Dennis Peter LICKTEIG

LICKTEIG, OHMES, WALDSCHMIDT, CAMPBELL, KOLLASCH, PLATHE, VIGIL, PREHM, GUNNERSON, BOWER, STEINGREABER, HANSON, BELLON, BUETTNER, MARTIN, HANLEY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/8/2013 at 16:04:03

June 6, 1915 — March 10, 2013

ALGONA — A funeral Mass for Denny Lickteig will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 15, 2013, at St. Cecelia Catholic Church in Algona. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Algona, with military honors conducted. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on (today) Thursday, March 14, at Oakcrest Funeral Services of Algona with a scripture prayer service beginning at 7 p.m. followed by a Knights of Columbus rosary.

Dennis Peter ‘Denny’ Lickteig passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2013, at the Algona Manor Care Center at the age of 97. He became a resident of the Algona Manor in January, 2013.

Denny was born June 6, 1915, in Richmond, Kan., the son of John Jacob and Mary Elizabeth (Ohmes) Lickteig. The family moved to Iowa, first to Corwith and then to Wesley, where they lived on the Apple Treat Farm. Denny graduated from Wesley High School in 1935. For a short time, he drove a Standard Oil tank wagon. In 1941, he enlisted in the U.S Army and served during WWII. He was discharged in 1945. He married Luella ‘Toot’ Waldschmidt in Omaha, Neb., on Dec. 2, 1942. After Denny's discharge from the service, the couple moved to Clear Lake, where he again worked for Standard Oil. Denny started farming near St. Benedict, in 1947, and continued until his retirement in 1978. Toot and Denny moved to Algona in 1977, where he enjoyed vegetable gardening, caring for his beloved roses, fishing and traveling, including going to Reno, Nev., each year for 20 years for Army reunions. Together, Toot and Denny enjoyed working the daily crossword puzzles and playing cribbage with friends. Denny was a long-time member of the VFW, the Wesley American Legion, the Knights of Columbus Council 952 and St. Cecelia Catholic Church in Algona.

He and Toot raised seven children during their 70 years of marriage: Richard (Delores) Lickteig of Wesley; Anita (Dave) Campbell of Saylorville; Mike (Shirley) Lickteig of Perry; Gene (Vicki) Lickteig of Urbandale; Coleen (Larry) Kollasch of Algona; Bud (Kathy) Lickteig of West Des Moines; and Carol (Dale) Plathe of Algona. Denny was also a wonderful Grandpa, and enjoyed spending time with his 23 grandchildren. They include: Pam (Keith) Hoffman; Joe (Jane) Lickteig; Larry (Jennifer) Lickteig; Dan (Patricia Vigil) Lickteig; Sara (Rob) Prehm; Jeff Gunnerson; Scott Gunnerson (Alissa); Mark Lickteig; Missy (Dave) Bower; Ryan Lickteig; Susan (John) Steingreaber; John (Michelle) Lickteig; Todd (Andrea) Kollasch; Brian (Sheila) Kollasch; Kevin Kollasch; Greg Kollasch (Holly); Pete (Whitney) Kollasch; Sherri Hanson; Sam (Kiala) Lickteig; Ben (Kelly) Lickteig; Zac (Meghanne) Lickteig; Lindsay (Wade) Bellon; and Charlie (Alyssa) Plathe, plus 30 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Also left to mourn his loss is one brother, Jerry Lickteig; and sisters, Edna Waldschmidt, Ann Buettner, Carmel Martin and Shirley Hanley. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers Don, Urban and Jack. Oakcrest Funeral Services in charge of arrangements.

Algona Upper Des Moines - Algona, Iowa
March 13, 2013