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VANDEKOP, Gene S. 1938-1981

VANDEKOP, ROLLAG, KLAY

Posted By: County Coordinator (email)
Date: 7/23/2008 at 14:21:44

(Lyon County Reporter - May 18, 1981)

Memorial services for Gene S. Vandekop, age 42, of Rudd, Floyd County, Iowa, were held this afternoon (Monday, May 18, 1981) at St. John Lutheran church in Charles City, Iowa. The body was cremated and arrangements were under the direction of Hage Funeral Home of Charles City.

He died on Monday, May 11, 1981, at his home. Vandekop was born in Rock Rapids, Lyon county, Iowa, on June 13, 1938, and attended Rock Rapids school and the University of Iowa. One June 1, 1956 he married Darlene Rollag in Rock Rapids.

A graduate of Iowa State University in 1963, he taught music in the Waukon, Williamsburg and Plainfield schools until June 1979 when he moved to Rudd. Owner and operator of the Rudd Lounge, he was a member of the fire department and the Lions Club, a lifetime member of the Iowa Band Masters Association, and belonged to the Lutheran church.

Survivors include the widow; a son, Alan, Minneaplois, Minnesota; three brothers; one sister; and his grandmother, Mrs. Jenny Klay of Rock Rapids.


 

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