JULSON, Darroll E. 1924-2005

JULSON

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 10/27/2005 at 15:15:04

Darroll Edward Julson, 80, Northwood, died Friday, Oct. 14, 2005, at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005, at the First Lutheran Church, Northwood, with Reverend Wayne Hagen officiating. Burial was held in the Sunset Rest Cemetery in Northwood, with military honors conducted by members of Our Buddies VFW Memorial Post #6779, of Northwood. Visitation was on Monday, at the Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, and one hour prior to service time on Tuesday at the church. The family of Darroll Julson has requested that memorial contributions be made to Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in his memory.

Darroll Edward Julson was born on Dec. 28, 1924, in Austin, MN, the son of Edward and Leona (Zickuhr) Julson. He was baptized and reaffirmed the faith of his baptism through confirmation in the Lutheran faith. When he was in high school, the family moved to Detroit, Michigan, where his father worked in a defense plant. Darroll was inducted into the U.S. Army on March 22, 1943, at Ft. Custer, Michigan and served during World War II as a military policeman in Germany, Belgium, and Czechoslovakia, until his honorable discharge on March 2, 1946, at Camp Atterbury, IN. After his honorable discharge his family moved back to Northwood. Darroll worked in gas stations and had the sanitation route for 17 years, before working for Low's Standard Oil station in Northwood and had been working for Low's until the time of his death. Cars were his big interest, and everything that happened around town. If any one came to visit, they always got "the tour". He was united in marriage to JoAnn Johnson on Feb. 6, 1950, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Mason City. After their marriage they lived their entire married life in Northwood, and to this union three children were born, Linda, Mark, and Sally. He was a member of First Lutheran Church in Northwood.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife; JoAnn Julson of Northwood; his children; Linda Julson of Minneapolis, MN, Mark (Wanda) Julson of Northwood, and Sally (Harold) Hickman of Denver, CO; six grandchildren; Jennifer (Chris) McCaffrey, Jessica (Richard) McAnally, Jay and Julie Hickman all of Denver, CO, Megan (Tony) Gentz of Northwood, and Matthew Julson of Spirit Lake, IA; seven great-grandchildren; Jacob, Joseph, Matthew and Timothy McCaffrey of Denver, CO, and Lauren and Connor McAnally of Denver, CO, and Alexia Gentz of Northwood; a sister, June Pleak of Los Angeles, CA, and a brother, Norris Julson of Bullhead City, AZ.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Beverly, grandparents, and aunts and uncles.

Source: Northwood Anchor, Oct. 19, 2005