EIDNESS, Duane "Duke" 1927-2002

EIDNESS, FELDT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/6/2009 at 10:36:33

DUANE 'DUKE' EIDNESS

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OSAGE, IOWA - Duane "Duke" Eidness, 75, of Osage, died Sunday (Sept. 1, 2002) at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Osage, with the Rev. Christian F. Gugel officiating.

Visitation is one hour before the service on Friday at the church. Inurnment will be at the Osage Cemetery at a later date.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.

[ Globe Gazette, Sept. 5, 2002 ]

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Duane "Duke" Eidness, age 75, of Osage, died on Sunday, September 1, 2002, at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.

Funeral services were held on Friday, September 6, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Osage. The Rev. Christian F. Gugal officiated. Inurnment will be in the Osage Cemetery at a later date. The Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

He was born on February 26, 1927 in Newburg Township in Mitchell County, the son of Albert and Olga (Feldt) Eidness. He was baptized and confirmed at the Emmanuel Evangelical Church in St. Ansgar, Iowa. He attended school in St. Ansgar. Duane was in the Army from 1945 to 1948. He served in Europe and Japan during World War II. He worked for the Illinois Central Railroad for ten years, and then Decker's Packing Plant in Mason City. After Decker's closed he was self-employed until retirement.

He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, the Osage VFW Post 7920 and the Osage American Legion Post 278. Duane enjoyed reading, fishing, walking and spending time with his grandchildren.

Duane is survived by his children, Steven Eidness and his wife, Judy K. of Lake Mills, Kimberly Johnson of Osage, Denise Beaudoin of Evanston, Illinois and David Eidness and his wife, Judy A. of Lake Mills; sister, Margaret Schultz and her husband, Fred of Mason City; sister-in-law, Lois Eidness of Osage; 11 grandchildren, Joshua, Lacie, Jenna, Valerie, Elizabeth, Danielle, Clinton, Shana, Stephanie, Courtney and Katlyn; four great-grandchildren; and Yvonne Eidness of Lake Mills also survive him.

His parents and a brother, Dean Eidness, precede him in death.

[ Mitchell County Press - September 11, 2002 ]