MARKLE, David William 1929-2008

MARKLE, KNUTSON, OLSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 11/30/2008 at 23:07:23

Visitation:
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Hauser Funeral Home
1205 South Main
Charles City, Iowa

Service:
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church
200 South Main
Charles City, Iowa

David William Markle passed away on May 12 at the 9th Street Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City, after an nine year battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at the Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church with Pastors Dennis Niezwaag and Ruth Yeaton officiating. Burial will be at the New Hampton City Cemetery at 1 PM. Military Honors will be conducted by the Charles City Ceremonial Unit.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City from 4-8 PM Wednesday. Visitation will continue Thursday at the church an hour prior to the service.

David was born on July 14, 1929 at St. Joseph Hospital in New Hampton, the first child of Fred H. and Bessie L. (Olson) Markle. He attended New Hampton Schools, graduating in 1947.

In 1950 he married Betty Lou Knutson at the Jerico Lutheran Church. Two children were born of this union. Betty passed away in 1993. In 1998, he married former New Hampton High School classmate, Dolores Zipse Boerschel at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charles City.

Dave was baptized both Methodist and Baptist. He was confirmed by adult confirmation at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Greene. He was a former congregational president at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church and was a current member and former congregational president at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charles City. He was active on many church boards. Since 1998, he also had attended the First Baptist Church in Charles City.

During High School, Dave worked for his father at Markle Implement (International) in New Hampton and worked on tractors for local farmers. After graduation, he worked for Henning Implement and Raush Trucking. Dave served his country in the Korean Conflict. In 1955 he opened his own Service Station, “Dave’s DX” in New Hampton. In 1957 he joined Dale Ott and the Ford Tractor Company in Charles City and Greene, where he had moved to in 1962. That business was destroyed by the tornado in 1968, with Dave sustaining two fractured ankles in the tornado.

In 1968 he joined Clint Richards in opening a John Deere Dealership in Charles City. He moved from Greene to Charles City in 1978, and he and Betty “retired” in 1983, giving him over 30 years in the implement business.

Retirement heralded a new frenzy of work and volunteerism. He won the Republican bid for Floyd County Supervisor in 1986 and served in that capacity for 4 years. He was very proud to serve on the Floyd County Memorial Hospital’s Board of Commissioners for many years. In 1991 he began assisting with funeral home duties at Hage Funeral Home in Charles City, and continued when it became a part of the Fullerton Family of Funeral Homes. He also assisted with Fontanelle Hybrid in equipment design, planting, and harvesting.
In 1994, Dave was honored to receive the Charles City Area Chamber of Commerce “Man of the Year” Award.

Dave was a member or former member of many area organizations: Charles City Chamber of Commerce, Noon Kiwanis, Moose Lodge, Parkinson Support Group, District Representative-Elderbridge, Floyd County Historical Society, Foster Grandparent Board Chairman, Chair of Floyd County Memorial Hospital Commissioners, Interim Administrator for Floyd County Memorial Hospital, Hospice Advisory Board Chairman, City of Charles City Road Task Force, FFA, NAICC Ag. Advisory Board, Floyd-Mitchell Landfill Agency, District Rep to State Supervisors Assoc and State Dept of Corrections, Area Development Association, Co-chair of Mental Health/Mental Retardation Board, Chair Emergency Food and Shelter Board, EMS Board, Floyd County Ambulance Board, Chair Hazardous Material Board, Chair Human Services Board, Comprehensive Systems Recycling Committee, Floyd County MERV Committee, Floyd County Farm Safety Camp, Lutheran Social Services Empowerment Grant Program, and Floyd County Steam Engine Day Volunteer. He was a former Councilman for the Greene City Council.

In his free time, Dave enjoyed spending time with friends fishing in Canada and hunting in Wyoming, playing cards, reading, or traveling. His declining health required him to move to the Ninth Street Chautauqua Guest Home in November, 2007.

Dave is survived by his wife Dolores, daughter Barbara (Larry) Tommingo of Charles City, son Bruce (Sonia) Markle of Gainesville, Texas, stepsons Bryan Boerschel of Peachtree City, Georgia, and Bruce (Viva) Boerschel of Charles City. Also surviving is one brother, Donald (Charlotte) Markle of New Hampton. Other survivors include stepbrother-in-law Harry (Vivian) Zipse of New Hampton, stepsister-in-law Ardella Morrison of Spring Hill, Florida, sister-in-laws Martha Knutson Hoelter of San Francisco, California and Lora Knutson Zeinun of Nogalas, Arizona.

Dave’s grandchildren include Tyler, Conner, and Carson Markle, step-grandchildren: Laurie (Joe) Darnell, Alyssa Tommingo, Bobby (Erin) Boerschel, Becky (Jeremy) Bahe. There are also numerous nieces and nephews. He shared a birthday with special grandnephew Hunter Carey, son of Scott and Lori (Markle) Carey of New Hampton.

Preceding him in death were his parents, his first wife, and a sister, Annabell Rowe Henderson.

Memorials may be directed to the family, to St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church or the First Baptist Church of Charles City, Floyd County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Fund, or to the National Parkinson’s Association.

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