Pollock, Iver Hugh 1908-1987

POLLOCK, DEYETTE, BECKMAN

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/30/2014 at 17:12:19

Iver H. Pollock

Iver H. Pollock, 79, of Akron, Iowa, died Monday (Aug. 17, 1987) at his home of an apparent gun shot wound.

Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at Trinity Lutheran church, Akron. Rev. Marvin Mueller and Rev. Walter Beckman will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery, Akron, with military rites by Hoschler American Legion Post 186.

Visitation was from 1:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, with the family present from 7 to 8 p.m at the Schroeder funeral home. Gary Tucker, vocalist sang "For You and Me" and "How Great Thou Art" accompanied by organist, Pam Richards.

Pallbearers are Elmo Fletcher, Mark Thorson, Roger Neilsen, Jay Dirks, Steve Groon, and Bob Fletcher.

Iver Hugh Pollock was born February 26, 1908, in Union county, S.D., to Arden Rhea and Cora Deyette Knudson Pollock. At an early age he moved with his family to Sioux City, where he attended school. He married Minnie Sopia Beckman Feb. 6, 1929, at Sioux City. They moved to Akron in the mid 1930s. He served in the Marines during WWII and worked as a truck driver, retiring in 1962 due to ill health.

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran church and the Hoschler American Legion Post 186.

Survivors include his wife, Minnie; a daughter, Mrs. James (Mary Lou) Mattke, Nevada, Ia.; three grandchildren, Ruth Janson, Rebecca Dillin, and Jean Mattke.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Wendell, Maynard, and Billy.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, August 20, 1987
Akron, Iowa