TOLZMAN, LaVern A. 1924-2010

TOLZMAN, BERG, YOUNG, BARTELT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/14/2010 at 18:09:55

BORN AT OSAGE;
BURIAL AT NORA SPRINGS

LaVern A. Tolzman

LaVern A. Tolzman, 85, of Havana, Arkansas, died on Tuesday, May 11, 2010.

He was born on December 3, 1924, in Osage, Iowa, to Herman and Minnie Berg Tolzman. He worked for the municipal sanitation department in Mason City, Iowa, in a sugar beet processing plant, Armour meat packing plants and worked many years in construction all while managing his own farm. After retiring, he worked for the Corps of Engineers in North Dakota and Waveland, Ark., as a gate attendant. LaVern was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Mason City and attended the Moores Chapel Church in Waveland, Ark.

While serving in the Army in World War II he participated in the Battle of the Bulge and the first wave of the Normandy invasion.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three sons, Albert, Dennis and Jeff Tolzman; one sister, Bernice Smith; and two brothers, Paul and Arthur Bartelt.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Lillian Rose Young Tolzman; two daughters, Diane Neuhring and husband, Robert, of Mason City, and Susan Berry and husband, Thomas, of Havana, Ark.; nine grandchildren, Brad Neuhring and (Joan) of Mason City, Lori Schmidt and husband, Doug of Nora Springs, Christine Berry of Atwater, Calif., Stacey Henderson of Russellville, Ark., Jill Titsworth and husband, Eugene of Van Buren, Ark., Allison Hollis and husband, Danny, of Fort Smith, Ark., Brett Bishop of Fort Smith, Ark., John Tolzman, of Rock Falls, Tawny McElroy and husband, Price, of Scottsdale, Arizona; 15 great-grandchildren, Brandon Schmidt and (Ashley), Jeremy Schmidt and wife, Cassidy, Steven and Austin Schmidt, Zachary and Ashtyn Schmidt, Paige Rahn, Bryeanna Nordin and husband, Khris, Connor Berry, Ryan McKinney, Spencer Bodeker and wife, Kati and Brooke Bodeker, Lindsey Bishop, Stone and Blade Tolzman; one great-great-grandchild, Kaiden Schmidt; and many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be in Nora Springs, Iowa, at a later date with interment at Rock Grove Cemetery in Nora Springs.

Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Booneville Funeral Service of Booneville, Ark.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society or Relay For Life in honor of granddaughter, Lori Schmidt, and in memory of son, Dennis Tolzman, at P.O. Box 113, Nora Springs, IA 50458.

[ Mason City Globe Gazette online, Friday, May 14, 2010 ]

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