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Service:
No Services are scheduled at this time.
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
James E. Bell, 78, of
Mason City, passed away in Lincoln on Saturday,
December 27, 2025.
No Services are scheduled at this time. Burial will
be at a later date at Camp Butler National Cemetery
in Springfield.
James Edward Bell was born on August 30, 1947, in
Missouri, the son of Scott Braden and Hazel Mae
Schwidde Bell. He was united in marriage to Marilyn
Tripplett on January 26, 1972. She survives.
Also surviving are his children: Ticy Edwin (Lisa)
Bell, Otis Jay (Bonnie) Bell, and Destiny Lea
Neuhaus; twelve grandchildren: Winston, Blazer,
Kendel, Josie, Chelsie, Tiffany, Braden, Preston,
Hunter, Pamela, Olivia and Reece; eighteen
great-grandchildren; one sister: Margaret (Wayne)
Leesman; and two brothers: Wesley (Debbie) Bell and
Rick (Annette) Bell.
He was preceded in death by his parents, stepfather
Walter Swaim, two brothers: Chester Bell and Gerald
Bell, and one step-grandson: Nick Cocran. |

Jim graduated from the
Atlanta Community High School in 1965. He then
served in the United States Army. He retired from
Caterpillar, Inc. after 38 years of service working
in the Heat Treat Plant HH building in East Peoria.
He is a member of the Mason City Community Chapel
and Mason City American Legion Post #496.
Memorials may be made to Mason City Community Chapel
or American Council of the Blind.
Peasley Funeral Home of Lincoln is assisting the
family with arrangements.
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