Wright, Calvin Eugene 1923 - 2015
WRIGHT, STRAND, GILBERG, HEROLD, FIEDLER, GUNDERSON, HOPPERSTAD
Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 6/5/2015 at 15:02:13
Calvin “Chuck” Wright, 91, of Dorchester, IA, died Friday, May 29, 2015, at his home. Memorial services will be held Saturday, June 6th, at 11:00 AM at Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church in rural Dorchester, with Rev. Allen Hermeier officiating. Burial of ashes will be at Waterloo Ridge Cemetery at a later date. Friends may greet the family from 10:00 AM until time of service and again following the service at the church on Saturday. Martin Funeral Home of Waukon is handling arrangements.
Calvin Eugene “Chuck” Wright was born on August 20, 1923 in Ossian, IA, the son of George Albert and Lettie Christine (Strand) Wright. He was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, IA. When he was young Chuck’s family rented several area farms so they moved often and he attended several area rural elementary schools and Waukon and Spring Grove High Schools. Following school he farmed with his dad. He later worked at a number of jobs including having a laundry route out of Waterloo, operating skating rinks in Ossian, IA, and Spring Grove, MN, and operating the Crystal Inn in Burr Oak, IA. On June 19, 1955 he married Donna Jeanne Gilberg at Tamarack Lutheran Church in Arcadia, WI. Chuck and Jeanne bought the farm in rural Dorchester where they still live in 1955 and milked cows and raised hogs, chickens, sheep and grains.
Chuck was a member of Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church and a former member of the Eitzen Creamery Board. He and Jeanne have both been active volunteers at Camp Winnebago. Although he enjoyed working with motorcycles and anything that had wheels, he devoted most of his time and interest to his work.
Survivors include his wife Jeanne of Dorchester; 3 children: Todd of Waukon, IA, Jay of Dorchester, and Mary Lynn (Steve) Herold of Monona, IA; 7 grandchildren: Candace, Chad, June, Adalena, Bradley and Thaddeus Herold and Penny (Mathew) Fiedler; 3 great-grandchildren: Maverick, Kendric and Braxton; a sister-in-law Bayonne Wright of Decorah and a brother-in-law Jerry Gunderson of Mabel, MN. He is preceded in death by his parents; a brother Vernon; and 2 sisters: Norma (Lawrence) Hopperstad and Maxine Gunderson.
Source: Martin Funeral Home database
Waterloo Ridge Cemetery
Winneshiek Obituaries maintained by Bruce Kuennen.
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