Dwain L. "Babe" Krause 1927 - 2017

KOUNKEL, KRAUSE, MCFARLAND

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/12/2017 at 23:44:47

Sioux City Journal
8 March 2017

HINTON, Iowa | Dwain L. "Babe" Krause, 89, of Hinton, died Sunday, March 5, 2017, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be 10 a.m., Thursday at Calvary Lutheran Church in Leeds, with the Rev. James Travis officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City. Visitation with the family will be 6 to 8 p.m. today at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.

Dwain L., the son of Clarence and Gertie (Kounkel) Krause, was born on June 7, 1927, in Sioux City. After being born, Dwain's dad nicknamed him "Babe" after the famous baseball star, Babe Ruth. Babe was raised in Hinton and graduated from Hinton High School in 1944. After high school, he worked various jobs.

On Feb. 5, 1947, Babe was united in marriage to Darlene L. McFarland in Elk Point, S.D. To this union four children were born. The family made their home in several different areas of the country due to Babe's construction work. He worked in Iceland, on the St. Lawrence Seaway and on the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona. Locally, he worked several years for W.A. Klinger Construction. Babe was a 50-year member of the Local Carpenter's Millwright Union.

Babe enjoyed playing baseball, bowling, fishing and golfing and even had a hole-in-one. He was a lifelong member of Calvary Lutheran Church.

Babe is survived by his wife of 70 years, Darlene of Hinton; one son and family, Dennis Krause and wife, Diane, of Leeds and their daughter, Dorinda Scott and husband, Leif, of Estherville, Iowa; daughter, Mila Krause of Apple Valley, Minn.; daughter and family, Rhonda Allen and husband, David, of Eden Prairie, Minn., and their son, Tyler Allen of Minneapolis; a sister-in-law, Phyllis Krause of Le Mars, Iowa; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Babe was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Guyon Don; and two brothers, Donald and Darrell Krause.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Calvary Lutheran Church.