DINGER, Lyle 1903-1986
DINGER, LOCKIE, MILES
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/12/2012 at 20:47:20
SERVICES HELD FOR LYLE DINGER, 83
A memorial service was held at the First Congregational Church (UCC) of Riceville on Thursday, September 11, 1986 for Lyle Dinger, who passed away at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota on Tuesday, September 9.
Lyle Dinger was born near Maple Leaf in Howard County, Iowa on July 15, 1903, the son of William and Christina Lockie Dinger. At the age of 15, after Christina's death, Lyle moved with his family to Breckenridge, Minnesota where he graduated from the Breckenridge High School. He later worked at farming, painting, selling and driving jobs in Minnesota and North Dakota, before returning to Iowa in 1940.
On July 12, 1942, he enlisted in the Naval Construction Battalion (Sea Bees) and served for 39 months in World War II as a Carpenter's Mate First Class. He served in Newfoundland, Saipan and Okinawa.
On June 3, 1944, he and Lauraine Miles, then of Chicago, were united in marriage at the Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. At the end of the war, the couple came to Riceville where they spent the rest of their married life. Lyle worked at interior carpentry and cabinet-making.
Lyle was active in the community, serving as a local and county officer in the American Legion; as trustee, deacon and treasure of the UCC Church, and as a city councilman.
He is survived by his wife, Lauraine; four children: Glenn of Riceville; Larry, Herndon, Virginia; Jan Duggan, Cedar Falls, Iowa and John of Sapporo, Japan; nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; one brother, Henry, Rothssay, Minnesota; two sisters, Florence Dahnke, Rothsay, Minnesota and Opal Bohnsack, Anchorage, Alaska.
He was preceded in death by his two brothers, Ralph and Lloyd, and a sister, Ruth Edwards.
[Riceville Recorder, September 18, 1986]
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Burial at St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Riceville.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Photo from the 1989 "Mitchell Co. History"; Military section.
Mitchell Obituaries maintained by Sharyl Ferrall.
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