Bruce Neal Dahlstrom 1951-2006

LOMEN, DAHLSTROM, EWING, ANDERSON, EMERSON, SIEBERT

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Date: 10/15/2006 at 10:03:56

Bruce N. Dahlstrom

Bruce N. Dahlstrom, Sr., 55, of Waukon, Iowa, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, September 24, 2006, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon following a battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 28, at 11 a.m. at Center Baptist Church in rural Lansing, Iowa, with Pastor Danny Volbrecht officiating. Burial with military graveside rites will be held in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon.

Bruce Neal Dahlstrom, Sr., was born September 7, 1951, in Decorah, Iowa, the son of Howard and Margaret (Lomen) Dahlstrom. He was baptized at Center Baptist Church in rural Lansing. After graduating from Waukon High School in 1970, he served in the National Guard at Ft. Leonard Wood Mo. Bruce returned to Waukon to help his father on the family farm in Center Township.

April 21, 1979, he married Patty Ewing at Center Baptist Church. In 1980 he started farming with his brother Gary. Bruce and Patty moved to Waukon in 1990 where he worked for RW Pladsen Auto as a mechanic until 1997. Bruce then worked for his brother Gary as a logger. He and Patty operated a daycare business for several years in Waukon. They were later divorced. Bruce also worked in the meat department at Quillin's in Waukon.

He was a member of First Baptist Church where he served as an AWANA Leader, Sunday School teacher, and usher. Bruce loved spending time in the outdoors, especially cutting wood, hunting, fishing, trapping, gardening, doing field work, and spending time with his dogs and the farm animals. He also enjoyed cooking and spending time with family and friends especially children.

Survivors include his children, Bruce Jr. (Emily) of Decorah, Brandon of Decorah, and Bryce of Waukon; his mother, Margaret Dahlstrom of Waterville; three sisters, Karen (Gordon) Anderson of Waterville, Elinor (Dan) Emerson and Linda (Jim) Siebert, both of Waukon; two brothers, Roger (Carol) of Ankeny, Iowa, and Keith (Cathy) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Howard; a sister, Sandra; and a brother, Gary.

Honorary casketbearers are Bryce Dahlstrom, Dean Jackson, Al Quandahl, and Bruce's nieces and nephews. Casketbearers are Bruce Jr., Brandon and Paul Dahlstrom, David Enyart Jr., Pat Stone, and Trevor Siebert.

Waukon Standard, September 28, 2006