Doll, Kenneth Wayne (1933-2016)
DOLL, COWELL, HANEY, MORRIS, HOLMBERG, ZIOLKOWSKI
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 3/21/2016 at 15:18:29
Kenneth Wayne Doll, Sr.
April 21, 1933 - February 27, 2016Kenneth W. Doll, Sr., age 82, of Storm Lake, Iowa, died on Saturday, February 27, 2016, at the North Lake Manor in Storm Lake.
A son of Edward and Evelyn (Cowell) Doll, Kenneth was born on April 21, 1933, in San Diego, California. In 1952, he graduated from high school in Chula Vista, California. Then, on January 10, 1953, he married his high school sweetheart, Nita Marie Haney. Subsequently, they were blessed with four children: Kenneth, Jr., Shannon, Michael, and Christopher. After Kenneth was honorably discharged from military service in 1955, the family lived in Lakeside, California, before moving to Estherville, Iowa, in 1970. For over forty years, Kenneth was a devoted husband and a loving father.
In April of 1995, Kenneth married Florabelle Morris after the death of Nita, in 1993. He and Florabelle lived in Jefferson, Iowa, where they enjoyed over nineteen years together before Florabelle passed away in November of 2014.
Throughout his life, Kenneth and his family enjoyed traveling to many locations in the United States and Canada. He loved camping with family and friends, working on old cars, and keeping himself busy in retirement on pretty much anything he could get his hands on. For over forty years, he traveled throughout the Midwest volunteering to help congregations build their Kingdom Halls. Having dedicated his life to Jehovah, he was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1967. He, always, wanted to live as a man devoted to his God, Jehovah. Moreover, he was well known for his generous and kind spirit, always ready to help someone in need. For his friends and family, for example, he loved to smoke a loin or roast in the BBQ smoker he had built himself.
Those left to cherish his memory include his children: Kenneth (Debby) Doll, Jr., of Spirit Lake, Iowa, Shannon (James) Holmberg, of Storm Lake, Iowa, Michael (Joda) Doll, of Milford, Iowa, and Christopher (Myra) Doll, of Adrian, Missouri; seven grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; his brothers: Dick (Judi) Doll and Bill (Merlyn) Doll, all of San Diego, California; and his sister, Pat Ziolkowski, also of San Diego, California; as well as many nieces, nephews, extended family members, and friends.
Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Nita, in May of 1993; his second wife, Florabelle; his granddaughter, Heather Doll; and his brother, Art Doll.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, March 5, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Storm Lake. Burial will take place at a later date in the Lakeview Cemetery in Spirit Lake, Iowa. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements.
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