Donald E. Limoges 1919 - 1997

LIMOGES, DANDURAND, THOMPSON

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Date: 2/9/2019 at 18:48:04

Sioux City Journal
23 March 1997

Donald E. Limoges, 77, of Sioux City died Friday, February 21, 1997 at a local hospital, following a brief illness.

Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Meyer brothers Colonial Chapel, with the Clifford Mehrer, Elder of the West Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, officiating. Burial will be in Civil Bend Cemetery, rural Jefferson, South Dakota. There will be no visitation.

Mr. Limoges was born October 15, 1919 at Vermillion, South Dakota to Charles and Aldia (Dandurand). He attended Jefferson Community Schools. He married Lenore V. Thompson June 7, 1941, at Pender, Nebraska. The couple made their home in Sioux City. She died July 27, 1994 at Sioux City. He was an avid fisherman, was a ham radio operator and had mastered several levels of advancement. He was a mechanic/transmission specialist for Viegan and Hoak Oldsmobile Motors for over 42 years, where he received several awards for outstanding services. He then operated his own business, Limoges Automotive retiring in 1982.

He served with the U.S. Army during WWII. He was a past member and president of the Isaac Walton League. He was a regular member and harmonica player for the South Sioux City Senior Citizens Center Band. He was also an active member of the Sioux City West Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses for the last 46 years.

Survivors include a son and his wife, Donald A. and Betty of Urich, Missouri; two daughters and their husbands, Patty and Roy Carrell and Diane and Carl Springfield, all of Sioux City; three brothers and their wives, Richard and Betty, Louis and Dorothy, Charles and Darlene; a sister and her husband, Lucille and Phil Corio; five grandsons, Craig and Jason Carrell, Nathan Springfield, Donnie Limoges and Al Moncowitz, six granddaughters, Rhonda Eberhardt, Jennifer, Daniel and Nikki Barth, Sandy Bridgewater and Vickie Moncowitz; seven great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Vincent and a sister, Agnes Girard.

Pallbearers include Kip Jarman, Marty Huisman, Gary Golden, Ronnie Thompson, Roger Merryman and Bob Bertrand.