Mason City, Iowa Globe Gazette Obituaries

Monday, April 8, 2002.
RONALD D. SCHLAWIN 

GARNER - Ronald D. Schlawin, 49, died Friday (April 5, 2002) at the Muse
Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City. 

His funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at the United Presbyterian Church
with Pastor Roger Kallem and Pastor William Gentry II officiating. Interment will
be in Concord Township Cemetery. 

Visitation was held from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Cataldo Funeral Home in
Garner and will continue one hour prior to services at the church today. 

Ronald Dale Schlawin, the son of Kenneth Louis and Syble Bernice (Webner)
Schlawin, was born Sept. 26, 1952, at Hampton. He graduated from
Garner-Hayfield High School in 1970 and continued his education at Iowa Central
College in Fort Dodge. After college, Ron returned to Garner and worked at
Franta Furniture Store in Mason City. 

On April 16, 1983, he married Delawn Kellie Nicklaus at the First
Congregational Church in Parkersburg. They made their home in Garner. Ron
worked at Winnebago Industries in Forest City until he was diagnosed with
cancer. 

He enjoyed his children, going for walks, carpentry work and Harley-Davidson
motorcycles. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church. 

Ron is survived by his wife, Delawn, of Garner; two children, Kaitlin and Max
Schlawin at home; his father, Kenneth Schlawin, of Garner; two brothers and a
sister; Robert Schlawin and his wife, Carrie, of Alexandria, Va., Judy Wellendorf
of Elkader, and Jerry Schlawin and his wife, Kathy, of Elkport; his parents-in-law,
Darwin and Darlene Nicklaus of Parkersburg; a sister-in-law, Delaine Cordes
and her husband, Rod, of Dike; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives. 

He was preceded in death by his mother, Syble Schlawin, May 26, 1995. 

Cataldo Funeral Home (641) 923-2841. 


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Ronald Schlawin, 49

Funeral service for Ronald D. Schlawin, 49, of Garner was held Monday,
April 8, at the United Presbyterian Church in Garner. He died April 5,
2002, at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. The
Reverends Roger Kallem and William Gentry II of First Congregational
Church of Elkader and McGregor officiated.

Survivors include his wife, Delawn, of Garner; two children, Kaitlin
and Max Schlawin, at home; his father, Kenneth Schlawin of Garner; two
brothers and a sister; Robert Schlawin and his wife, Carrie, of
Alexandria, Va., Judy Wellendorf of Elkader and Jerry Schlawin and his
wife, Kathy, of Elkport; his parents-in-law, Darwin and Darlene
Nicklaus of Parkersburg; a sister-in-law, Delaine Cordes and her
husband, Rod, of Dike; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.

A complete obituary appears in the April 10 edition of the Forest City
Summit.