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                                                                                                 OBITUARIES

    David Olson                            Josh while teaching him the secrets of   Douglas Williams                          senior high school principal at Gilbert       Daniel A. Tank                           	 He loved so many things includ-
                                           his self-proclaimed legend of, “THE                                                Community School, then superin-                                                        ing family, church, friends and sports.
	 After a courageous 22 month              GREAT WHITE HUNTER.” The                 	 Douglas C. Williams, 68, of Clear       tendent in 1980. Doug was a shared          	 Daniel Anthony Tank, 15, of              He enjoyed wrestling, playing soccer,
battle with lung cancer, David Olson,      love he had for the great outdoors,      Lake, died Wednesday morning, Oct.        superintendent between Gilbert and          Clear Lake, passed away Saturday, Oct.     and running cross country for Clear
of Eagle, Colo., passed away peace-        fishing, and hunting is passionately     21, 2015 at the Muse Norris Hospice       United community school from 1988-          24, 2015 at his home.                      Lake High School. Daniel worked at
fully in his home Oct. 10, 2015 sur-       shared by his son, Josh. There was al-   Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa.         92. In June 2004, Doug retired from         	 A celebration of Daniel’s life will      Fareway and the Clear Lake Mirror-
rounded by his beloved family. Dave        ways intense competition between the     	 A reception to celebrate Doug’s         the Gilbert superintendent’s position       be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct.       Reporter.
was 68 years old.                          two for the first and/or biggest fish,   life will be held on Sunday, Nov. 15,     after 29 years of dedicated service to the  29, 2015, at Harvest Bible Chapel,         	 Daniel was a ray of sunshine ev-
	 A visitation will be held Satur-         and whose deer or elk had the widest     2015, from 1-3 p.m. at the DMACC          district. In August 2004, he became         2200 N. 24th St., Clear Lake, with         erywhere he went because of his love
day, Oct. 31, 2015, 10 a.m.-noon at        and/or most points - who won that        Career Academy, Hunziker Center,          Vice-President for Business Services        Pastor John Tank officiating. Burial       for God and other people. He was an
the Lakeview Room, Clear Lake.             competition depends on which one         1420 S. Bell Ave, Ames, Iowa. In lieu     at the Des Moines Area Community            will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery,        amazing ambassador for Christ sharing
	 Dave was born on Feb. 11, 1947           you spoke to.                            of flowers and if you choose, memori-     College (DMACC) retiring in July of         Clear Lake. Family will greet friends      the Gospel with everyone he came in
in Brodhead, Wis. where he graduated       	 Upon the return to Colorado,           als can be sent to the Gilbert Education  2012.                                       Wednesday, Oct. 28, from 4-7 p.m. at       contact with. He will be deeply missed
from high school in 1966. He worked        Dave worked at Schlage Lock until        Foundation or Des Moines Area Com-        	 While at both Gilbert and                 Harvest Bible Chapel-Clear Lake. The       by family and everyone that knew him.
in the family farming business and at      his dedication to the military led him   munity College (DMACC) scholarship        DMACC, Doug provided leadership             family asks that you please dress casual.  	 Daniel is survived by his parents,
Pierce Music before he was drafted         back to serve in the Civil Service. The  fund.                                     during times of record enrollment and       	 Daniel was born Feb. 11, 2000,           John and Becky Tank, Clear Lake; two
into the military in 1966. Dave re-        couple’s second son, David John, was     	 Doug Williams was born to               facility enhancement. He was also in-       in Glendale, Az., the son of John and      siblings, Johnathan and Natalie Tank,
tired from the military in 1977, after     born in 1985 and unexpectedly passed     Charles and Helen Williams on March       volved in many committees with the          Rebecca (Foster) Tank.                     Clear Lake; paternal grandparents,
11 years of service. He served three       away at the age of 3 1/2 months. In      13, 1947, in Eldora, Iowa. He graduat-    Area XI Administrator Association. His      	 Daniel and his family moved to           John and Diane Tank, Phoenix, Az.;
tours in Vietnam as a combat engi-         1987, the Olson family moved to the      ed from New Providence High School        leadership at DMACC included serv-          Clear Lake in February 2012, where he      maternal grandmother, Marlys Foster,
neer in the 101st Airborne, 1st Caval-     mountains of Colorado, where they        in 1965 and from Simpson College,         ing on the Iowa Community College           and his family planted Harvest Bible       Peoria, Az.; paternal great-grandmoth-
ry Division, and Fourth Infantry Di-       later built their dream home. It over-   Indianola, Iowa, in 1969, with a ma-      Business Officers Association. During       Chapel. He was a student at Clear          er, Naomi Daney, Sun City, Az.; aunts
vision. Dave was a highly decorated        looked the beautiful Rocky Moun-         jor in physical education and a minor     his career, Doug served on many local,      Lake High School.                          and uncles, Matthew Tank, Phillip and
soldier earning numerous honorable         tains that they enjoyed with such pas-   in sociology and drivers education. In    state, and regional boards. Those where                                                Heather Tank, Nicholas Tank, Todd
awards such as the Vietnam Service         sion. After working construction and     1973, Doug received his master’s in       he presided as president of the board        Marie D. Nissen                           and Kate Andress, and Danny and
Medal, Defense Service Medal, Good         with the school district, Dave became    education, guidance and counseling        included: Ames Story County Cyclone                                                    Amy Foster; many cousins; and all of
Conduct Medal, Army Commenda-              medically disabled and retired allow-    degree, and in 1975, education special-   Club; Iowa High School Athletic Asso-       	 Marie D. Nissen, 98, of Clear            his extended church family.
