OBITUARY: Blanche E. Hartwell, 1900-1996, Mitchell County, Iowa [ From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Feb. 2, 1996 ] Blanche E. Hartwell ST. ANSGAR--Blanche E. Hartwell, 95, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, died Wednesday (January 31, 1996) at Mitchell County Regional Health Care Center, Osage, Iowa. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Riverside Cemetery, Marshalltown, with the Rev. Kathy Larson officiating. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar. Blanche E. Hartwell was born Nov. 6, 1900, in Barton Township, Worth County. Survivors include one son, Virgil Lee of DeKalb, Illinois; two sisters, Olive Schulze of La Crescent, Wisconsin, and Mable Olson of Waterloo; and two grandchildren. Copyright 2004, Kermit Kittleson (for IaGenWeb)