Steffensmeier, Calvin Jack 1956-2004

STEFFENSMEIER, BUSKIRK, STAUFFER, LAYMAN, EGNOSKE, BULLOCK

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 12/12/2016 at 07:57:38

The Brooklyn (IA) Chronicle
Jan. 21, 2004

CALVIN STEFFENSMEIER, 47

Calvin J. Steffensmeier, 47, of Brooklyn, died Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday at the First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, with Pastor John Reynolds Jr. officiating. Interment was in Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery.

The honorary casket bearers were Jimmy Steffensmeier, Brandon Steffensmeier, Joshua Steffensmeier, Jared Steffensmeier, Charles Steffensmeier and Fred Steffensmeier.

The casket bearers were Joe Matthess, Curt Jensen, Mike Burbridge, Ray Rupe, Mike Welter and Bill Ehlers.

A memorial fund has been established.

Nevenhoven Funeral Services were in charge of the arrangements.

Calvin Jack Steffensmeier, the son of Jack Lee and Pearl Eileen Buskirk Steffensmeier, was born September 12, 1956, at Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He graduated in 1974 from Sunflower High School in Mitchell, Nebraska. He served in the Army from March 29, 1976, to July 23, 1979.

Calvin moved to Brooklyn in 1984. He married Lisa Renee Stauffer on June 15, 1985, in Brooklyn. He owned and operated Mid-Iowa Transportation, Inc.

Calvin was a member of the Berean Fundamental Church of Mitchell, Nebraska. His hobbies included riding his Harley and camping.

He is survived by his wife, Lisa; his parents, Jack and Pearl Steffensmeier of Darrington, Washington; and his four sons, Jimmy Steffensmeier of Gering, Nebraska, and Brandon, Joshua and Jared Steffensmeier, all of Brooklyn; his daughter, Stacia Steffensmeier, of Brooklyn; his brothers, Charles Steffensmeier of East Highland, California, and Fred Steffensmeier of Flagstaff, Arizona; his sisters, Wendy Layman of Rogersville, Missouri, Candace Egnoske of Topeka, Kansas, and Tami Bullock of Arlington, Washington; and two grandchildren, Dustin and Jacob Steffensmeier.