Lalone, Don (1925-2010)
LALONE, KREFT, UTTECH, BUMANN, CREISHER
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 6/15/2010 at 12:45:12
Don Lalone
November 29, 1925 - June 08, 2010Storm Lake, Iowa
Don Lalone, age 84, of Storm Lake, Iowa, died June 8, 2010, at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake.
Devon (Don) Weston Lalone, son of Ernest and Minnie Lalone was born November 29, 1925, in Dunlap, Iowa. He attended a country grade school and graduated from Dunlap High School. Don was baptized at a Lutheran Church in Dunlap and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Buck Grove, Iowa.
Don worked on the family farm until his father passed away in 1946. With his remaining family, he moved to Storm Lake, Iowa, in 1947. He married Marlys Kreft on March 11, 1949. They were blessed with two children, a son Gary, and a daughter Diane (Dee Dee).
He worked for Kerker Oil Co; Anderson Brass Co. from 1949-1955; Robinson Dairy from 1955-1966. Don always had a love for cars and started his career as a car salesman at Mandernach Motors in Odebolt, Iowa, from 1966-1973; and then retired in 2000 from Beckman Motors in Odebolt.
Don will be remembered and missed by his family and friends for his remarkable sense of humor, his love for polka music, and for the many stories he would always share about his experiences in life.
Those left to cherish his memory include his son, Gary and his wife Mishelle of Storm Lake; a daughter, Diane Uttech and her husband Cary of Wausau, Wisconsin; one sister, Donna Mae Bumann of Storm Lake; a sister-in-law, Ladonna Lalone of Ida Grove; 7 grandchildren: Ryan (Jill), Sherae, Max, Samantha & Chloe Lalone; Michael (Katie) Uttech; Kathy (Jon) Creisher; 4 great grandchildren; and a very special friend Pat Petersen.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Marlys, in July 1999; and his brother, Bob Lalone, in 1998.
Visitation: 6-8:00 p.m. June 14, 2010, at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake, Iowa
Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. June 15, 2010, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Storm Lake, Iowa
Interment: June 15, 2010, at Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery in Storm Lake, IowaCopyright © 2010, Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home
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