BLY, Ervin Charles 1935-1999

BLY, SKOGEBOE, LOVEJOY

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/2/2011 at 14:13:05

ERVIN CHARLES BLY

OSAGE, IOWA - Ervin C. Bly, 64, of Osage, died Thursday (April 29, 1999) at Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the United Church of Christ in Osage, with the Rev. Robert Melhorn officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery in Mitchell, with military rites by the Osage American Legion Post 278.

Visitation is from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Champion Funeral Home in Osage, (515) 732-3706, and one hour prior to services at the church on Monday.

Ervin was born March 6, 1935, in Austin, Minnesota, the son of Ellis O. and Hilda (Skogeboe) Bly. He graduated from Mitchell High School in 1954. After graduation he entered the United States Army and served for three years, which included a tour of duty in Korea. He married Norma Lovejoy and they were parents to five children. Ervin married Bonnie Tibbits on October 8, 1976, in South Dakota, and they were parents to five children. Ervin was employed by area farmers for many years, worked for Kensett Homes as a truck driver, at Featherlite in Nashua, and as a custodian at Lincoln Elementary School in Osage. He was a member of the American Legion, Pony Express of America and North Iowa Ropers.

He is survived by his wife, Bonnie, of Osage; five sons and five daughters, Vickie Norby and husband, Bill, of Rudd, Rickie Bly and wife, Sandy, of Virginia Beach, Va., Joseph Bly of Osage, Michelle Warner and husband, Keith, of Rockford, Cheryl Brandau and husband, Curtis, of Osage, Wanda Dahle and husband, Joseph, of Lake Mills, Edward Jackson of Kehei Maui, Hawaii, David Jackson of Newport, Minn., Kelly Bly of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Kristopher Bly of Osage; a sister, Anola Beyer and husband, Dean, of Mitchell; two brothers, Curtis Bly and wife, Jane, of St. Paul, Minn., and Virgil Bly and wife, Carolyn, of Kensett; 15 grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Geraldine Prantner; and a brother, Earl Bly.

[Globe Gazette, May 1, 1999]

(See photo of headstone on GPP)

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