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Jaquette, Dale F."Mike" 1919-2010

JAQUETTE, SCHWEIKERT, FROMMELT, SILHACEK, LATTA

Posted By: M. Durr - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 4/5/2010 at 19:40:32

Dale F. Jaquette
GUTTENBERG, Iowa -- Dale F. "Mike" Jaquette, 90, of Albert Lea, Minn., formerly of Guttenberg, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, at Thorne Crest Health Unit, Albert Lea, after a brief illness.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at United Methodist Church, Guttenberg, with the Rev. Penny Hansel officiating. Burial will be at the Guttenberg City Cemetery. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. The Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Guttenberg, is in charge of arrangements.

He was born on June 2, 1919, in Clayton, son of Earl and Pearl Jaquette. He graduated from Guttenberg High School in 1937.

Mike enlisted in the Army on March 17, 1941. He fought in World War II, serving in the Normandy, Northern France and Germany campaigns. He was awarded three bronze stars for the Normandy, Northern France and Germany Campaigns, as well as the Good Conduct Medal. On June 15, 1945, Mike received his honorable discharge from the Army. He was a lifelong member of the American Legion Post 373 in Guttenberg.

He married Eunice Schweikert on Jan. 22, 1943, in Iowa City; she preceded him in death. Together they owned and operated Mike's Service Station in Guttenberg for 44 years. Mike was the manager and a player of the Lakeside Giants, a semi-pro baseball team in the early 1950s. In 2007, Mike moved to Albert Lea, Minn., in the Thorne Crest Retirement Community.

Surviving are four children, Mick (Judy), of Albert Lea, Minn., Mark (Deborah), of Florence Ala., Mary (Bill) Frommelt, of Las Vegas, and Marsha (Bob) Silhacek, of Delano, Minn.; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, Iva Latta, of Arroyo Grande, Calif.

He also was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Keith "Buster".

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, February 23, 2010
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