Sheldahl, Gary E. (1942-2018)

SHELDAHL, HERTZKE, LARSON, HEWITT, JORDAHL, GEILENFELDT, DISTLER

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 9/21/2018 at 12:54:03

Gary E. Sheldahl
August 20, 1942 - July 28, 2018

Gary Eugene Sheldahl, 75, of Forest City, died on Saturday, July 28, 2018, at 7:15 P.M. from carcinoid cancer of the liver at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City, Iowa

Gary, a son of Edward Levi and Ruth Mildred (Hertzke) Sheldahl, was born on August 20th, 1942. Growing up in Lakota, Iowa, he attended and then graduated from Lakota High School in 1960. From May 1960 to May of 1966, he served in the Airforce at Lackland Air Force base in Texas, Osan Korea, South Korea, and Blytheville, Arkansas, advancing to the rank of Airman 2nd class. On July 2nd, 1966, he married Eleaner Jean Larson at Immanuel Lutheran Church Forest City, Iowa. They settled in Forest City

Having completed his military service, he started working at the Central Telephone Company, which later became General Telephone. Next, he worked for the City of Forest City as a Line Foreman and a Foreman for the street department. Later, he accepted a job at Winnebago Industries in Forest City in Ship out department, a position he held for fourteen years. After contracting cancer, he had to retire.

Gary had two loves in life: his family and the outdoors. He enjoyed camping, fishing, and gardening. His love for gardening blossomed in his later years when he planted his vegetable garden and flowers at home and at Three Fingers Campground where he spent his summers with family and friends.

Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, August 2, 2018. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 246 South Clark Street, Forest City, with Pastor Rod Hopp officiating. A gathering of friends and family will take place from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 1, 2018, at the Cataldo Schott Funeral Chapel, 505 North Clark Street, Forest City, Iowa 50436. Burial of cremains will follow in Oakland Cemetery in Forest City with Military Honors performed by the Forest City American Legion Post # 121. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes gifts to be given to the Gary Sheldahl Memorial Fund.

Cataldo Schott Funeral Home, Forest City, Iowa, 2018.

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