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Dale Lloyd Lytton (2008)

COLLICOTT, DAHLGREN, GRIMES, HOHENSHELL, JOHNSON, LEFURGE, LOGEN, LYTTON, MCINTOSH, PARKES, PECKLER, PORTER, PROUDFOOT, SMEDSTAD, STOLP, SUTTON, TURNER

Posted By: Shirley Keating (email)
Date: 11/3/2008 at 21:10:13

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

DALE LYTTON, OSCEOLA

Dale Lloyd Lytton, 84, of Osceola died Oct. 24, 2008, at Clarke County Hospital in Osceola.
Funeral services were held Monday, Oct. 27, at the Peru United Methodist Church with the Rev. Kevin Smith officiating. Burial was at Ebenezer Cemetery in Madison County. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Central Iowa in Osceola. Arrangements were handled by Kale Funeral Home of Osceola.

Dale Lytton was born May 22, 1924, to Arthur James and Elsie Belle (Grimes) Lytton of St. Charles. At the age of 4, he moved with his family to Truro, where he resided until age 79.

A 1941 graduate of Truro High School, Dale, at the age of 19, joined the United States Navy. He served 32 months on the USS San Francisco, a heavy cruiser, in the South Pacific during World War II. He received the Purple Heart for injuries suffered during an air attack by a Japanese aircraft in the South Pacific. He was honorably discharged in 1946.

Dale married Gertrude Johnson in 1946. They were the parents of four children — Gary, Robert, Dennis and Crystal. Following Gertrude’s death in 1971, he later married Jeri Sutton in 1972. They were the parents of one son, Russell.

Dale’s professional career included driving a livestock truck and Truro school bus, working as a substitute rural mail carrier, and owning several area businesses — including an LP gas business, oil station (DX), hardware and plumbing/heating store, backhoe and trenching business, laundromat, car wash, and an interest in a corn shelling business.

Dale also was very active in the community — serving on the Truro City Council, Truro Community Developers Board, Truro Grocery, Inc., Board, and Truro Volunteer Fire Department as assistant fire chief. Additionally, he was a city park commissioner, Ohio Township Trustee, charter member of the Truro Lions Club and member of the Truro Christian Church, Peru United Methodist Church and American Legion Davis-Pence-Post 69. Dale had been a resident of Osceola since 2003.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Gertrude; two brothers, Harold and Wayne; a sister, Thelma Porter; and a stepgranddaughter, Amy Peckler Hohenshell.

He is survived by his wife, Jeri, of Osceola; one daughter, Crystal Proudfoot of St. Charles; four sons, Gary Lytton of Shelton, Neb., Robert Lytton of Ankeny, Dennis Lytton of Winterset, and Russell Lytton of Davenport; four grandchildren, six stepgrandchildren, and 13 stepgreat-grandchildren.
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The Osceola Sentinel-Tribune
Osceola, Iowa
Thursday, 30 Oct 2008
Page 3, Column 1
2010 by bushbeater59

DALE LYTTON

Dale Lloyd Lytton was born May 22, 1924, in St. Charles in Madison County, at his home on Elm Grove Ridge. His parents were Arthur James and Elsie Belle (Grimes) Lytton. He was the youngest of four children: Thelma (1911), Harold (1913) and Wayne (1918). Dale passed away Oct. 24, 2008, at the Clarke County Hospital at the age of 84 years.

Dale moved to Truro at age four and lived there for 79 years. He graduated from Truro High School in 1941. At age 17, he was an All-State semi-pro baseball player. He had an opportunity to try out with the St. Louis Cardinal baseball team in 1943 but was taken into Uncle Sam’s team and joined the U.S. Navy at age 19. He served 32 months on the U.S.S. San Francisco, a heavy cruiser, in the South Pacific during WWII. He received the Purple Heart Medal for injuries suffered during an air attack by a Japanese aircraft in the South Pacific. He was honorably discharged in 1946. He felt very proud to have served his country in wartime.

Dale played semi-pro American Legion baseball in Des Moines, Linden, Adel, Creston, Indianola and Truro. He also played night baseball with these same teams. He was an exceptional fielder and hitter. He was selected on the All-State Semi-Pro team in 1948. He played baseball several years at Bob Feller's homecoming games in Van Meter.

He drove his brother, Harold’s, livestock truck for two years.

In 1946, he entered the oil station business (DX) in a new building in Truro. He fixed truck, tractor and car tires and serviced vehicles in the area while operating this station for six years. He drove a Truro School bus five years and was a substitute rural mail carrier for six years.

