OBITUARY: Dean Dodge, 1921-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa

[ Posted Nov. 16, 2005 - www.mcpress.com  - Mitchell County Press-News ]




                                 Dean Dodge
 
Funeral services for Dean Dodge, age 84, of Osage, Iowa, were held Friday,
Nov. 11, 2005 at First United Methodist Church in Osage with Rev. Dr. J.
Samuel Subramanian officiating. Burial was on Saturday at the Osage
Cemetery. Dean died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005, at St. Mary's Hospital in
Rochester, Minnesota.

Dean was born July 14, 1921, the son of Raymond and Eva (Dean) Dodge. His
mother died when he was almost one year old.  It was his mother's request
that John and Julia Dodge would take Dean, which they did.

He married Beda B. Elliott on Feb. 26, 1944.  They lived on a farm southeast
of Osage and farmed until his retirement in 1982, when they moved to Osage.

He was a member of the Osage United Methodist church.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Left to mourn his death are his wife Beda B. Dodge of Osage; daughter Ruth
Dodge of Osage; son Rev. Robert Dodge and his wife Brenda of Britt; six
grandchildren; Beda Dodge of Elkhart, Ind., Kama Dodge of Waterloo, Timothy
and his wife Hillary Dodge of Bettendorf, Kristin Dodge of Britt and her
fianc/ Ryan Volk of New Hampton, Amy Dodge of Britt and Jeremy Dodge of
Britt; and many friends and other family members.

Arrangments were made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage (641)732-3706.