Douglas N. Gaul 1934 - 2009

REITH, GAUL, WIGGERMAN, BROWNMILLER

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 10/21/2020 at 20:25:40

Sioux City Journal
5 July 2009

Douglas N. Gaul

SIOUX CITY - Douglas N. Gaul, 75, of Sioux City died Wednesday, July l, 2009, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be 4 p.m. Monday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ed Frank officiating. Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent online to www.christy-smith.com.

Douglas was born June 2, 1934, in Alton, Iowa, the son of Martin and Marie (Reith) Gaul. He grew up and attended school in Alton, graduating from St. Mary's High School.

He married Nancy Wiggerman on May 26, 1953, in Alton. They made their home in Estherville, Iowa, then Spirit Lake, Iowa, where he worked as an accountant. Nancy died in November 1966. He and the family moved to Le Mars, Iowa, in 1968, where he worked at Wells Dairy and Gene's Processing in Brunsville, Iowa.

He married Margaret Brownmiller on Sept. 14, 1974, in Craig, Iowa. They made their home in Le Mars until moving to Detroit Lakes, Minn., in 1985. He continued his education at Detroit Lakes Vocational School. He moved back to Le Mars in 1988 and started his landscaping and small engine repair business.

In past years, he had been an avid hunter and fisherman. He enjoyed boating, woodworking and had been on many bowling teams over the years.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret Gaul of Sioux City; a daughter, Gwen and Michael Wilkerson of Wapello, Iowa; a son, Stephen and Roxane Gaul of Downers Grove, 111.; three stepchildren, Tammi Scott and her fiance, Ronnie of Longmont, Colo., Alan Scott and his fiancee, Tammy Palmer of Lawton, Iowa, and Irena and William Markey of Sioux City; 12 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; a brother, Martin Jr. and Irene Gaul of Warsaw, Mo.; two sisters, Marilyn and Robert Smith of Sioux City and Rita and Bud Bierwirth of Le Mars; and a special niece, Kim Gaul of Le Mars.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Nancy; and a brother, Marvin Gaul.