Zingg, Dale L. (1821-2018)

ZINGG, PETERSON, FLATRUD, SORENSON, CHARLSON, ANDERSON, HOLT

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 1/18/2019 at 19:55:22

Dale L. Zingg
May 16, 1921 - December 13, 2018

Surrounded by family and loved ones, Dale Lavine Zingg, age 97, of rural Leland, Iowa, passed to the greener pastures of Our Lord’s Kingdom on Thursday, December 13, 2018, at the Lake Mills Care Center.

Dale Zingg was born on May 16, 1921, in Leland, Iowa, to Grover Cleveland Zingg and Helen (Peterson) Zingg Flatrud. He grew up on the family farm in Leland, Iowa, leaving school after the eighth grade to help raise his brother and sisters with his mom, Helen, during the depression.

In June 1942, Dale entered the Army and used his farm and work skills to drive an army truck for the 460th Engineer Depot Company, serving with his unit in North Africa, France, and Belgium. After his honorable discharge in November 1945, he returned to the family farm.

A lifelong farmer on his family’s century farm as well as a pilot, Dale enjoyed pursuing these two passions for over sixty-five years. In addition, he belonged to VFW Post #6161.

Dale is survived by his sisters, Arleen Sorenson, of Rochester, Minnesota, and Ruth Charlson, of Golden Valley, Minnesota, as well as by numerous nieces and nephews throughout the country who loved him dearly.

He is preceded in death by his brother, Arlin (Ted) Zingg; his sister, Mavis Holt and special friend, Gladys Anderson; his brothers-in-law: Wilbur Sorenson, Don Holt and Oscar Charlson as well as by his niece, LeAnn Anderson (Sorenson). Oscar married Ruth (Zingg) Charlson, and Don married Mavis (Zingg) Holt. Wilbur married Arleen (Zingg) Sorenson. LeAnn was a daughter of Wilbur and Arleen.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, December 17, 2018, at the West Prairie Lutheran Church, 40041 150th Avenue, Leland, Iowa 50453, with Rev. Dr. Pat Hall of the Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake, officiating. Visitation will be observed from 9:30 A.M. till the time of the service on Monday at the church. Interment will follow at the West Prairie Cemetery in rural Leland, Iowa. Veteran Honors will be observed by the Leland V.F.W. Post #6161. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Leland V.F.W. Post #6161.

Mittelstadt Funeral Home, Lake Mills, Iowa, 2018.

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