Dinger, Clem Richard 1915 - 2015
DINGER, MADSON, INVICK, SPILDE, RECHKEMMER, SORUM, ONSAGER, ALM, HOFFMAN, SERSLAND, GILBERTSON, CHESMORE, EINCK, DALLESSANDRO, KROUPA, OLSON, GROFF, GANRUD, HORAN, JOHNSON, ADAM
Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 2/20/2015 at 14:52:12
Clem Dinger, age 99, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, IA.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 21, 2015, at the Glenwood Lutheran Church, 1197 Old Stage Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Stacey Nalean Carlson presiding. Burial will be in the Pontoppidan Cemetery, rural Decorah, IA.
Friends may call after 10:00 a.m., at the church on Saturday morning. The Schluter – Balik Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Clem Richard Dinger was born on June 25, 1915, the son of Richard and Clara (Madson) Dinger in Bluffton, IA. Clem attended rural country schools and farmed. He was united in marriage to Tina Invick on Oct. 14, 1935. He worked at Rath Packing in Cedar Rapids for a short time and for forty-five years he was the Watkins Dealer in Allamakee and Winneshiek Counties. He farmed in Glenwood Township for many years and loved spending time in the woods. Clem also helped to dig many graves in the area by hand and mow at Phelps Cemetery. After Tina died in 1984, he was married to Ruth Spilde in August of 1987, at the Decorah Lutheran Church. Over the years, Clem liked to rattlesnake, ginseng and mushroom hunt. He enjoyed life; he lived as a free spirit and was a kind, generous, loving man. He loved music and loved to dance, doing jigs and to play cards. He was a member of the Glenwood Lutheran Church.
Clem is survived by his special step-daughter: Mary (Bill) Rechkemmer, Waverly, IA, as well as several nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews. Sixteen step-grandchildren: Mary Lou (Dave) Sorum, Mike (Sara) Onsager, Jim (Martha) Alm, Bob (Evonne) Alm, Deb (Bill) Hoffman, Sonja Sersland, Ondra Gilbertson, Gary (Pauline) Gilbertson, Greg (Ann) Gilbertson, Kevin (Laurann) Gilbertson, Keith (Tammie) Gilbertson, Donna Chesmore, Carl (Mary) Einck, Becky (Rob) Dalessandro, Craig (Kristine) Kroupa, and Jeff Kroupa as well as many step great grandchildren and step great great grandchildren.
Clem was preceded in death by his parents: Richard and Clara (Madson) Dinger. Two wives: Tina (Invick) Dinger in 1984 and Ruth (Spilde) Dinger in 2009. One daughter: Conda Dinger in infancy. Three siblings: Lucille (Casper) Olson, Clem’s twin, Claude (Luella) Dinger and Lloyd (Eleanor) Dinger. His step children: Lucille (Marvin) Onsager, Gail (Jim) Alm, Viola (Orville) Gilbertson, Iola (Nathan) Groff, Sally (Hank) Ganrud, Tom (Marie) Horan, Don Horan and Dodie (Bob) Kroupa. Five step-grandchildren: Barbara Johnson, Radine Adam, Orville Gilbertson, Jr., Don Horan, and Bobby Kroupa.
Source: Schluter - Balik Funeral Home database
Pontoppidan Cemetery gravestone
Winneshiek Obituaries maintained by Bruce Kuennen.
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