Ebel, Lloyd A. 1953-2017

EBEL, FIDDELKE, VORTHERMS

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/14/2017 at 15:17:23

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LLOYD A. EBEL

BORN
June 27, 1953
Primghar, Iowa

PASSED AWAY
February 10, 2017
Le Mars, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
10:30 A.M. Monday, February 13, 2017
St. John Lutheran Church; Germantown, Iowa
Officiating Clergy
Rev. Charles Kramer & Rev. Donald Erickson

Visitation with family present will be from
4 – 6 P.M. on Sunday, February 12, 2017
at the Eldridge Family Funeral Home in Paullina.

CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“How Great Thou Art”
“Just As I Am”
“Onward Christian Soldiers”
Organist: Joyce Hibbing

HONORARY CASKET BEARERS
Steve Ebel             Larry Stamer             Darwin Dau

CASKET BEARERS
Mark Sickelka                                 Joel Sickelka
Scott Ebel                                             Andy Ebel
Jeff Ebel                                          Jamie Sickelka
Wayne Fiddelke                          Warren Fiddelke

FINAL RESTING PLACE
St. John Lutheran Cemetery
Germantown, Iowa
After today’s graveside service, relatives and friends are invited
to join the family at the Germantown Community Building.

Arrangements are under the care of the
Eldridge Family Funeral Home; Paullina, Iowa.

LLOYD A. EBEL
     Lloyd Allyn Ebel, age 63 of Paullina, Iowa passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017. Lloyd was born to Harry and Margaret (Fiddelke) Ebel on June 27, 1953. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Germantown, Iowa. He graduated from Paullina High School in 1971 and went directly into farming outside Germantown, Iowa. Lloyd went to work at Wells Blue Bunny on February 14, 1994 until present where over the years came to know his co-workers as his second family. He garnered the esteem of all his co-workers.
 
He married Lois Vortherms on April 10, 1976 at St Anthony’s Church in Hospers, Iowa. They had three children; Jennifer Ann, Dawn Marie, and Lee Allyn.
 
     Lloyd had the biggest heart and was always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone that needed it. He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Germanton, Iowa; volunteer on the Germantown Fire Department; and was a Caledonia Township trustee. With farming being his one true passion, he would always help out any neighbor and friend that needed it. Plus working on his green thumb with his ever growing vegetable garden.
 
     He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends and playing with his grandsons. His favorite past time, as so many know, was going on fishing trips with his family, many friends and grandsons. He would be planning the next trip before the current one was even over!!  
 
Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Lois; daughters, Jennifer (Jeremy) Jalas; Dawn (Todd) Honkomp, and his son Lee Ebel. Grandchildren are Tory and Kyson Jalas and Benjamin and Reed Honkomp. His mother, Margaret Ebel and siblings, Lori (Greg) Sjaarda, Doug (Deb) Ebel, Dan (Kim) Ebel, Kathi (Leland) Schmidt, and Kari (Mark) Lange.
 
     Lloyd was preceded in death by his father, Harry Ebel; two sisters, Joni and Judi; and father and mother-in-law, Arnold and Rosella Vortherms.

Source: Eldridge Family Funeral Home online obituary.