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Orin M. Holstad

1924 - 1981

 
Orin M. Holstad

Clear Lake - Funeral services for Orin M. Holstad, 57, principal of Central School here, will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake. Burial will be in Sion Lutheran Church Cemetery, rural Lake Mills.

Mr. Holstad died Wednesday (Nov. 25, 1981) at a Mason City hospital.

Visitation will begin at noon today at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake.

Mr. Holstad had served as principal in Clear Lake since 1960. Prior to that time, he had been an elementary school principal at Britt and had taught at Klemme and Webb.

He was born March 12, 1924 in Worth County to Otto and Margaret Holstad. He married Mary Lou Rabe on Feb. 1, 1953 in Webb. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II and was a member of the Clear Lake Noon Lions Club, the American Legion, the Elementary Principals Association and Zion Lutheran Church.

Survivors included his wife, Mary Lou, Clear Lake; a son, David, Clear Lake; a daughter, Mrs. Connie Kvam, Neola; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Holstad, Northwood; and three brothers, Richard, Northwood; Waldo, Farmington, Minn.; and Arden, Tucson, Ariz.



source: Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, 27 Nov 1981, page 2, column 1
 

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Orin Holstad: born 12 Mar 1924, Worth County, Iowa - died 25 Nov 1981, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Grave marker at Sion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Bristol, Worth County, Iowa

Son of Otto Bernhardt Holstad, born 1901 - died 1978 and Margaret Jensine Storre, born 1903 - died
1985
 
Husband of: Mary Lou Rabe, born 1931 - died 2014

Brother of:
Waldo B Holstad (1925–2003)
Arden J. Holstad (1927–2007)
 
 
source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 93767415


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