This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/3201 Message Board Post: Services for 90-year-old Dell O'Day of Dunlap will be held 10:30 am Wednesday, October 25th at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Dunlap. Burial will be at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Dunlap. Dell O'Day died Saturday, October 21st, at Dunlap Nursing and Rehab Center. Survivors include his wife, Ruth; 1 son, Bill O'Day (Bonnie) of Dunlap; 2 daughters, Peggy Wilke (Ken) of Omaha and Pat Schmidt (Gary) of Harlan. Friends may call after 10:00 am Tuesday, October 24th at the Fouts Funeral Home in Dunlap with a scripture service at 7:30 PM. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dell O'Day Visitation: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 10:00 AM until 9:00 PM Fouts Funeral Home 10th & Jeroleman Dunlap, IA 51529 Scripture Service Tuesday, October 24, 2006 7:30 PM until 8:00 PM Fouts Funeral Home Dunlap, IA 51529 Service: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:30 PM St. Patrick's Catholic Church Dunlap, IA 51529 Willam Delbert O Day was born on August 3, 1916, to Michael and Jessie (Jenkins) O Day in the Gallands Grove area northeast of Dunlap. Dell attended Galland’s Grove Country School. He then began farming with his parents. Dell married Ruth Hartwig on March 21, 1937, at the Lutheran Parsonage in Harlan. The couple farmed in the Galland S grove area on Dell S parents farm. The couple moved into Dunlap in mid 1970s. Dell was a member of the St. Patrick S Catholic Church. He especially loved farming and his favorite tractor was his B John Deere. Dell also loved horses and he was always concerned about race horses. Dell died on Saturday, October 21, 2006, at the Dunlap Nursing and Rehab Center in Dunlap, Iowa at the age of 90 years, two months and 18 days. Dell was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Hubert, Tom, Bill, Mort and John; one sister, Marguerite O Day; infant daughter; and daughter, Shelley O Day ~ she was 18 Years old and had Cerebral Palsey. Dell is survived by his wife, Ruth O Day of Dunlap, Iowa; son, Bill O Day and his wife Bonnie of Dunlap, Iowa; two daughters, Peggy and husband Kenny Wilke of Omaha, Nebraska, Pat & husband Gary Schmidt of Harlan, Iowa; nine grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; one great-great grandson; two sisters-in-law, Edith Jenkins of Woodbine, Iowa, Rita Hartwig of Dunlap, Iowa; and many other relatives and friends. Funeral Services St. Patrick's Catholic Church ~ Dunlap, Iowa Wednesday, October 25, 2006, at 10:30 am Celebrant Father Paul Strittmatter Musicians Marilyn Grote & Jerry Baldwin Selections How Great Thou Art, Wind Beneath My Wings Grandpa, Danny Boy Pall Bearers Tom O Day, Fritz Baldwin, Kevin Wilke Brad O Day, Brett Schmidt & Bart Schmidt Honorary Pall Bearers Giselle Wilke, Terri Talacko, Brenda Fahle Belinda O Day & Benita Foley Final Resting Place Pleasant Hill Cemetery Dunlap, Iowa posted with permission from: Fouts Funeral Home Woodbine - Dunlap, IA www.foutsfuneralhome.com