James Joel "Jim" Pals
Source: Author: Poolman, Judy, Title: Lieuwen / Frey Family Group Rec., (Publication location: Clarion, IA, Publisher: JP, Publication date: xvii June MMVII), pg. 6.
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"CHILD 7 - Mourine Ruth LIEUWEN
NOTES - Than Under Carol Family //Laura Mar Bryan E. Grimm
DEATH: Iowa, Wright County, Belmond Health care Center
MOURINE RUTH [LIEUWEN] PALS
Mourine R. Pals 94 of belmnd, IA, passed away wednesday July 14,2004, at the Belmond health Care Center in belmond, IA.
Mourine Ruth Lieuwen was born July 30, 1909, on the Lieuwen family farm in Avery Township, Hancock County, Iowa. ...
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Mourine married Joe Pals of Alexander, Iowa, on November 9, 1929, at the parsonage of the First Reformed Church in Meservey, Iowa. During the years when Joe worked maintaining the roads of Wright County the couple made their home in Belmond. Later, in 1947, they moved to the Lieuwen farm where they lived until retiring to thier home in Belmond in 1974. Joe died in 1989. ... Joe and Mourine were the parents of four children: ... and James of Britt. Mourine is also survived by ten grandchildren: Susan Neuwhoner, Leanne Ermer, Susan Gersema, Debra Cunningham, Teresa Pietsch, Laura Grimm, Lisa Smith, Tom Lerdal, Nicole Stoller [Jim], Joel Pals. She also has fourteen great-grandchildren. ...
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Casket bearers were > Tom Lerdal, Joel Pals, [grandsons] Terry Evens, Lynn Ostendorf, Terrell Baker, Robert Pals [nephews].
Honorary Casketbearers: Jean Ostendorf, Alice Bryant, Shirley Fulton, Rosemary Hamilton, Marvel Statlander, Judy Poolman, [nieces]
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Author: NN (anonymous, pseudonym = LDV), Title: "James Joel "Jim" Pals," (Publication location: Belmond, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxii Apr MMXVII), Repository: The Cloud
Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178658755/james-joel-pals
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James Joel "Jim" Pals Birth 1 Oct 1942 Belmond, Wright County, Iowa, USA Death 26 Dec 2016 (aged 74) Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA Burial Belmond Cemetery Belmond, Wright County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 178658755
BELMOND - James J. Pals, 74, of Belmond, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City.
Family will greet family and friends at a memorial gathering for James J. Pals from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 22, 2017, at the Leinbach Center, 116 Luick's Lane in Belmond.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 22, 2017, at the Leinbach Center in Belmond.
James Joel Pals was born at Belmond, Iowa, on Oct. 1, 1942, to Joe and Mourine Pals.
He attended and graduated from the Belmond Community Schools in 1960. A graduate of the University of Northern Iowa with bachelor's and master's degrees in English and speech, Jim taught high school English and speech at the West Hancock (Britt) Community Schools for 40 years, retiring in 2004. Jim was also an adjunct English instructor for NIACC for many years.
While living in Britt, Jim was an active member of the Hancock County Little Theater, Hancock County Historical Society, and the Britt Public Library board of directors. For four years Jim served as the director of religious education for St. Patrick Catholic Church in Britt. Jim was also a field contract inspector for the Pioneer Hi Bred International Seed Co. for 15 summers. After his retirement, Jim returned to Belmond where he was a member of the Belmond Chapter of the Wright County Historical Society.
Jim enjoyed family genealogy, local history, crossword puzzles, and collecting antiques and pictures of the rural schools of Wright and Hancock Counties.
Jim is survived by a son Joel (Shelby) of Belmond, a daughter Nicole (Brandon) of Oakland; two sisters Joan Carroll, Osage, and Carol (Roland) Lerdal, Berne, Ind.; one brother David (Marlys) Pals of Cedar Falls; and granddaughter Aria.
Jim's family is establishing a memorial fund which will provide an opportunity for teachers in the West Hancock School District to seek funding for classroom projects and student activities. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Jim Pals Memorial Fund.
Ewing Funeral Home, 111 Luick's Lane South, Belmond, IA 50421, 641-444-3248, www.ewingfh.com.
Bio by: Sam
Family Members
Parents
Joe Pals 1903-1989
Mourine Ruth Lieuwen Pals 1909-2004
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Created by: LDV Added: 22 Apr 2017 Find A Grave Memorial 178658755"
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