Dale Flansburg 1916-2003

MALEY, FLANSBURG, WENMAN

Posted By: Lori Clark (email)
Date: 3/3/2003 at 12:06:36

Gay & Ciha Funeral & Cremation Service– Iowa City – (319) 338-1132
2720 Muscatine Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52240

Iowa City Press-Citizen –Short Notice
Cedar Rapids Gazette-Short Notice

Tiffin Dateline:

Dale Flansburg, age 86 of Tiffin died Friday, February 28, 2003 at his home from complications of cancer.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 3, 2003, at the Grace United Methodist Church in Tiffin with the Reverend Christina Sung officiating. Burial with military honors will be at the Oak Hill Cemetery near Tiffin. Visitation will be from 2 to 5pm Sunday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in Dale’s memory. Online condolences may be sent for Dale’s family through our website @ www.gayandciha.com.

Dale was born July 3, 1916, in Stanwood, Iowa the son of Wilbur and Helena (Maley) Flansburg. He graduated from Stanwood High School in 1934 and had attended Cornell College. During World War II he served in United States Army with the 81st. Engineers in the South Pacific, their unit were the first of the occupation forces into Japan. On September 1, 1949, he married Laverne Wenman in Stanwood. The couple built a new home in Tiffin in 1949, and this is where he died on Friday, “his home”. Dale has been associated with Flansburg Hardware in Tiffin for nearly sixty-two years, retiring in 1998.

He was an active member of the Grace United Methodist Church in Tiffin; former member of the Tiffin City Council, having served as Mayor; former member of the Tiffin School Board, a member of the Walter Johnson Post 721 of the Coralville American Legion; and an avid Iowa Hawkeye Fan.

His family includes his wife, Laverne, daughters, Sherry Flansburg of Sioux City, and Janet “Jamie” and her husband, Randy Cermak of Mt. Pleasant; son and his wife, Rex and Carol Flansburg of Tiffin; eight grandchildren, Dan Flansburg, Erin Flansburg, Luke Flansburg, Becky Cermak, Kim Cermak, Tami Loan, Tara Loan and Christy Loan; and a host of nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Floy and Vivian, and a brother, Claire.

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service of Iowa City is caring for Dale’s family and his services.