PERKINS, Lloyd "Jack" 1922-2007

PERKINS

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 11/7/2009 at 20:56:07

Lloyd (Jack) Perkins, 85, of Northwood, died on Sunday, March 25, 2007 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa. Funeral service was on Thursday, March 29, at 11 am. at Deer Creek Lutheran Church, Carpenter, Iowa, with Rev. Lance Kittleson officiating. Burial was in the Sunset Rest Cemetery, Northwood. Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home of Northwood was in charge of arrangements.

Jack was born in Deer Creek Township, Worth County, Iowa on January 21, 1922, the son of Clifford and Ida (Johnson) Perkins. He received his education at Otranto, Iowa, graduating in 1939. Jack married Irma Seuser on November 22, 1944 at the First Lutheran Church in Glenville, MN. To them, two sons were born; Larry (Butch) of Northwood and David of Des Moines.

Jack enjoyed playing baseball, softball, bowling, golf and cards. He and Irma oversaw daily operations of the Deer Creek 4-H foodstand for 34 years. They farmed in Deer Creek Township until his retirement in 1989 when they moved to Northwood. He was a member of Deer Creek Lutheran Church, Carpenter his entire life.

The love of his life was his family who survive him; his wife, Irma, sons Larry and David; three grandchildren, Gina (Jeremy) Solberg, Heather (Tory) Rheingans, Landon Perkins and his fiancé Jessica Hertle; one great granddaughter, Mallory Rheingans; a special daughter-in-law, Pam; one sister, Mildred James; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Perkins, Margaret (Lyle) Krumm, Lillian Loland and Ardis (Allan) Hanson; many nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.