OBITUARY: Donovan Ray Carroll, 1931-1996, Mitchell County, Iowa

(Edited) from Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, February 22, 1996




                         Donovan Ray Carroll

AUSTIN, Minnesota--Donovan Ray Carroll, 64, of 702 13th Ave. S.W.,
Austin, died Monday (Feb. 19, 1996) at St. Marys Hospital, Rochester.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. today at Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Austin, with the Rev. Andrew M. Lindahl
officiating.

Inurnment will be at St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery in Toeterville,
Iowa.

Donovan Carroll was born Oct. 11, 1931, in Mona, Iowa, to Milford
and Wilma (DeMaris) Carroll.

He graduated from Lyle High School in 1950, where he lived
until moving to Austin in 1964.

He married Audrey Langrock on June 2, 1956, at St. Peter's Lutheran
Church, Toeterville, Iowa.

He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Austin;
Olaf B. Damm Post #1216 and Lyle American Legion.

He loved to fish and hunt and was involved in sports all of
his life.

He is survived by his wife, Audrey Carroll of Austin.; sons
and daughters-in-law, Lynn and Sue Carroll of Robbinsdale, Todd
and Heather Carroll of Bloomington; daughter and son-in-law,
Lori and Todd Johnson of Bloomington; three granddaughters, Heather
and Erica Johnson of Bloomington, and Tessa Carroll of Robbinsdale;
brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Lynette Carroll of Austin;
sisters and brother-in-law, Nancy Alm of Austin, Sandra and Manley
Berg, of White Bear Lake; aunt, Agnes DeMaris of Bolan, Iowa;
and nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Honorary bearers will be Howard Ellsworth, William Bell, Maynard
Penning, Gene Spence, Jim Spence and Harold Johnson. Pallbearers
will be Jon Berg, Jason Berg, Dennis Hanson, John Westendorf,
Art Draayer and Patrick Draayer.

The Clasen-Jordan Mortuary was in charge of arrangments.


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