graduated in 1942.

After high school, Dorothy worked as a telephone operator in Charles City before her marriage to Darrell Eugene Bass on July 21, 1946 in Rudd.  To this union two girls were born, Linda and Janet.  Darrell and Dorothy started their married life living briefly in Des Moines, Charles City, and rural Colwell before ultimately settling on a farm in rural Rockford.  For most of her married life Dorothy was a homemaker except for a few years when she worked at the Mode-O-Day factory in Mason City.

Dorothy enjoyed gardening, reading, handiwork but most of all her grandchildren.

Dorothy is survived by her daughters, Linda Lovik, of Iowa City, and Janet (Dennis) Haller, of Decorah; 4 grandchildren, Nate Lovik, of Wilmington, Delaware, Jackie (Curtis) Sexton, of Riverside, Iowa, Josh (Sarah) Lovik, of Iowa City, and Kate (Jon) Ailabouni, of St. Paul, Minnesota; 5 great grandchildren, Keegan and Kyler Sexton, Mady and Jack Lovik and Claire Ailabouni.  She is also survived by sisters, Edna Lemons, Neillsville, Wis and Betty Clay, of Duncombe, Iowa.

Dorothy is preceded in death by her husband, Darrell Bass; parents, Guy and Pearl Trask; brother, Raymond Trask; son-in-law, Stephen Lovik; grandson, Luke Haller; three brothers-in-law, Lawrence Lemons, Emmett Clay and Eldon Bass; sister-in-law, Freda Bass.

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd Street NE, Mason City.641-423-2372.Colonialchapels.com