Philip F. DANGELSER

DANGELSER, KILEY, PLACKLET, AREND

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/19/2012 at 05:16:54

August 27, 1925 --- September 14, 2012

Philip F. Dangelser, 87, of Humboldt and formerly of Fonda, passed away Sept. 14, 2012, at Bethany Life Communities in Story City. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, in the chapel of Bethany Life Communities in Story City. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Humboldt. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Bethany. The Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home, of Humboldt, is in charge of arrangements.

Phil is survived by his wife, Rose, of Story City; four sons, Gary and Connie Dangelser, of Bettendorf, Lynn Dangelser, of Racine, Wis., Brian and Catherine Dangelser, of Ames, and David Dangelser, of Kansas City, Mo.; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one brother, Amand and Judy Dangelser, of Manson; and one sister, Rose and Larry Kiley, of Wesley. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Steven; one grandson, Casey; and his brother and sister-in-law, Nicolas and Sybil Dangelser.

Philip F. Dangelser, the son of Philippe and Cecelia (Placklet) Dangelser, was born Aug. 27, 1925, in Renwick. He attended Vernon Consolidated School, and following his education, worked on the family farm. In 1944, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Following his honorable discharge, he went to work in the meat packing plants of Minneapolis. He returned to Iowa to work on LuVerne area farms and it was there that he met Rose Arend. The couple was married on April 12, 1950, in St. Benedict, Iowa. They first made their home near Bancroft before moving to the Bode area. In 1961, they moved to Goldfield, where he continued his farm work before moving to Fonda in 1964. Following his retirement in 1990, he and Rose made their home in Humboldt. He was a member of St. Marys’ Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. He also was active in the American Legion. He enjoyed his son Steven’s baseball games, gardening, fishing, polka music and, in later years, woodworking and trips to the casino. In lieu of flowers, the Dangelser family requests memorials are made to St. Mary’s church and school.

Ames Tribune - Ames, Iowa
September 19, 2012