Baack, Donald C 1926-1980

BAACK, PLUEGER, JURGENSEN, BACHMAN, KLEMME, HAAGE

Posted By: Janet Schuldt (email)
Date: 10/30/2010 at 16:48:13

Akron Register-Tribune, Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, USA March 20, 1980

Donald C. Baack, 54, Le Mars, died Tuesday (March 11, 1980) at St. Joseph hospital, Sioux City, after a 9-month illness. Services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. John's American Lutheran church in Craig. The Rev. William Gregerson officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of the Mauer funeral home.

Mr. Baack, was born Feb. 5, 1926, in Reading township, Sioux county, Iowa to Carl and Katherine Plueger Baack. He lived in Sioux county until 1950, moving to a farm in Plymouth county. He served as a mailman and also farmed since 1961. The family moved to Le Mars in 1972. Mr. Baack served 19 years and 10 months with the United States post office. He was the Le Mars downtown letter carrier for 17 years. He was active in Brunsville's Heeren-McHale post Legion club and a veteran of World War 2. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran church in Craig.

He married LaVonne Jurgensen August 22, 1948 at Trinity Lutheran church in Akron.

He is survived by his wife, LaVonne, Le Mars; a daughter, Mrs. Tim (Susan) Bachman, Denver; two sons, Dennis of Sheldon and Jim of Le Mars; one grandson; his mother, Mrs. Katherine Baack, Le Mars; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Klemme, Le Mars and Mrs. Donald (Doris) Haage, rural Akron; and a brother, Duane Baack, Denver.

He was preceded in death by his father