OBITUARY: LaVerne "Bud" Eugene Kirchgatter, Mitchell County, Iowa

[ St. Ansgar Enterprise Journal online -- Circa August 06, 2002 ]


                    LaVerne "Bud" Eugene Kirchgatter

LaVerne "Bud" Eugene Kirchgatter, 77, of 222 South Pierce, Mason City,
formerly of Plymouth, died Saturday, August 3, 2002, at the USA Health
Care Center in Mason City.

Funeral services were Tuesday, August 6, 2002, at the Old Stone United
Methodist Church in Rock Falls, with Reverend Lisa Locoh officiating.
Burial was at the Oakwood Cemetery in Plymouth, with military flag
presentation and taps by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association. 

The family of LaVerne "Bud" Eugene Kirchgatter has requested that memorial
contributions be made to the Old Stone United Methodist Church in Rock
Falls in his memory. 

LaVerne "Bud" Eugene Kirchgatter was born on January 31, 1925, in Mitchell
County, Iowa near St. Ansgar, the son of Albert and Selma (Grap) Kirchgatter.
He was baptized in the German Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar, and reaffirmed
the faith of his baptism through confirmation in the Lutheran Church in
Osage.  He attended and received his education in the Carpenter Community
school.  He was inducted into the U.S. Army serving overseas in the European
Theater during World War II.  After his honorable discharge he moved to Mason
City and was united in marriage to Marilyn Aase on February 14, 1942, in
Northwood.  She preceded him in death on March 17, 1992.  LaVerne "Bud"
drove for State Brand Creamery in Mason City for several years and also
worked for the Iowa Department of Transportation for several years until
his retirement.  After his retirement he drove a grain truck for Jerry Fritz.

He enjoyed fishing, and gardening, but his great love and enjoyment was his
family and grandchildren.  

He was a Lutheran by fa....

Left to cherish his memory is a son, Steve Kirchgatter and his wife Becky of
Nora Springs, a daughter, Sue Paulson and her husband Dennis of Rock Falls;
three grandchildren, Bobbi Sue Paulson of Mason City, Nichole Paulson of
Rock Falls, and Kyle Kirchgatter of Nora Springs; one great-granddaughter,
Skylar Simon of Rock Falls; two sisters, Ruth Braun of Waterloo, and Doris
Hanson of Northwood, one brother, Lloyd Kirchgatter of Tracy, California;
as well as many nieces and nephews, as well as other relatives and many
friends.

Besides his wife Marilyn, he was also preceded in death by his parents,
one brother, Melbourne Kirchgatter, and a sister, Alice Smith.




Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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