OTTO, Eldon Frederick

OTTO, HOFFMEIER, HUSEMAN, BANWELL, JEPSEN

Posted By: Lynette Edsall (email)
Date: 9/26/2006 at 12:18:33

ELDON (TONY) OTTO

Funeral services for Eldon (Tony) Otto, 72, of Aurelia, will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, April 3, 2006 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee, with Pastor Richard Arndt officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Aurelia. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., with the family present from 2:00 to 5:00, at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.

Tony died Thursday, March 30, 2006, at St. Lukes Hospital in Sioux City, IA.

Eldon Frederick Otto was born December 1, 1933, the son of Elmer and Elda (Hoffmeier) Otto in Cherokee, IA. Tony attended country school at Diamond Center through 7th grade transferring into Aurelia Consolidated School where he graduated in 1953. Then he attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake for two years. Tony then served his country in the United States Army for two years. Tony farmed the family farm south of Aurelia and was employed by France Grain and Feed and Walnut Grove in Cherokee. On August 6, 1961 Tony married LaVonne Huseman at St. John’s Lutheran Church at Hanover. To this union two daughters were born, Carla and Synda. Tony was Baptized and Confirmed into the Lutheran Faith and was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee where he held several offices, also was a member of the Little Sioux Wildlife Association, he enjoyed fishing, hunting, woodworking, spending time with family and friends and was a life long Cleveland Indian fan.

Preceding Tony in death were his parents, and one sister Margene Otto.

Survivors include his wife LaVonne of Aurelia, two daughters, Carla and her husband Richard Banwell of Alta and Synda and her husband Scott Jepsen of Ida Grove and two grandchildren, Erica and Brian Banwell, and other relatives and friends