Stephen Anthony DOUGHAN

DOUGHAN, LAWLER, YOUNGWIRTH, RAHM, HAUGLAND, GLAWE, ELBERT, BALLARD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/9/2010 at 14:59:09

WESLEY, IOWA - Stephen Anthony Doughan was born Dec. 14, 1942, at Wesley, to Vincent and Margaret (Lawler) Doughan. Steve graduated from Corwith Wesley High School in 1960. While in High School, Corwith won a state baseball championship of which Steve was very proud, beating schools much larger than their own. Following graduation, Steve served in the Air Force from July 1961 to July 1965. On Sept. 28, 1961, Steve was united in marriage to Patricia Youngwirth at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wesley. Following his discharge, Steve returned to Wesley and entered the banking profession. He became a loan officer and worked for the Exchange State Bank in Wesley as well as the Corwith State Bank and retired from the Iowa State Bank in 2004. Steve really enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren and attending their activities. Steve was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Wesley where he was a choir member, was a member of the Wesley Fire Department and the American Legion Andrews Post No. 428 in Wesley.

Steve died on Tuesday morning (Dec. 15, 2009) at the Kanawha Community Home in Kanawha at the age of 67. Survivors include his children, daughter, Deb and husband, Pat Rahm, of Wesley; son, Donny Doughan and wife, Kim, of Algona; and daughter, Joni and husband, Kent Haugland, of Wesley; as well as eight grandchildren, Mandy and husband, Jim Glawe, Tyler and Spenser Rahm, A.J., Brandon and Chelsea Doughan and Grant and Alyssa Haugland; one brother, Roger Doughan and wife, Betty, of Hampton; mother-in-law, Rita Youngwirth, of Wesley; brothers-in-law, Denny Youngwirth and wife, Ellie, of Wesley, Tim Youngwirth and wife, Liz, of Bancroft; and sister-in-law, Lisa and husband, Jeff Elbert, of Evanston, Ill. Steve was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Pat on April 4, 2000; sister, Nancy Ballard and her husband Phi; brother-in-law, Tommy Youngwirth; and father-in-law, Luke Youngwirth.

Funeral Mass for Steve Doughan will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 18, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wesley with Father Randy Schon officiating. Interment will be in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery in Wesley with military graveside Rites conducted by American Legion Andrews Post No. 428. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Garry-Roberts-Murphy-Schaaf Funeral Home in Wesley with a parish prayer service at 4:30 p.m. and a rosary at 7 p.m.

Mason City Globe Gazette- Iowa
December 17, 2009