ORMAN, Earl Wayne 1914-2000

ORMAN

Posted By: K. Kittleson
Date: 1/25/2011 at 23:12:25

EARL WAYNE ORMAN

NORTHWOOD - Earl Wayne Orman, 86, of Northwood, died on Wednesday (Oct. 18, 2000) at his home in Northwood.

The funeral will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Deer Creek Lutheran Church in Carpenter, with the Rev. Kathy Larson officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Rest Cemetery in Northwood.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home in Northwood.

Earl was born in Hayes County, Neb., on May 28, 1914, to John and Gladys (Jackson) Orman. He attended school in Nebraska. In 1929 he moved with his family to Deer Creek Township in Worth County.

On Nov. 9, 1946, Earl was united in marriage to Elaine Anderson. They had three children, Carol, Darryl and Nancy.

He was a farmer all his life until retirement in 1979, when he moved to Northwood. After he came to Northwood, he worked for a short time at Village Florist and Continental Grain Co. before working for several years at the Northwood Country Club.

He was a long-time member of Deer Creek Lutheran Church in Carpenter. He was baptized and confirmed there in 1934 by Pastor Olaf Langhaugh. He held different positions on the board and was chairman when they purchased the parsonage.

Earl was preceded in death by his parents; stepmother, Ella; one daughter, Carol Levine; four brothers, Ralph, Ivan, Loyal and Gerald; two sisters, Aletha Holmes and Pauline Rasmussen; two half brothers, David and Delbert Orman; two stepsisters, Ethelmae Rasmussen and Violet Heard.

Earl is survived by his wife, Elaine, of Northwood; one son, Darryl Orman, of York, Pa.; one daughter, Nancy and her husband, Phil Cooper, of Glenville, Minn.; son-in-law, Wayne Levine, of Owatonna, Minn.; grandchildren, Derrick and Shannon Orman and their two children, Nathan, Danielle and Devin Cooper.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, (641) 324-1121.

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