Excerpted from the Emmetsburg (IA) Democrat-Feb 2 , 2006
Morris Carl Dalen
b. 7 Mar 1923 in Ruthven, Iowa
d. 30 Jan 2006 in Emmetsburg, Iowa
Funeral on 2 Feb 2006 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Graettinger, Iowa with burial in Valley View Cemetery in Graettinger, Iowa.
Son of Ole and Amanda (Mundahl) Dalen
Married on 14 Oct 1944 in Fairmont, Minnesota to Fern Tonneson.
Member of Bethel Lutheran Church, Graettinger Telephone Company, Graettinger Creamery, Valley View Cemetery, Terminal Co-op Elevator and the Farm Bureau.
Survived by his wife, Fern of Graettinger, Iowa; his children, Jim Dalen of Omaha, Nebraska; Richard Dalen of Estherville, Iowa; Maureen Sandberg of Graettinger, Iowa; Duane Dalen of Oreana, Illinois; Darryl Dalen of Andover, Minnesota; and Ruth Thill of Britt, Iowa; fifteen grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sisters, Eleanor Pelroy of Denver, Colordao; Helen Wogen of Denver, Colorado; Agnes Lowman of Aurora, Colorado; and Doris McGuire of Buena Vista, Colorado.
Preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Ed, John, Harold and Donald; and three infant siblings.