MALLOW, Giles Lea 1924-2003

MALLOW, LOVE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/9/2009 at 12:19:14

OSAGE, IOWA — Giles Lea Mallow, 78, died Wednesday (April 23. 2003) at his home in Osage, of cancer.

Giles was born May 14, 1924, to George and Fern Mallow in Kanawha. He graduated from Osage High School in 1942. He served in the United States Navy during World War II as an officer aboard an LST.

Giles was united in marriage to Imogene Love on June 14, 1946, in Osage.

He owned and operated Mallow & Sons GM dealership in Osage.

He was a life member of the American Legion. He was a member of the V.F.W. , where he went through the ranks of that group, serving as president and then served for many years as a Quartermaster.

He was an avid golfer.

Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Osage with the Rev. Dennis Hanson and the Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Inurnment will be in the Osage Cemetery with a flag presentation by V.F.W. post 7920 and American Legion post 278.

A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Hospice of North Iowa.

He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Imogene; one son, Charles (Kathryn) Mallow of Oconomowoc, Wis.; and two daughters, Kristen Mallow, Adele Mallow Spears (Matt) and their children, Tayla and Rhiannon of Fridley, Minn., and son, Christopher (Becky) Mallow of Fargo, N.D.; four daughters, Claudia Deaton and her son, Drake, of St. Ansgar, Constance Litzel (John) and their daughter, Elizabeth, and her daughter, Isabelle, of Ames, Crystal Darrow (Gregory) of Bartlett, Ill., and Carolyn Corwell (Marty) and their children, Morgan, Mason Giles, and Marshall of Denver, Iowa; one brother, Keith Mallow of Fridley, Minn.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

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

[Mason City Globe Gazette]