Joseph Herbert LERDAL, D.V.M.

LERDAL, LUTHRO, CANON, CANNON, CAMPBELL, TYLER

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Date: 1/28/2017 at 23:23:14

April 8, 1906 ---- August 29, 1946

Dumont, Iowa - Dr. Joseph Herbert Lerdal, 40, at Lutheran sanatorium, Wheat Ridge, Colo.; born Humboldt county, Iowa, April 8, 1906, son of Ole C. and Anna Lerdal; married Hazel Clair Canon Oct. 19, 1928; affiliated with Lake Lutheran church at Goldfield and Methodist church at Dumont; member of IOOF lodge; came to Dumont in 1927, where he was a veterinarian until three years ago. Leaves widow, three daughters at home, Jo Ann, Claire Javotte, and Judith Lee, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Lerdal, Goldfield, three sisters, Mrs. Ted Campbell, Los Angeles, Cal., Mrs. H. J. Luthro, Eagle Grove, and Mrs. H. A. Tyler, Wilkinsburg, Pa.; two brothers, Orton Lerdal, Goldfield, and Lloyd Lerdal, of Belmond; a brother, Verner Lerdal, preceded him. Funeral, 1:30 p.m. Monday at the home and at 2 in the Methodist church; burial in local cemetery.

Waterloo Sunday Courier --- Waterloo, Iowa
September 1, 1946

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Funeral Services Held Monday for J. H. Lerdal

Dr. Joseph H. Lerdal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ole C. Lerdal of Goldfield, passed away at the Lutheran sanitorium at Wheat Ridge, Colo. August 29. Dr. Lerdal had been in failing health for some time. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Dumont at 2 p.m., September 2. Internment was at Dumont cemetery.

Joseph Herbert Lerdal was born on a farm in Humboldt county April 8, 1906 to Ole C. and Anna S. Lerdal. He attended the county schools and was an active member of the Lake Lutheran church until he left the community to complete his education in early manhood. He attended Iowa State college at Ames and was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in June, 1927. Immediately following his graduation, he settled and began his practice in Dumont where a year later in 1928, he married Clair Hazel Cannon. They had three daughters, JoAnn, Clair Javotte, and Judith Lea. In 1943 Dr. Lerdal's health began to fail and he entered the Oakdale sanitorium where he remained until the spring of 1945 when he returned to his home greatly improved. In the spring of 1946 he felt his condition was again becoming serious and he entered the Lutheran sanitorium at Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Here he received the best of medical care, but passed away at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, August 29, 1946.

He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Hazel, three daughter, JoAnn, Javotte, and Judy; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ole C. Lerdal of Goldfield; two brothers. Orten of Goldfield and Lloyd of Belmond; three sisters, Myrtle Luthro of Eagle Grove, Lillian Tyler of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Helen Campbell of Los Angeles, Calif; and many nieces and nephews. Dr. Lerdal was highly respected, not only as a capable veterinarian, but as a friend and neighbor who was always anxious to help anyone who needed him. His death is a great loss to all who knew him.

Goldfield Gazette --- Eagle Grove, Iowa
September 4, 1946