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John Howard Mortensen, 69, passed away Monday, March 17, 1997, at the North Iowa Mercy Health Care Center in Mason City, Iowa.
John, the son of Jens and Esther Evelyn (Johnson) Mortensen, was born February 25, 1928, on the Mortensen family farm north of Britt. He attended country school and graduated from Crystal Lake High School in 1945. He then attended Iowa State University, graduating in 1950. John was a Military Sergeant in the U.S. Army during WWII.
On June 12, 1949, he was united in marriage with Catherine Ann Rose at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. They lived in Moline, Illinois, where John was employed at John Deere as an engineer. They later moved back to the farm north of Britt where John farmed most of his life. He loved farm life, enjoyed fishing, telling stories and visiting with people.
John was preceded in death by his parents, Jens and Evelyn.
He is survived by his wife, Catherine; his children Lisa Greiman and her husband, Mark of Moose Lake, MN; Todd and his wife, Betsy and daughter Morgan of Britt; two sisters, Gladys Anderson and her husband, Charlie of Lindsborg, KS; Laura O'Mara of Largo, FL; several brothers and sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews and many cousins.