Dahlen, Arnold Gale 1929 - 2017

DAHLEN, BAKKEN, HALVERSON, FORDE, LARSON, RUEN, WANLESS, ABBY, WISE, LURKEN, DOWNING

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/26/2017 at 12:08:26

U.S. Veteran
Arnold G. Dahlen, age 87, of Decorah, IA, passed away Thursday, May 25, 2017 at Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Glenwood Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, with Rev. Stacey Nalean – Carlson officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah, with Full Military Honors by Decorah’s Veterans and Military Organizations, and U.S. Army personnel.

Visitation will be from 3:00-7:00 p.m. Friday, May 26 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah and on Saturday one hour before the service at the church.

Arnold Gale Dahlen was born May 29, 1929 to Alex and Henrietta (Bakken) Dahlen in Decorah, Iowa. He was baptized June 23, 1929 and confirmed in 1943 at Glenwood Lutheran Church where he remained a member his entire life. Arnold attended rural country school and graduated from Decorah High School with the class of 1947. Arnold served in the U.S. Army from 1951-1953 during the Korean War. He was in Occupation Forces stationed in Germany.

Arnold and Donna “Peggy” Halverson were married on September 22, 1951 at Decorah Lutheran Church. To this union six children were born: Allan, Helen, Howard, Arnold Jr., Roger, and Wanda.

Arnold and Peggy enjoyed their life together on their farm raising hogs and dairy cattle. They also knew it was a good place to raise their children.

Peggy died on October 29, 1994.

Arnold married Nannette Forde Larson on August 4, 2001 at Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church in rural Decorah. Together they enjoyed traveling, playing cards, their Tuesday breakfast group, and sharing their farm activities together.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife Peggy; his sister Helen in infancy; sister and brother-in-law, Lila and Vernon Ruen; and two brothers-in-law, Bernard Wanless and John Abby.

Arnold is survived by his wife Nannette; six children: Allan (Patricia) Dahlen of Decorah; Helen (Leland) Wise of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Howard (Jan) Dahlen of Gainesville, Georgia, Arnold Jr. (Julie) Dahlen and Roger (Dorothea) Dahlen of Decorah, and Wanda (Larry) Lurken of Kenyon, Minnesota; seventeen grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Phyllis Wanless of Decorah and Hazel (Dean) Downing of Postville, Iowa; sister-in-law Joanne Abby of Naples, Florida; brother-in-law, Wesley (Bette) Forde of Decorah; and several nieces and nephews.

Source: Fjelstul Funeral Home database

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