FLATJORD, Neal Donald "Tucker" 1932-2016

FLATJORD, AMBLE, CLITES

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 10/2/2016 at 14:16:31

Obituary for Neal "Tucker" Flatjord

Neal “Tucker” Flatjord age 84 of Jerico, IA, died Monday, September 19, 2016 at Mercy Medical Center in New Hampton, IA.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 24, 2016, at Immanuel Lutheran Church - Crane Creek, rural Lawler with burial in the church cemetery.

Friends may greet the family 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Friday, September 23, 2016, at Bethany Hall 1241 Pembroke Ave. Lawler, IA 52154. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.

Arrangements are with Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home in New Hampton.

Neal Donald “Tucker” Flatjord was born September 7, 1932, near Jerico, Iowa, the son of Olaf and Hannah (Amble) Flatjord. He received his education in the Saude Country School and was a 1952 graduate of the New Hampton High School. On October 11, 1952, at Trinity Lutheran Church, New Hampton, he married Lorraine Alice Clites in a double-ring ceremony with her twin sister Lucy and Vernon Johnson. Neal and Lorraine were blessed with six children.

Neal worked near Alta Vista doing construction and had also worked at the former Oliver Tractor Company in Charles City and Super-Sweet Feeds in New Hampton. He was also a block and brick layer having built his own home. Tucker farmed his whole life in the Jerico area and also raised livestock and sold Christmas trees. Tucker enjoyed hunting, fishing and trapping.

Survivors include five sons, Kim Flatjord, Bruce (Ann) Flatjord, Gene (Wanda) Flatjord, all of Jerico, John (JoAnn) Flatjord of Zumbrota, Minnesota, Randy (Vicki) Flatjord of Jerico; one daughter, Linda (Dennis) Johnson of New Hampton; seventeen grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; one sister, Bernis Geving of McGregor, Minnesota; five sisters-in-law, Uppy Flatjord of Cresco, Beulah Flatjord of Hiawatha, Iowa, Lucy (Vernon) Johnson of Rochester, Minnesota, Joan (Chuck) Vikdal of New Hampton, Dianna Clites of Charles City; his beloved dog and companion, Daisey.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Lorraine on August 25, 2013; two brothers, Harold Flatjord, Raymond “Buster” Flatjord; two brothers-in-law, Kenny Geving and Bob Clites.

Source: Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home