Earl Solberg (1926-2008)
SOLBERG, KEENA, PETERSON, WIESE, RENO, FRASER
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 6/4/2008 at 07:59:28
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
Earl Solberg, 82, of Ames, died Monday, June 2, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way, in Ames. Funeral service and celebration of his life will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 5, at United Church of Christ-Congregational in Ames. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Jewell.
Earl Solberg was born Jan. 26, 1926, in Pekin, Ill., to Elmer and Nellie (Keena) Solberg. The family moved to Jewell in 1929 in order for his father to continue working for the Chicago Railroad. He graduated from Jewell High School in 1944 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy immediately after. He was stationed in Seattle, Wash., until his discharge in November 1945.
When hereturned to Jewell, he worked on a dairy farm, then the Phillips 66 Service Station. He married Mary Peterson in August 1956. To this union one child, Kim Ann, was born. He and Mary divorced in March 1963.
In June 1964, he married Myrna Fries Wiese, who had two children, Daryl Wayne and Kim Annette. To this union, a son, Jeffrey Scott, was born. He and Myrna were married 42 years.
In April 1970, he went to work for the Iowa State University Athletic Department as a grounds crew worker at Clyde Williams Field. He later became the head grounds crew supervisor of the "new" Cyclone Stadium, practice fields and the Southwest Complex. He loved his job, the coaches, athletes and Cyclone sports.
He played baseball and basketball in high school and continued to be very interested in sports throughout his life, particularly high school and college basketball and football. He enjoyed going to the kids' activities and to the grandchildren's later in life. He loved attending South Hamilton sporting events, especially softball. He also enjoyed dancing, bowling and cribbage.
He is survived by his children, Kim Ann Reno and her husband, Randy, and granddaughter, Randi-Kay Reno, of Riverview, Fla., Jeff Solberg and his wife, Cami, and granddaughters, Heather and Christi, of Ames, Daryl and his wife, Lisa, and grandsons, Murphy and Alex, of Iowa Falls, and Kim Fraser and her husband, Dave, and grandsons, Adam and Andy, of Huxley; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Myrna, in February 2007; four brothers, Art, Ray, Glenn and Harry (Bud); and his parents.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Hospice, United Church of Christ-Congregational or the South Hamilton Schools Foundation.
Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care is assisting the family with arrangements.
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