DAHLBY, Daniel I. 1908-2000

DAHLBY

Posted By: Kermit Kittleson
Date: 2/17/2010 at 17:02:28

DANIEL I. DAHLBY

NORTHWOOD - Daniel I. Dahlby, 92, of Northwood, died Wednesday (June 28, 2000) at the Lake Mills Care Center.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Somber Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Northwood, with the Rev. Alf Merseth officiating. Burial will be at Somber Cemetery in rural Northwood. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Mittelstadt Funeral Home in Lake Mills.

At 4 years of age, he moved with his family to Canada, but returned at the age of 8 to the Joice area. He was confirmed at Concordia Lutheran Church near Joice in 1922. Daniel attended Dahlside rural school east of Joice and Joice School. Following school, he farmed with his father and drove a gravel truck. In 1929 he began farming on his own and farmed for 44 years until he retired in 1973.

He was united in marriage to Eleanor Hanson in rural Kensett on Sept. 23, 1931, at her parents' home by the Rev. A. J. Torgerson. He lived on the family farm until 1993, when he and his wife moved into an apartment in Northwood.

He was an active member of the Somber Lutheran Church in rural Northwood. For 20 years he spent his winters in McAllen, Texas. He was interested in fishing and usually went to a lake in northern Minnesota or Canada for vacation in the summer.

Daniel is survived by his wife, Eleanor at the Lake Mills Care Center; five children, Donovan and his wife, Gail Dahlby, of Northwood, Marian and her husband, Orion Iverson, of Emmons, Minn., Richard Dahlby, of Scottsdale, Ariz., Roger and his wife, Janet Dahlby, of Northwood and Charles and his wife, Diane Dahlby, of Galena, Illinois; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one sister, Milba and her husband, Julian Hagen, of Lake Mills; one sister-in-law, Grace Dahlby, of Emmons, Minn.; along with many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by one infant son, Allen; his parents; one brother, Aaron Dahlby; four sisters, Thelma in infancy, Thelma Dahlby, Vivian Hanna and Evelyn Thoen.

Mittelstadt Funeral Home, (515) 592-0221.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette circa 6/30/2000]