NORDYKE, Leonard K. 1935-2005

NORDYKE, BLANDAU

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/6/2010 at 22:43:19

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OBITUARY: Leonard Nordyke, 1935-2005

Funeral services for Leonard "Dugan" Nordyke, 69, of Eldora, Iowa, were held in Eldora on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005. He died at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo on Saturday, January 22, 2005, from complications following surgery.

Dugan was born June 3, 1935 at McIntire, Mitchell County, Iowa, to Jesse and Marie Nordyke. He attended school in Osage and later moved to Eldora. He was employed at Prairie Land Co-op at Union for 30 years. He retired in 1997. In his retirement he worked for the Coop during the harvest season. He also was a handyman and woodworker.

He married Hazel Blandau on June 20, 1969 in Elk Point, South Dakota. They enjoyed their winters in Texas for several years.

Dugan was preceded in death by his parents, a son Leonard Scott, two grandchildren, three brothers Mervin, Donald and an infant.

His survivors include his wife Hazel; four daughters Beverly Nordyke, Boone, Regina (Lynn) Allbee, Iowa Falls, Vickie (Don) Paul, Eldora and Jill (Ray) Johnson, Pasadena, Texas; a son Mike (Connie) Blandau, Eldora; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; three sisters Neva Whitmore (Chuck Moore), Osage, Zola (Reuben) Borchardt, Plymouth and Darla Barrett of Peoria, Illinois, and a sister-in-law, Rosemary Nordyke, Des Moines; several nieces, nephews and many friends.

[ Based on an Obituary in the Mitchell County Press-News Online -- www.mcpress.com -- Posted February 2, 2005 ]

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The Social Sec. Death Index says:

LEONARD K. NORDYKE
Born: 03 Jun 1935
Died: 22 Jan 2005 (Veridied)
Residence: 50627 (Eldora, Hardin, Iowa)
SSN: 483-28-9401 Iowa