SEEBACH, Lyle George 1926-2009
SEEBACH, ZOBEL, PETIT
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/28/2013 at 02:13:08
Lyle George Seebach, 82, of Cresco, IA, was called home by the Lord on March 2, 2009. He died at the Regional Health Services of Howard County Hospital in Cresco, Iowa from complications associated with Huntington’s Disease. Funeral services were held on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Cresco, IA. Burial was in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Cresco, IA.
Lyle was born to Vernon and Gertrude Seebach on September 29, 1926. He was raised on the Early Dawn farm north of Dysart, Iowa along with his older brother Orion and his younger brother Dale. He graduated from Dysart High School in 1944 and entered the US Navy. He was a Radarman 3/c aboard the navy destroyer USS Everett F Larson from January of 1945 through August of 1946, serving in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Lyle returned to the family farm after his discharge from the Navy. He attended college at Iowa State University, where he was a member of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity. He earned his B.S. in Agriculture Education in 1950. He taught Veterans’ Classes in agriculture at Dysart in 1951, and continued farming with his brother Orion for several years.
On June 7, 1953 he was joined in marriage with Patricia Ann Zobel. The first of their three children, Ann, was born in 1956, followed by twin sons Bart and Brad, born in 1959.He began selling insurance with the Farm Bureau Insurance Agency in Dysart, Iowa in 1960. The family moved to Cresco, Iowa in 1962, where Lyle was the Farm Bureau Agency Manager. He later became an agent for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. He began teaching Agribusiness at Area One (now Northeast Iowa Community College) in 1968. He took summer classes at Iowa State University and earned an M.S. degree in Agriculture Education in 1973. He retired from teaching in 1992 after 24 years of service.
Lyle was a devoted husband and father, and loved his grandchildren deeply. He especially loved his rose garden, and was a Master Gardener. He sang in church choirs for his whole life, beginning when he was twelve. He sang tenor in a barbershop quartet called “The Articulators” in the Dysart/Waterloo area in the 1950’s, and for many years with the Elm Street Singers in Cresco. He served on the local Boy Scout Council. He was involved in many local theater productions and served as President of the Cresco Community Theater. He was a long-time member of the Cresco Kiwanis Club and served as their President in 1995-1996. He was a member of SCORE and was the Treasurer of the NE Iowa Chapter.
Lyle lived a Christian life. He was baptized in the Evangelical Church in Dysart. He and Pat joined the First Congregational Church in Cresco, where he served in many capacities. He has been a member of Cresco United Methodist Church for the past fifteen years. He and Pat celebrated their Golden Anniversary in 2003. He was cared for by the staff at the Evans Home in Cresco from October of 2006.
Lyle was preceded in death by his parents and by his brother, Orion.
He is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Pat, his brother Dale (Carol), his sister-in-law Velda, his children Ann (Larry) Petit of Eyota, MN, Bart (Pam) of Rochester, MN, and Brad (Beth) of Holmen, WI, and four grandchildren, Cameron, Hayley, Ethan, and Rachel.
[Dysart Reporter, Mar 11, 2009]
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