Robert Eugene BURGER

BURGER, BURDELL, SMITH, CARLSON, GOODELL, ILLINGWORTH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/2/2006 at 02:47:31

Robert Eugene Burger, 72, of Lakota died Thursday, Dec. 18, 1997, at Kossuth County Hospital in Algona, Iowa, after being stricken suddenly at his residence. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Bethany Evangelical and Reformed Church in Ledyard, Iowa, with the Rev. Larry Doughan officiating. Burial will be in Highland Home Cemetery, with military rites by Matzener-Estle Post 675 of the American Legion. Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday, with the family present from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Garry, Roberts, Murphy, Schaaf Funeral Home in Bancroft, Iowa.

Mr. Burger was born Feb. 18, 1925, in Eagle Grove, Iowa, the son of Bert and Edna (Burdell) Burger. He graduated from Eagle Grove High School. He married Prudence Smith on Dec. 17, 1943, in Norton, Kan. After serving in World War II, the couple made their home in Webster City, Storm Lake and Charles City, Iowa, prior to moving to Lakota in 1965. He was employed as a meat-cutter for Fareway Inc. for 19 years. He then operated a grocery store in Lakota for five years. Later he worked as a truck driver for several years and then worked for Winnebago Co. for six years, retiring in 1990. He was a member of Bethany Evangelical and Reformed Church. He was the current commander of Matzener-Estle American Legion Post 675 of Ledyard.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters and their husbands, Crystal and Wayne Carlson of Warsaw, Minn., and Lorna and Dana Goodell of Sioux City; four grandchildren, Cristopher, Brandon, and Joshua Carlson, and Andrew Goodell; two great-grandchildren; and a half sister, Blanch Illingworth of Ankeny, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents; a half brother, Lowell; and a granddaughter, Angeline.