Duane H. Dybdahl 1926 - 1997

DYBDAHL, MERCHANT, MATHWIG

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Date: 1/22/2018 at 15:07:08

Sioux City Journal
13 May 1997

Duane H. Dybdahl, 70, of Sioux City died Sunday, May 11, 1997 at his residence following a lengthy illness.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Wesley United Methodist Church, with Dr. Charles Klink officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, with military rites conducted by the American Legion Monahan Post 64. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m., today with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m., a Masonic service at 7 p.m. followed by a prayer service at the church. Nelson-Berger Northside Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Dybdahl was born September 30, 1926, in Sioux City, the son of Aage and Anna (Mathwig) Dybdahl. He attended Sioux City schools and Central High School.

He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II on the USS Monterey.

He married LaVonne Merchant on January 9, 1946 in Sheldon, Iowa.

Mr. Dybdahl was employed with the U.S. Postal Service for 33 years, retiring as postmaster in Sutherland, Iowa, in 1982. The couple returned to Sioux City in 1984.

He was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, where he taught Sunday school for many years and served on various committees. He was a member and past master of the Triangle Lodge 643 A.F.& A.M., a past mater of Abiff Lodge 347 in Sutherland and a 33rd degree Mason with the Scottish Rite Bodies. He was a member of the High Twelve Club, the Abu Bekr Shrine Temple, where he was hospital transportation coordinator for the Shrine Hospitals, and the Shrine Hospital Dad’s Unit, a past patron of Azure Charter of the Order of the Eastern Star and of the Sutherland Order of the Eastern Star. He was the honorary ringmaster of the 1997 Shrine Circus.

Mr. Dybdal was a member of the Postal N.A.R.F.E. and N.A.P.U.S. and the Sutherland American Legion Post 0152.

Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Susan and her husband, Steve Geddes, of Hinton, Iowa, Sandra Ohl and Carol and her husband, Dennis Johannsen, all of Sioux City; eight grandchildren, Carrie (Ohl) Larsen, Corlie and Douglas Ohl, Scott and Sara H. Geddes and Denise, Danielle and David Johannsen and a great-grandson.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Lloyd Stanley.

Memorials in his name may be directed to the Abu Bekr Shrine Hospital Transportation Fund or the Wesley United Methodist Church.