OBITUARY: Alton G. Kittleson Jr., 1931-2001, Mitchell Co., Iowa





                          Alton G. Kittleson Jr.

LAKE CITY -- A funeral Mass for Alton G. Kittleson Jr. will be 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lake City, with the Rev. James
Russell officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery, with military
rites by Lake City VFW Post 8729 and American Legion Post 110.

Mr. Kittleson, 70, of Lake City, formerly of LeRoy and Rochester, died
Sunday (Nov. 24, 2001) in the emergency room of Lake City Hospital.

Born Nov. 18, 1931, in St. Ansgar, Iowa, he graduated from St. Ansgar High
School in 1950 and served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1953. On April 20,
1963, he married Violet Spellman in LeRoy. They lived in LeRoy until 1969,
in Lake City from 1969 to 1991, and then in Rochester until returning to
Lake City in 1999. Mr. Kittleson was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.
He enjoyed gardening, sports and fishing.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Sam (Lisa) of Lake City and Don
(Andrea) of Rochester; a daughter, Sandy (Mike) Miller of Mankato; two
grandchildren; his mother, Fannie Kittleson of St. Ansgar; and a sister,
Barbara Wilder of St. Ansgar. His father preceded him in death.

Friends may call an hour before the service Wednesday at the church. 

Mahn Family Funeral Home, Anderson-Peterson Chapel in Lake City is in
charge of arrangements.




Contributed to IAGENWEB by Kathy Pike, December 2005.