Solomon, Wayne Kenneth 1923 - 2009

SOLOMON, WARREN, WARD, ROBERTS, BIGALK, KAPPES, BALDWIN, HAYEK, TUMPACH, RIMER, DONLAN, FLANSCHA, BLAESS, RICE-HAYEK, LAMOREAUX, POTTER, TOLLEFSON, HOPPE

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 1/25/2016 at 12:01:44

Wayne Kenneth Solomon, 86, of Cresco, Iowa, went to be with his Lord and Savior on November 14, 2009, at the Patty Elwood Center in rural Cresco, where he had lived for the past two years.
Wayne Kenneth Solomon was born July 17, 1923 in Spencer, Iowa, the son of Lloyd Sanford Solomon, Sr. and Myrtle Gertrude (Warren) Solomon. Wayne had two siblings, Lloyd S., Jr. and Carol Jean (Solomon) Ward.
Wayne graduated from Riceville High School, Riceville, Iowa in 1942. On January 15, 1943, Wayne was inducted in the United States Army at Camp Dodge, Iowa. He served in Italy during World War II as a heavy truck operator hauling supplies. He was honorably discharged on January 4, 1946 at Camp Grant, Illinois.
On February 2, 1947, Wayne married Edith Marie Roberts in a double wedding ceremony with Wayne’s brother, Lloyd S., Jr., and Edith’s sister, Eleanor J., at the First Baptist Church, Cresco. Wayne continued to be an active member of the Baptist Church, serving in many capacities such as Moderator, Deacon, Trustee, Treasurer, Sunday School teacher and lay leader. He was a long-time member of the New Hampton Gideon camp holding many positions with this organization which he loved.
Wayne had many jobs in his lifetime—farmer, hardware store employee, policeman, security guard— but the one he took most pride in was Director of the Howard County Ambulance Service at Regional Health Services of Howard County. He had really found his niche in life when he got this job. He often talked about his days at the hospital, the staff and doctors he loved to work with and the patients he took care of who became his friends as he helped care for them.
Wayne had several hobbies. He had a saw and knife sharpening business for many years. He enjoyed woodworking. He made picture frames and small toys and yard ornaments. He enjoyed gardening and helping Edith can and freeze produce.
Wayne became the father of three children, who he is survived by, Shirley (Dale) Bigalk, Cresco, Sharon Solomon, Stewartville, Minn. and Kenneth (Wendie) Solomon, Cresco; grandchildren, Donald and Jodi Kappes, Cresco, Jody and Lisa Bigalk, San Marcos, Calif., Corey and the late Susan Baldwin, Cresco, Michael and Deana Hayek, Rolfe, Iowa, Angel Bigalk, Decorah, Jonathan and Francesca Hayek, Cresco, Shane Solomon, Washington, D.C., Dustin Solomon, Rochester, Tim Solomon, Stewartville, Erin Solomon, Onalaska, Wis., James and Stacy Tumpach, Cottage Grove, Wis., Ron and Denise Rimer, Hillsboro, Ore., Kevin and Tanya Donlan, Decorah, and Matt and Jessica Flanscha, New Hampton, Iowa; and great-grandchildren, Codey Hayek, Cresco, Cody and Kirsten Bigalk, San Marcos, Calif., Alex, Pensacola, Fla., Bethany and Ca`Lee Blaess and Danielle Baldwin all of Cresco, Preston and Benjamin Hayek, Calmar, Iowa, Dairian and Devin Rice-Hayek, Rolfe, Angelina, Emmalyn, William and Griffin Hayek, Cresco; Bailey, Brandon and Taylor Donlan, Decorah and Rebecca and Katelyn Flanscha, New Hampton.
He is also survived by a nephew, Richard Solomon, Cresco; two nieces, Deborah Lamoreaux and daughters, Elizabeth and Kimberley, LaCrosse, Wis. and Bobbi Potter (Jim Tollefson), Austin, Minn. and children Jamie (Carie) Hoppe, Ethan, Alexis and Austin, and Emmalee, Cresco, Jason (Alicia) Hoppe, Harley, Raven and Rayne-Drop, Ossian, Iowa, Taylor and Katie Tollefson, New Hampton; and many cousins. He is survived by a special friend, Leona Winterlin of Great Bend, Kan.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Myrtle; his wife, Edith, on January 4, 2004; his “daughter”, Donna Donlan; his granddaughter, Susan Baldwin; his brother, Lloyd; his sister, Carol Ward; his sister-in-law, Eleanor Solomon; two nephews, James Dean and David Carl Ward; his wife’s parents, Levi and Florence Roberts; and his brother-in-law, Earl Roberts.
Funeral services were held on Monday, November 16, 2009 at the Lindstrom Funeral Home in Cresco. Burial was in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Cresco.

Source: Lime Springs Herald, Nov. 17, 2009

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