Kenneth L. Halstead (11/29/1942 ~ 1/31/2009)
KING, HALSTEAD, COLLINS, AMES, DINGMAN, GIHRING, ROE, STEVENS, MILLARD, WEBSTER
Posted By: Gerhardt Leffler (email)
Date: 2/25/2009 at 19:34:25
Kenneth L. Halstead, 66, of rural Marshalltown, died Saturday, January 31st, at his home while in care of his loving family and the Iowa River Hospice.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 4th, at the 1st Friends Church in Marshalltown with Pastors Craig and Judy Marshall officiating. A public Masonic Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the church. Visitation will be from 5-8:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown. Ken will be laid to rest in the Riverside Cemetery with full military honors by the VFW Harry C. Harter Post #839 in Marshalltown. For condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com. Ph 641-844-1234.
Born on November 29th, 1942, in Vinton, Iowa, he was the son of Glen and Virginia (King) Halstead. He graduated from the Vinton High School’s Class of 1961 and later attended DMACC and Upper Iowa University receiving his degree in Business Management and his AA in Marketing. From 1966 to 1969, he served our country honorably in the United States Army and was stationed in Viet Nam in 1968-1969.
Mr. Halstead sold real estate in the Des Moines area and was owner and operator of Marshall-Halstead Realty. Ken was an active member of the Marshall Masonic Lodge #104 AF & AM as well as the Des Moines Acanthus Lodge #32 AF & AM, the Za-Ga-Zig Shrine, White Shrine of Jerusalem, OES, Scottish and York Rites, served as past master of the Acanthus and York bodies, the American Legion and VFW, served as chair of the Marshall County Republicans and attended the First Friends Church in Marshalltown.
Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife Cindy (Collins) whom he married on June 17th, 1995, at the 1st Friends Church in Marshalltown, his son Kenneth L. (Pam) Halstead of Blairstown, six grandchildren: Kenneth III, Melanie, Emily, Lindsay, McKenzie and Savannah; Cindy’s family of her daughters Angela Ames (Nasir) of United Arab Emirates and Kati (Adam) Dingman of Albion and their child expected in May of this year, five siblings: Jacquelyn (Robert) Gihring of Garrison, Terry (Dixie) Halstead of Lee’s Summit, MO, Glenda (Ray) Roe - enjoying traveling in retirement, Donna Stevens of Garrison, Rick (Julie) Halstead of Ashburn, VA, his mother Virginia Millard of the Iowa Veterans Home, father-in-law Alvah Collins of Camdenton, MO, brother-in-law Kevin (Elizabeth) Collins of Plainfield, IL and their children Mallory and Anna and sister-in-law Joyce (Buddy) Webster of Hawaii and their son Matthew, step-brothers Gary (Connie) Millard of Vinton and Dean (Cindy) Millard of Ft. Collins, CO, as well as numerous nieces and nephews and his faithful companions- Reilley and Rusty his dogs.
In death he has rejoined his father, step-father Donald Millard, infant daughter Christa Halstead and mother-in-law, Yvonna Collins.
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