Giles Lea MALLOW

MALLOW, LOVE, SPEARS, DEATON, LITZEL, DARROW, CORWELL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/23/2008 at 20:25:17

St. Ansgar Enterprise Journal -- Iowa
April 26, 2003

Giles Lea Mallow, age 78, died of cancer Wednesday April 23, 2003 at his home in Osage. A gathering of family and friends is from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage. Memorial Services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday April 26, 2003 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage with Rev. Dennis Hanson and Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Inurnment will be in the Osage Cemetery with a flag presentation by VFW post 7920 and American Legion post 278. In lieu of flowers the family asks that memorials be made to the Hospice of North Iowa.

Giles was born May 14, 1924 to George and Fern Mallow in Kanawha. He graduated from Osage High School in 1942, and then served in the United States Navy during WWII as an officer aboard an LST. Giles was united in marriage to Imogene Love on June 14, 1946 in Osage. He owned and operated Mallow & Sons GM dealership in Osage. He was a life member of the American Legion and a member of the VFW. He went through the ranks of that group, serving as president and then served for many years as a Quartermaster. He was an avid golfer.

Survived by: his wife Imogene of 56 years 1 Son: Charles (Kathryn) Mallow of Oconomowoc, WI and 2 daughters, Kristen Mallow, Adele Mallow Spears (Matt) and their children Tayla and Rhiannon of Fridley, MN; and son Christopher (Becky) Mallow of Fargo, ND, 4 Daughters: Claudia Deaton and her son Drake of St. Ansgar, Constance Litzel (John) and their daughter Elizabeth and her daughter Isabelle of Ames, Crystal Darrow (Gregory) of Bartlett, IL, Carolyn Corwell (Marty) and their children Morgan, Mason Giles, and Marshall of Denver, IA 1 brother: Keith Mallow of Fridley, MN. Preceded by: his parents. Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home