BALLANTYNE, Stanley Lewis 1929-1997

BALLANTYNE, EBAUGH, MARKER, NOONAN, VANSCOY, OUVERSON, TINDALL, BARNES

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Date: 1/24/2013 at 13:06:32

Stanley Lewis Ballantyne -- February 11, 1929 – July 8, 1997

Stanley Lewis Ballantyne, 68, of Clear Lake, Iowa, died Tuesday, July 8, 1997 at the Muse-Norris Hospice In-Patient Unit in Mason City, Iowa.

Funeral services were held Friday, July 11, at Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake with the Rev. Kermit Roisen officiating. Burial was in the Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake.

The family suggests memorials be made to Hospice of North Iowa.

Stanley was born Feb. 11, 1929 on a farm in rural Ventura, Iowa, the son of George and Dora (Ebaugh) Ballantyne. At a young age he moved with his parents to Argus, Ind. Following high school, he served in the United States Marine Corps. After the service he moved to Clear Lake, and was employed by Brick and Tile in Mason City.

On April 15, 1950 he was united in marriage to June Marker in Mason City.

He was employed by various dairies as a route driver, then was supervisor for Anderson-Erickson Dairy, retiring in 1991. After retirement, he enjoyed spending time on the golf .

Stanley was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake and Teamsters Local.

He is survived by his wife, June, Clear Lake; four daughters, Roz Geyer and her husband, Gary, Des Moines, Iowa, Julie Secory and her husband, Joel, Clear Lake, Jody Avery and her special friend, Patrick Noonan, Omaha, Neb., and Patty VanScoy and her husband, Rich, of Urbandale, Iowa; three brothers, Bill Ballantyne and his wife, Irene, of Clear Lake, Dick Ballantyne and his wife, Ethel, Mason City, and Gary Ballantyne and his wife, Susie, of Chillicothe, Mo.; three sisters, Ruth Overson and her husband, Virgil, of Fertile, Iowa, Beverly Tindall and her husband, Gene, of Chicago, Ill., and Sharon Barnes, of Chillicothe; 13 grandchildren, Heather, Holly, Matt, Joey, Ted, Tim, Emily, Meredith, Tyler, Elizabeth, Morgan, Marcus and Jordan; and two great-grandchildren, Andrew and Austin.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Darrell.

Organist Joyce TenHaken accompanied soloist Marilyn Sadler.

Honorary pallbearers were Lee Whitehurst, Bill Westberg, Norman Rye, and Dean Snyder.

Pallbearers were Ben Bartleson, Bob Jacobson, Gordon Sunner, Les Godden, Larry Chiles, Bob Glidden.

Clear Lake Mirror Reporter, October 20, 2007