He served on the Truro Volunteer Fire Department for 20 years as Assistant Fire Chief. He was elected to the Truro City Council (1947-57). While on the council with four other members and clerk, Truro got their first blacktop streets, new streetlights, two new fire stations, and a new modern fire truck. The first new city water system and fire hydrants were installed through the town. Dale installed the city water lines and service to 125 homes and businesses in Truro. He maintained them for over 25 years. He also maintained the pumps and lines for the town's two pumps and two city wells.

He sold the DX Oil Station in 1952 and entered the LP gas business. He sold over 1500 LP gas cylinders (100#) the first year.

In 1948-51, he owned a half interest in a corn shelling business with best friend Fred Reed Jr. shelling and delivering government corn from farms in the area. In 1952, he opened a hardware business until 1985 adding plumbing, heating, cooling service and sales. He operated a backhoe and trenching business from 1955-2003. He opened Truro's first self-service coin operated laundromat in 1963-2001 and their first self-service coin-operated car wash in 1964-2003. In 1975, he installed sewer service to 115 homes and businesses when the city sewer system was begun. His two wives and all five children helped in the family business, becoming very good plumbers, fixers and “go-fors.”

During his growing up years (5-16), he became an avid hunter and trapper around Truro, raising and hunting with hounds, catching squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, foxes, coyotes, deer and turkey. He continued this interest into his retirement years.

Dale owned one of the first shares in the Truro Community Developers, Inc. in 1957. He served on the board and was manager and maintenance man for the three senior citizen apartment buildings for 33 years. In 1984-87, he was the City Park Commissioner at which time he organized a horseshoe-pitching league consisting of 16 men who pitched horseshoes two times a week during the summer for entertainment and fellowship. He was an Ohio Township Trustee for 13 years, caring for the three Truro cemeteries. He opened the graves for those three and Ebenezer Cemetery for 30 years. He served on the Truro Grocery, Inc. board and owned original shares from its start, helping to construct the store. He was a charter member of the Truro Lions Club in 1972 and a member until the 1990’s.

Dale enjoyed bowling in several leagues at the Osceola Playland Lanes and the WinBowl at Winterset for 20 years (1960-1980’s). In the 1980's, he enjoyed the hobby of beekeeping for a few years. He managed little league teams and attended games for all of his five children.

He was a member of the Truro Christian Church and the Peru United Methodist Church while living in Truro, serving on the boards and helping with various construction projects in both churches.

Dale married Gertrude Johnson in 1946-71. Four children blessed their home: Gary, Robert, Dennis and Crystal. He married Jeri Sutton in 1972, and they were the parents of a son, Russell. Dale was very proud of all of his children and their accomplishments. He enjoyed being a grandpa, watching grandchildren grow and learn, especially any athletic activities.

In 2003, Dale left his “roots” and moved to Osceola to enjoy his retirement years. At his home, he enjoyed watching the traffic on Highway 34 and the train traffic on the railroad just north of the highway and afternoon coffee time with the fellows in Osceola. He joined the American Legion Davis-Pence Post #69 and enjoyed the monthly meetings with fellow veterans.

He is preceded in death by his first wife, Gertrude; his parents, Arthur & Elsie; his brothers, Harold and Wayne; sister, Thelma Porter; step-granddaughter, Amy Peckler Hohenshell; nephews, Dennis and Kenneth Porter.

He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Jeri Lytton of Osceola; sons, Gary (Janet) Lytton of Shelton, Neb., Robert (Shari) Lytton of Ankeny, Dennis (Brenda) Lytton of Winterset, Russell (Lisa) Lytton of Davenport; daughter, Crystal (Vince) Proudfoot of St. Charles; grandchildren, Tessa and Jordan Lytton and Cheyenne and Caitlin Proudfoot; step-grandchildren, Gordon Collicott and Melissa Turner, Heidi Stolp and Mindy LeFurge, Terra Parkes and Jace Dahlgren; step-great-grandchildren, David, Angela and Issa Collicott, Charlotte and Lillian Turner, Dylan and Hannah Stolp, Ilyssa and Nicholas McIntosh, Kaley, Logen, Lucas and River Hohenshell; nephew, Jan Lytton; nieces, Karen Lytton and Janet Smedstad and his dog Daisy.

Through the years Dale had many good times and special memories of his Truro Businessmen associates, “Spike” Baughman and the Barbershop gang, hunting buddies, former customers and employees, friends, and neighbors.

Funeral services were Monday, Oct. 27 at the Peru United Methodist Church, with Rev. Kevin Smith officiating. Interment followed in the Ebenezer Cemetery in Madison County.

Memorials may be made to the Hospice of Central Iowa - Osceola.

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