Merlin F. LOWENBERG

LOWENBERG, JANSSEN, JINRICH, HEMINGER, DIRKS, NOLAN, WEILAND, SANZONE, GERTEN, LIND

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/23/2006 at 23:53:03

Merlin F. Lowenberg, 74, of Belmond, died Saturday, May 4, 2002, at the Belmond Medical Center. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Tuesday, May 7, at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Belmond. Rev. David Beckman and Deacon Nick Schmit officiated. Burial was in the St. Francis Cemetery near Belmond.

Merlin, the son of Arthur and Mary (Nolan) Lowenberg was born March 2, 1928, in Goodell. He attended school there and graduated from the Goodell High School in 1945. He also attended Loras College in Dubuque. Merlin was united in marriage to DeLoris Weiland on February 14, 1948. The couple made their home in Belmond where Merlin worked for General Mills. Merlin, Dee and family lived for two years in Sidney, Nebraska, where Merlin was the assistant manager for Pacific Vegetable Oil. They later moved back to Belmond and then to an acreage north of Belmond. Merlin worked for General Mills and Central Soya for 36 years. He also farmed north of Belmond. Merlin was a member of the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Belmond, he belonged to the Knights of Columbus, was an Eucharistic minister and catechism teacher. He liked the outdoors and enjoyed working in the garden and then sharing his fruits and vegetables with friends and relatives.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Lois Sanzone; and a son-in-law, Larry Gerten. Merlin is survived by his wife, DeLoris; three daughters, Cynthia Lind and her husband, Buster and their children, Peter and Carmen of Lakeville, Minnesota, Marsha Gerten and children, Amy and Will of Hugo, Minnesota, Jolene Dirks and son, Chad of Belmond; siblings, Joan Janssen and her husband, Merle of Goodell, Elizabeth Jinrich of Kearney, Nebraska, Tom Lowenberg and his wife, Sue of St. Paul, Minnesota, Duane Lowenberg and his wife, Carol of Medford, Oregon and Therese Heminger and her husband, Joe of Ottumwa.

May 08, 2002
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