{"id":12224,"date":"2022-10-14T18:02:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T18:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/?p=12224"},"modified":"2024-07-23T03:45:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T03:45:24","slug":"gary-b-naumann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/14\/gary-b-naumann\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary B. Naumann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12226\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/gary-naumann.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Naumann\" width=\"280\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/gary-naumann.jpg 280w, https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/gary-naumann-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>Gary B. Naumann, 76, formerly of Mason City, passed away on August 3, 2022 at his home in Excelsior Springs, MO.<\/p>\n<p>Gary was born on Nov. 12, 1945, the son of Bernard and Edythe (Waters) Naumann in Floyd County.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He graduated from Mason City High School and went on to marry Linda Halverson.\u00a0 They shared a love for horses, country living and to this union five children were born.<\/p>\n<p>Gary started out in sales and then became an electrician and worked along side his\u00a0father at Naumann Electric.\u00a0\u00a0In the late 80s,\u00a0Gary relocated to Missouri where he started his own business, Gary\u2019s Yard and Garden Service and\u00a0 worked in the hospitality industry until retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Gary savored the simple pleasures in life.\u00a0\u00a0Faith was vital to his daily practice.\u00a0\u00a0He adored being in and observing nature.\u00a0\u00a0He enjoyed\u00a0gardening,\u00a0feeding the birds, fishing, reading, watching John Wayne movies, and talking with his\u00a0family and friends on the phone. He\u00a0prided himself on living a modest life, deeply valued conservation and was an incredibly humble, gentle soul.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his children, Scott Naumann, Susan Umbarger, Staci\u00a0(Mark) Mellman,\u00a0Sonya (Jeff Skinner) Naumann; grandchildren, Nicholas and Morgan Naumann, Gabe, Grady and Sam Umbarger, Payton (Tyler) Greiner, Myah (Phillip) Yokas and Avery Mellman; great-grandchildren, Rory and Quinn Greiner;\u00a0Sister, Carolyn (Gene) Riles; two nieces, cousins, many dear neighbors and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Gary was preceded in death by his parents and infant daughter.<\/p>\n<p>A private family inurnment will be held at Hillside Cemetery in Sheffield, IA.\u00a0\u00a0Memorials and cards may be directed to the family or sent to Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. in Mason City, IA 50401.<\/p>\n<p>Arrangements in care of Bross &amp; Spidle Funeral Home, Excelsior Springs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary B. Naumann, 76, formerly of Mason City, passed away on August 3, 2022 at his home in Excelsior Springs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12224"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17148,"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224\/revisions\/17148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}