DAMMEN, David Kevin 1954-2003

DAMMEN, BERG, BARTZ

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/7/2009 at 13:52:20

OSAGE, IOWA - David Kevin Dammen, 48, died Tuesday (Jan. 28, 2003) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.

David was born Aug. 15, 1954, in Osage, the son of Karl and Connie (Berg) Dammen. He graduated from Osage High School in 1972. He attended Iowa State University for one year and then returned home to farm with his family, which is what he loved to do.

David was united in marriage to Susan Bartz on Sept. 7, 1974. at Grafton. For Dave, the simplest things in life brought him pleasure. He loved fishing, especially trips to northern Minnesota and Canada.

He loved spending time with his family and friends, and especially visiting his daughters. You could always find David driving the back roads, checking the crops.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage with the Rev. Dennis Hanson and the Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Interment will be in the Osage Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage, and one hour before services at the church.

He is survived by three daughters, Nicole Dammen and special friend, Joshua Clausen, of Mason City, Helga Dammen, of Osage, and Stephanie Dammen of Osage; mother, Connie Dammen of Osage; Susan Dammen, of Osage; sister, Mary Graeff and husband, Ron, of Ottumwa, and their three children, Anna, Arun and Anu; two brothers, Darwin Dammen and his wife, Carol, of Lander, Wyo., and their two sons, Mike Dammen and wife, Lisa, and their two children, Hannah and Isabelle of Des Moines, and Tony Dammen and fiancée, Cherie, of Lander, and Dennis Dammen and wife Julaine of Prior Lake, Minn., and their two children, Krista Anderson and husband, Todd, of Eden Prairie, Minn., and Aaron Dammen of Plymouth, Minn.

He was preceded in death by his father, Karl G. Dammen, and sister, Betty Dammen.

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

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Jan. 30, 2003]