Rodney Dean BALSLEY

BALSLEY, NELSON, KRAFT, HUMPHREY, GANSEN, RICE, MANNING, FROISLAND, DIXON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/10/2009 at 12:28:42

January 9, 2009
Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa

Rodney D. Balsley, 51, of Clarion, died Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at his home. Memorial services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 12, 2009 at the Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Dr. Mike Kroona officiating. Burial will follow in the Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church on Sunday evening from 5-7 p.m. Arrangements were made with the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center.

Rodney Dean Balsley son of Arnold Jr. and Julie Nelson Balsley was born on September 13, 1957 in Webster City. He received his education from the Webster City Community Schools. In December of 1975, he married Vicki Kraft at the Trinity Lutheran Church. The couple resided in Eagle Grove. They later divorced. Rod's main vocation was in the construction and carpentery fields, where he was employed for YOUR Inc. for many years. In 1997, he moved to Clarion where he currently lived with his loving companion, Lori Humphrey.

In addition to his loving companion Lori, he is also survived by his children, Matira Balsley of Austin, MN; Matthew Balsley of Iowa Falls; McKayla Balsley of Clarion; step children, Cory Humphrey, Jaci Gansen, Rachel Rice, Brandon Manning, Jordan Manning, Luke Froisland; 5 step grandchildren; his father, Arnold Balsley Jr. of Webster City; brothers, Randy Balsley of Webster City; Rick Balsley of Snowflake, AZ; and sister, Becky Dixon of Eagle Grove. Rod was preceded in death by his mother, Julie Balsley and his maternal and paternal grandparents. He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Webster City.