David Lusk WILKIE, Jr.

WILKIE, ENABNIT, BALLARD, PRITCHARD, PETERSON, ANDERSON, HALL, ADERSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/14/2017 at 23:59:24

September 8, 1927 ---- March 1, 2017

VENTURA, Iowa — David Lusk Wilkie, Jr., 89, of Ventura, died Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at his home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, with Pastor Randy Vaage officiating. Burial will be in Ames Municipal Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral at the funeral home. Family suggests memorial contributions to Opportunity Village in Clear Lake.

David was born Sept. 8, 1927, the son of David "Luck", Sr. and Gladys (Enabnit) Wilkie, in Mason City. He married Opal Evelyn Ballard on September 1955, in Ames. She preceded him in death on Oct. 31, 1986. A graduate of Kanawha High School, David served his country in the United States Navy. After returning home, he worked for General Filter in Ames before going to work for his parents at Wilkie Grocery Store in Kanawha. He and his family then moved to Colorado Springs, CO, where he managed a 7-Eleven convenience store for two years. They later moved back to Iowa where he and Opal owned and operated Dave's Corner Store in Badger, Iowa, retiring in the early 1980s.

David was a member of the American Legion, Severson Post 77 in Kanawha. He enjoyed reading, watching Westerns, and later in life, traveling with his special friend, Sally Pritchard.

David is survived by Sally Pritchard of Shoreview, MN, and her extended family; a daughter, Nan (Dan) Peterson of Ventura; three grandchildren, Seth (Evie) Peterson of Nevada, Alicia (Justin) Anderson of Ventura and Tyler (Beka) Peterson of Cedar Falls; four great-grandchildren, Taylor, Tara and Titus Hall, and Athan Peterson; two sisters, Rose Hall of Dubuque and Delores Alderson of Idaho Falls, ID; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, Iowa.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Mason City, IA
March 4, 2017