HAUGEN, Wallace "DuWayne"

HAUGEN, GARLOCK, SLIGER, ZIEMAN

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 6/8/2013 at 23:20:52

Wallace "DuWayne" Haugen, 71, of Clear Lake, died Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, at the
Heritage Care Center in Mason City.
Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 2, at the Ward-Van
Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake, with Pastor Audrey
Westendorf Young officiating. Inurnment will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery
with military graveside honors by the Clear Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Visitation will be one hour prior to service time on Thursday at the chapel.

Wallace "DuWayne" Haugen was born on Dec. 9, 1932, in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa,
the son of Wallie and Ruth Idelle (Garlock) Haugen. He attended and received
his education in the Fertile and Clear Lake School System. DuWayne was
inducted into the U.S. Army on Jan. 5, 1953, in Des Moines, Iowa. He was
stationed with the 96th Field Artillery Battalion and served in the Korean
Conflict until his honorable discharge on Oct. 20, 1954, at Ft. Carson, Colo.

After his honorable discharge, DuWayne worked for a tiling company in Fertile,
Iowa and for Zeidler Concrete Products in Clear Lake. He was united in
marriage to Cleta Sliger on July 8, 1955, in Blairstown, Iowa. After their
marriage, he worked for Bob Nichol's Phillip 66 station in Clear Lake. In 1966
he began working as a mechanic for Dahlen Transportation Company and worked
there for 25 years until his retirement. After his retirement he worked at a
fishing resort in Canada. He enjoyed fishing and camping in Canada.
He was a member of the Clear Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Cleta Haugen, of Clear Lake; a daughter,
Christine Zieman, of Goodell, Iowa; two grandchildren, Beth Zieman of Thornton,
Iowa and her fiancé, Dane Holmgaard, of Ackley, Iowa, and Jason Zieman of
Goodell; two brothers, Keith Haugen and his wife, Cathy, of Clear Lake, and
Myron Haugen and his wife, Pat, of Clear Lake; three brothers-in-law, Jim
Sliger and his wife, Nancy, of Rockford, Iowa, Roger Gealow and his wife,
Beverly, of Story City, Iowa, and Robert Sliger and his wife, Sandy, of Mason
City; several nieces and nephews; as well as other relatives and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Deloris Haugen and two
brothers, Dale and Mark Haugen.