Donald Kuehl

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
DONALD KUEHL


BORN
June 3, 1926
O’Brien County, Iowa

PASSED AWAY
October 14, 2012
Sutherland, Iowa


FUNERAL SERVICE
10:30 A.M. Thursday, October 18, 2012
Zion United Church of Christ; Calumet, Iowa
Rev. Barb Weier ~ Officiating

Visitation will be after 3 P.M. Wednesday with the family present from 6 to 8 P.M. Wednesday at the Eldridge Family Funeral Home in Paullina, Iowa.

MUSIC
C.D. “Look At Us” By Vince Gill”
C.D. “Amazing Grace” By Leon Olsen
CONGREGATIONAL HYMN
“How Great Thou Art”
Organist: Florence Rehder

HONORARY CASKET BEARERS
Kody Kuehl Lexie Kuehl
Kelly Lange
Dustin Kuehl Hunter Kuehl
CASKET BEARERS
Doug Carlson Steve Carlson
Dave Orthmann Dave Faust
Todd Faust Marty Rahbusch

FINAL RESTING PLACE
Liberty Township Cemetery ~ Calumet, Iowa
Military graveside service by:
Sutherland American Legion

After the graveside service relatives and friends are invited to join the family in the fellowship hall of the church.

Arrangements under the care of the
Eldridge Family Funeral Home; Paullina, Iowa

DONALD KUEHL
Donald Kuehl, the son of Irene Kuehl Hoppe was born June 3, 1926 in O’Brien County, Iowa. The family lived near Calumet, Iowa. He attended country school and then Calumet school, graduating from the 8th grade. He then worked for farmers in the area. He served for his country from 1946 to 1947 during W.W. II. He was united in marriage to Mary Ann Koch March 3, 1949 in Calumet. They worked for two farmers for six years and then moved to Helen Reimer’s farm south of Calumet and lived there from 1956 until the present. He retired from farming in 1992. Because of failing health he entered the Sutherland Care Center several weeks ago and passed away there on Sunday, October 14, 2012 reaching the age of 86 years, 4 months and 11 days.
He was baptized and confirmed at the Zion United Church of Christ in Calumet. He served on the church council and was a member of the Calumet Legion, Sutherland Legion and the Calumet Community Club.
Donald leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Mary Ann of 63 years of rural Paullina; two daughters, Lanna Kay Kuehl of Houston, Texas and Nancy Ann Kuehl of Norwalk, Iowa; two sons and their wives, Jeffrey and Becky Kuehl of Sanborn, Iowa and Gary and Sherry Kuehl of Hartley, Iowa; five grandchildren, Kody and Lexie Kuehl, Kelly Lange, Dustin and Hunter Kuehl; his adopted mother, Helen Reimers of Sutherland Care Center; brothers, Merle Kuehl of Granville and Terry Hoppe of Calumet; a former daughter-in-law, Helen Kuehl; also other relatives and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his great granddaughter in infancy, Trista Kay Heitritter; his mother, Irene Kuehl Hoppe, three sisters-in-law, Gerda Kuehl, Dorothy Koch, Dorothy Fischer; two brothers-in-law, Arnold Carlson and Marlin Fischer; also aunts and uncles on the Kuehl side of the family.