FIET, Benjamin "Bennie" David --- 1923-2011

SHAFER, FIET

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Date: 8/15/2011 at 11:18:07

Benjamin "Bennie" Fiet

Benjamin “Bennie” D. Fiet, 88, of Waukon died Thursday, June 16, 2011 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services were held Monday June 20 at Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Postville, with Pastor Paul Snyder officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. The Martin Funeral Home in Waukon is assisting the family.
Benjamin David Fiet was born January 8, 1923 on his grandparent’s farm in Ludlow Township, rural Postville, the only child of Paul and Ruth (Shafer) Fiet. Bennie attended Ludlow School #7, where he enjoyed sleigh riding and softball, and he graduated from Waukon High School in 1941. He farmed in Ludlow Township his entire life raising beef cattle, hogs and grain. Bennie lived on the same farm from 1927 until 2005, when he moved to Waukon.
He was a member of the Allamakee County Farm Bureau and a lifetime member of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church of which he was a former Trustee. Bennie was an avid reader, spending a lot of time at the library, and enjoyed farming and being around the farm animals. In the most recent years he enjoyed having coffee with his friends in town.
Survivors include cousins, friends and neighbors. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Casketbearers were Clifton and Hans Christianson, Marlin Pausch, Dennis Kloke, Larry Klocke and Wayne Kloke.

The Waukon Standard, June 22, 2011

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