OBITUARY:Eldon Leidal, 1945-2004, Worth Co., Iowa [Adapted from Northwood Anchor online - Mar. 3, 2004] Eldon Leidal Memorial services for Eldon Leidal, 58, Northwood, Iowa, will be held at the Deer Creek Valley Lutheran Church on Wednesday, March 3, 2004. Pastor Jeff Wallager will officiate. Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Northwood, is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be at the Deer Creek Cemetery. Eldon died on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, at his home in Northwood. Eldon was born Oct. 29, 1945 to Milferd and Edna (Broitzman) Leidal. He was baptized and confirmed at the Deer Creek Valley Lutheran Church. Eldon was raised by his grandparents, Morris and Amanda (Foley) Leidal after the death of his mother Edna in 1946. He attended grade school at the Davis School District #59, 7th and 8th grade at the Glenville High School and graduated from Northwood High School. Eldon worked at Wilson's in Albert Lea, painted with Tom Mooney, worked at Fleetguard in Lake Mills and owned Leidal Sanitation in Northwood for many years. Survivors include his sisters, Marcile (Kenneth) Anderson of Glenville, Lorraine (David) Horning of Glenville and Donna (Michael) Edworthy of League City, Texas; brothers, Tim (Vicki) Leidal of Charles City, Iowa, and Tom Leidal of Lyle, Minnesota; also special uncle, Wayne (Helen) Leidal of Glenville; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, Milferd and Edna (Broitzman) Leidal and sister Diane Leidal; grandparents, Morris and Amanda (Foley) Leidal and Bernhard and Eliza (Wolff) Broitzman. Eldon will be sadly missed by his family and special friends, Wayne Jacobs, Dennis Grube, and Obed Ladd. Copyright 2004, K.L. Kittleson