Hanke, Dale LeRoy (1925-2010)
HANKE, GUTTEBOE, CASLER, SAARI, BLOCK, STANOCH, HAKU
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 3/12/2013 at 11:29:48
Dale LeRoy Hanke
January 25, 1925 - September 13, 2010Dr. Dale LeRoy Hanke, 85, of Mankato, Minnesota, and formerly of Forest City, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 13, 2010, at the Laurels Peak Rehabilitation Center.
Dale was born to Roy and Freda Hanke on January 25, 1925, in Brownsville, Minnesota. He attended grade school in Brownsville and graduated from Caledonia High School, Caledonia, Minnesota. A 1945 graduate of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, he received his Masters of Arts degree in 1950 and his Doctor of Education in 1962, both from the University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.
On June 14, 1947, he married Donna J. Gutteboe in Capron, Illinois. During their sixty-three years of marriage, they lived and worked in many communities in Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Minnesota. An educator for over forty-six years, he served as a teacher, coach, band director, school superintendent, college professor, and college administrator.
A member of Christ the King Lutheran Church, Dale served at one time as congregational president. He also served as president of the Retired Teachers Association of Minnesota (REAM), the Lieutenant Governor of Kiwanis International, and as a member of the Minnesota State Board of Community Education. He enjoyed sports, including fishing and camping, along with traveling the country. He visited all fifty states and many foreign countries. As a young adult, he played banjo in Hanke's Harmonizers, his family's dance band. In addition, he played the bass horn in various old-time dance bands in the LaCrosse, Wisconsin, area, as well as in Sig's Band, a community ensemble in Forest City, Iowa.
Besides his wife, Donna, Dale is survived by his daughters, Donnelle (Joe) Casler, of Columbia, Missouri, and Deanne (Mark) Saari, of Rush City, Minnesota; his daughter-in-law, Sandra Block, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; eight grandchildren: David Casler (fiancée Kelly Small), of Warrensburg, Missouri, Douglas (Alison) Casler, of St. Peters, Missouri, Deborah (Jason) Stanoch, of Columbia, Missouri, Jon Hanke (Chris Wick), Chandra Hanke, and Anneke (Tapio) Haku, all of Minneapolis, Asha (Gabriel) Hertler, of Fargo, North Dakota, and Matthew Saari, of Grand Forks, North Dakota; his great-grandchildren, Connor and Claire Casler, Emma and Jacob Stanoch, Jasper Hanke, and Aila, Jackson, and Sabrina Haku; his sister, Lois Goetzinger; and his nephew, Mark (Bonnie) Goetzinger, and family, all of Caledonia.
Very much involved with the International Student Organization at Minnesota State University, Dale is also survived by his international family, Tom and Lan Li and grandson, Jimmy, of St. Michael, Minnesota, and Yoshie and Hiro Kobayashi, of Kagoshima, Japan.
Dale was preceded in death by his son, Dale (Lee) Hanke, Jr.; his parents; his parents-in-law, Nels and Mabelle Gutteboe; his sister, June Hanke; his brothers-in-law, Ervin (Casey) Goetzinger and William Gutteboe; and by two nephews and one niece.
A time of visitation for Dale will be held at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Mankato, on Friday, September 17, 2010, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a prayer service led by Pastor John Petersen, beginning at 7:00. A service celebrating Dale's life will be held at Zion Evangelical Church in Brownsville, Minnesota, on Monday, September 27, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at the church with burial following at the Brownsville Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the International Student Endowment Fund at Minnesota State University, Mankato, Christ the King Music Fund, or to a charity of the donor's choice.
If Dale met you once, he never forgot you.
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