Delaney, Gerrie Lynn

Gerrie Lynn Delaney, 62, of Shakopee, Minn., formerly of Mason City, died peacefully at St. Gertrude's Health Center, Shakopee, on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, from an extended illness. There will be a celebration of her life and gathering of family and friends on Sunday, Sept. 12, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City. A private family gathering will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at St. Patrick's Daily Chapel in Iowa City. Inurnment will follow at St. Josephs Cemetery, Iowa City.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Gerrie Delaney Memorial Fund, c/o the family, 1289 Jefferson Street South, Shakopee, MN 55379. Gifts will be made in her memory to the Mason City High School Scholarship Fund and to Saints Foundation (St. Gertrude's Health Center Circle of Life Fund).

Gerrie is survived by her husband, Daniel; their three daughters, Angela (Kevin) Gutzmer, and their children, Emilee, Daniel and Thomas, of Jordan, Minn., Kerri (James) Delaney-Horton, and their daughter, Elizabeth, of Shakopee, Minn., and Rebecca, and her children, Ethan and Delaney, of Akron, Ohio; father, Lt. Col. Herman D. Wells and his wife, Colline, of Winter Springs, Fla.; sister, Linda (John) Tomlinson of Maitland, Fla.; brother, Paul (Jody) Wells of Braxton, Miss.; and numerous extended family.

She was preceded in death by her mother.

Arrangements with Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, IA 50401, (641) 423-0924,