OBITUARY: Gary D. Cole, 1942-2003, Worth Co., Iowa


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                                Gary D. Cole
 
Gary D. Cole, 60, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at his home at Plymouth.  

Funeral services were Monday at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Grafton, with
Rev. Wayne Ellingson and Intern Irmgard Ellingson officiating. Burial was
at the Grafton Cemetery.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Northwood, was in charge of arrangements.

Gary was born Sept. 21, 1942 to Floyd and Lydia (Borchardt) Cole and grew
up on their family's farm near the towns of Plymouth and Grafton. He
attended elementary school in Plymouth and graduated from Grafton High
School in 1960. He attended U.S. Trade Schools in Kansas City, MO after
graduating from high school. Gary joined and served in the Iowa Army
National Guard during the early 1960's.

He married Charlotte Marie Borchert on Jan. 1, 1965 at the Emmanuel Lutheran
Church in Grafton where they were both baptized and confirmed. They lived in
Mason City before moving to his family's farm and their current home.
During the beginning years of of Gary's farming career, he worked for
David Manufacturing, American Crystal Sugar and Massey Ferguson in Mason
City.

Gary served on the Emmanuel Lutheran Church Board, St. Ansgar Community
School Board, and the North Iowa Co-op Elevator Board of Directors.

Gary loved being with his family and friends. Whether playing cards, doing a
ctivities or going on trips he always shared his practical jokes and good
natured mischief.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his father and mother-in-law, two
sisters-in-law and two brothers-in-law.

Survivors include his wife, Charlotte; son, Michael Cole and his wife Nicole
and their sons Mitchell and Ryan of Grafton; daughter, Michelle Hill and her
husband Andy and their daughter Hannah of Manly, Eugene Cole and his wife
Mary Pat of Mason City; brother-in-law, Stan Borchert and his wife Kathy of
Marshfield, WI; sister-in-law, Linda Patterson and her husband Virgil of
St. Ansgar; nieces and nephews, extended family, friends and neighbors.

 



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