Mikels, Larry Dean (1943 - 2022)

MIKELS, STEGER, MORGAN, ULFERS, KEDDINGTON, LAIRD, ASMUS-BURDICK, SPEARS, SMITH, HOLLEY, WILLIAMS

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/6/2022 at 14:40:10

Name of deceased: Larry Dean Mikels

Aged: 79 yrs, 2 mo, 15 days

Residence: Harlan, IA

Born: May 30, 1943; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA

Died: Aug. 13, 2022; Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Celebration of life to be held at a later date (will be announced by his daughter, Callie Mikels)

Survived by: Wife, Laura Mikels; first wife, Tommie Mikels; children, Jerry Mikels, Jennifer Keddington, Lisa Mikels, and Callie Mikels-Laird; stepdaughter, Cassie Asmus-Burdick; grandchildren, Stan Mikels, Willy and Wyatt Mikels, Jonathan, Felton, and Leila Spears, Rebecca and Trenton Smith, Kaitlyn Holley, and Caydence Williams and Isaac Laird; great-grandchildren, Greyson and Caleb Mikels and Cove, Bentley, Romey, and Haysen Smith and Zayden Spears; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Edward and Ileine (nee Ulfers) Mikels; brothers, Edward (“Bud”), Duane, Mike, and David Mikels; son, Billy Mikels

Education: Completed school through Grade 6; location not provided

Religious affiliation: Baptized and took his first communion at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Portsmouth, IA

Military service: Enlisted at age 17 into the U. S. Marine Corps and was stationed at Twenty-Nine Palms, CA and served overseas. Honorably discharged in 1964.

Marriages: (1) Tommie Lew Steger; 1962; location not provided. Two sons were born to this union, Jerry and Billy, and they raised their “adopted” niece, Lisa Mikels (2) Laura Morgan; date and location not provided; daughter Callie was born to this union

Employment: Worked in construction in San Diego, CA and southern Missouri over the years before later returning to Harlan, IA.

Hobbies/Interests: enjoyed playing cards; watching old westerns, The Price is Right, Wheel of Fortune, Jerry Springer, and the news on TV

Sources: pauleyjones.com