MALLERY, Donovan Samuel 1929-2015
MALLERY, SYNSBY, HANCHETT
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/13/2015 at 00:47:09
#1: DEATH NOTICE--
RUDD, IOWA - Donovan Samuel Mallery, 85, of Rudd, died Monday, May 11, 2015, at Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
A memorial service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16, 2015, at Rudd United Methodist Church in Rudd, with Pastor Wendy Johannesen officiating.
A private family inurnment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.
Family suggest memorial contributions be made to Rudd United Methodist Church.
Sheckler Colonial Chapel, 114 N. Hawkeye Ave., Nora Springs, IA 50458. 641-749-2210. ColonialChapels.com.
Source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 13 MAY 2015
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#2: OBITUARY--Donovan Samuel Mallery, 85, of Rudd, Iowa, passed away on Monday, May 11, 2015, at Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City, Iowa.
A memorial service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 16, 2015, at Rudd United Methodist Church, 611 Sixth St. in Rudd, with the Rev. Wendy Johannesen officiating, and military honors provided by the American Legion H.D.S. Post 449 in Rudd. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. A private family inurnment will be at Evergreen Cemetery.
Family suggest memorial contributions be made to Rudd United Methodist Church.
Don was born June 26, 1929, the son of Claire and Blanche (Hanchett) Mallery in Floyd County, Iowa. He graduated from Rudd High School. Don met his wife, Alda (Synsby) Mallery, in 1949, at a dance in Rudd. They were married on Sept. 23, 1951, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. At that time Don was serving in the U.S. Army as a corporal during the Korean War. After a brief honeymoon, they moved to Kentucky, where he was stationed. After a few months, Don was transferred overseas, and Alda returned home and lived with her parents until his honorable discharge in 1953.
They lived on the family farm just outside of Rudd for the next 50-plus years, where they practiced grain farming and raised livestock. During those years, Don also drove truck for Ernie Wood, worked for Industrial Molasses Corp. and Hoover’s Hatchery. They had four daughters, Jodee, Lynette, Jill, and Dawn, between 1954 and 1962.
He was an active member of the Rudd United Methodist Church, American Legion, and Rudd Lion’s Club. He enjoyed wood working, having coffee with friends, hunting and fishing. He dearly loved his family and spent many vacations playing with grandchildren.
Don is survived by his four daughters, nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren: Jodee Gentile, and her husband, Art, and their children, Ann Gentile and Amy (Aaron) Dobson, of Salida, Colorado; Lynette Harrington, and her husband, Steve, and their children, Ashley and April, of Mason City; Jill Dolphin-Hiebert, and her husband Dr. Jack, of Kansas City, Missouri, and her children, Jeremy of Olathe, Kansas; Jessica (Matt) Pluff of Kansas City, Missouri; and Janessa (Josh) Henges, of Olathe, Kansas; Dawn Lynch, and her husband Stephen, and their daughters, Amber and Megan of New Canaan, Conn.; and four great-grandchildren, Averi Webb; Jacob, Zachary and Halle Dolphin. He is also survived by special friend and companion, Elaine Harman, Mason City, a sister-in-law, Doris Cooley, of Ridgeway, Iowa, an aunt, Beatrice Mallery, Sharon Springs, New York, and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Alda, in 2005, his parents; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Dolores and Forrest Muller, Eunice and Les Shelley, Maxine and Dale Vance and Orland "Bud" Cooley; and one son-in-law, George Dolphin.
Don was dearly loved by many, and will be greatly missed.
Source: Colonial Chapels Funeral Home website, 13 MAY 2015.
See also: Mason City Globe Gazette, 14, MAY 2015.
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