William Edward “Ed” Fellers, 89, Tompkins Memorial Health Center, died Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1999, at Trinity Regional Hospital, Fort Dodge.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Gunderson Funeral Chapel, Fort Dodge, with the Rev. Ronald E. Krause officiated. Burial will be in North Lawn Cemetery, Fort Dodge. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the Gunderson Funeral Home, Fort Dodge.
Survivors are his wife Hulda Fellers; son Ronald Fellers, Dallas, Texas; daughter Betty Jane Barry, Boulder Junction, Wis.; four grandchildren; and one great grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harlan and Cara Phillippe Fellers, daughter Karen Kay Fellers, sister Helen Goodspeed, and brother Theron Fellers.
William Edward “Ed” Fellers was born July 13, 1910, in Oskaloosa. In 1920, he moved with his family to Fort Dodge. He graduated from Fort Dodge High School in 1928 and began working for The Messenger as a printer after high school. He married Hulda O. Bertram in 1942 in Iowa City. The couple lived in Fort Dodge. He retired from The Messenger in 1971. He became a resident of Tompkins Memorial Health Center in May 1999.
He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and was a member of the Typographical Union. Memorials may be left to the St. Paul Lutheran Church Building Fund or to the Mission House.
Contributed by: Shelli Steedman