George Allen STILLE

STILLE, BERGHEFER, GAST, DRESBACH, STADTLANDER, CARLSON, BRIDGES, BIER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/2/2009 at 11:29:07

June 4, 2003

George A. Stille, of Garner, formerly of the Goodell and Klemme areas, died on Sunday, May 25, 2003, at the Concord Care Center in Garner. He was 88. Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, May 29, at the United Methodist Church in Goodell, with the Rev. Paddy Druhl officiating. Burial was in the Ell Township Cemetery in Klemme. The Dugger Ewing Funeral Home of Belmond was in charge of the arrangements.

George Allen, the son of J. J. and Clara (Gast) Stille, was born on October 11, 1914 near Klemme. George grew up near Klemme, where he attended country schools. He was united in marriage to Ina A. Berghefer on October 16, 1934, at the parsonage in Klemme. The couple made their home in Spencer, where George worked on road construction for seven years. George and Ina returned to Goodell in 1941. George worked for the Hancock County road crew and was a maintainer for 36 years. The couple lived east of Goodell for 50 years. They moved to the Prairie View Apartments in Garner in 1998. Mr. Stille was a member of the United Methodist Church in Goodell.

He is survived by his wife, Ina; two daughters, Maxine Dresbach and husband, Mac of Mason City and Sharyl Stadtlander and husband, Marlin of Garner; three sons, Wayne and wife, Gloria of Goodell, Kenton of Poolsville, Texas, Lynn and wife, Janice of Davenport; 15 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Fern Carlson of Clear Lake and Lucille Bridges and husband, Cecil of Thornton; two sisters-in-law, Grace of Klemme and Minnie of Clear Lake; and numerous other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Quentin, Kermit and Virgil; and a sister, Gertrude Bier.

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