Wilbur Dale PLETSCH

PLETSCH, FRIESLEBEN, WILSON, JANSSEN, PALS, BAKER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/18/2011 at 16:14:26

March 6, 1925 --- September 13, 2011

ALEXANDER, IA - Wilbur D. "Bud" Pletsch, age 86, of Alexander, passed away Tuesday Sept. 13, 2011, at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa West Campus in Mason City. Funeral services for Wilbur "Bud" Pletsch will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the St. John Lutheran Church, 115 Fourth Ave. S.E. in Belmond. Pastor Troy Pflibsen will officiate. Burial will take place in the Belmond Cemetery. Visitation for Wilbur "Bud" Pletsch will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at the Dugger Funeral Home, 111 Luick's Lane South in Belmond and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday.

Wilbur Dale "Bud" Pletsch was born March 6, 1925, in Belmond to Fred and Emma Friesleben Pletsch. The family moved to the farm near Alexander in 1928. Bud attended country school a half-mile from the farm. He graduated from the Alexander High School in 1943. Bud then began farming with his parents. Wilbur "Bud" married Geraldine "Gerry" Wilson on March 21, 1948. Bud met Gerry at a dance at the Surf Ballroom. They went to many dances with their friends over the years. They farmed the family farm for 52 years and continued to live there until his death. Bud was a faithful member of the St John Lutheran Church serving as an usher and many terms on the church council.

Bud is survived by his wife of 63 years, Gerry; children, Carla Janssen and husband, Jim, of Waverly; Dale and wife, Melody, of Belmond; grandchildren, Aaron Janssen and Sarah of Houston, Texas: Adam Janssen and Claire of New Orleans, La.; Amber Pals and Chris of Kalona; Dustin Pletsch and Trina of Belmond; great grandchildren, Carl and Noah Janssen, Ashton and Ayslee Pals, and Clayton and Kale Pletsch; brother-in-law, Dick Baker; sister-in-law, Dorothy Wilson; nieces and nephews; and numerous other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Elaine Baker. Dugger Funeral Home, 111 Luick's Lane S., Box 233, Belmond, IA.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Iowa
September 16, 2011