tion Medal, and Bronze Star Medal.         ing him to enjoy the life he always      ist degree in administration from Iowa    ciation Board of Control; United Way;       Lake, passed away Oct. 23, 2015, at        	 He was preceded in death by pa-
Most importantly, Dave was awarded         envisioned in the mountains. Dave        State University.                         Mid-Iowa Computer Center; and Li-           Oakwood Care Center.                       ternal great-grandparents, Anthony
the Purple Heart Medal, which he           enjoyed traveling to visit his many      	 He began his career at Orient-          ons Club. In addition, Doug was very        	 A funeral service was held on            and Patricia Tank; and maternal grand-
refused to accept due to the soldiers      family, friends, and military com-       Macksberg Community School as             proud of his involvement with Leader-       Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, at Evangeli-       parents, DeVer and Mabel Wilder, Vir-
who lost their lives fighting alongside    rades.                                   physical education/driver education       ship Iowa, School Administrators of         cal Free Church, Clear Lake, with the      gil Foster, and Grace Foster.
him.                                       	 Dave will be greatly missed and        teacher and coach, 1969-71; then from     Iowa Mentoring program, many Iowa           Rev. Dan Jordan officiating. Burial        	 The family suggests memorials be
	 In 1976, Dave married the love           fondly remembered as a passionate,       1971-74 became guidance counselor/        State University committees, and serv-      was in Clear Lake Cemetery.                made to the Daniel Anthony Tank Me-
of his life, Kathy (French). They re-      loving, husband, father, and friend      coach at Stuart Menlo. In 1974-75,        ing as a volunteer youth basketball/        	 Family Suggests memorial con-            morial Fund in lieu of flowers in care
sided in Colorado Springs while he         and according to him, “THE GREAT         he moved to Exira Community School        baseball coach.                             tributions to the Evangelical Free         of John and Becky Tank, 2200 N. 24th
was stationed at Fort Carson until his     WHITE HUNTER.” He is survived            as high school principal and athletic     	 Doug met his wife, Pam, while             Church.                                    St., Clear Lake, Iowa 50428.
military retirement in 1977. Follow-       by his wife of 39 years, Kathy Olson;    director. In 1975, he became junior/      attending ISU. They married in 1975         	 Marie was born Sept. 13, 1917,           	 Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel
ing his retirement, the couple moved       his son and daughter-in-law, Josh and                                              and had one son, Christopher, current-      the daughter of Janne and Hanna            was in charge of arrangements.
to Clear Lake, to be near family and       Heather Olson, of Colorado Springs;                                                ly residing in San Jose, Calif. He is also  Christiansen, in Lindholm, Germany         of them until their deaths. In 1956
where Dave returned to farming and         sisters, Barb Menehan, Sandy (Bruce)                                               survived by sisters, Vicki (Gene) Oxley,    and was the youngest of nine children.     she married Henry Nissen, then im-
was employed at MillCraft. The Ol-         Miller, Debbie Fitzgerald, and Mary                                                Marshalltown, Iowa and Jane (Steve)         She finished her formal education in       migrated to America in 1957 where
sons were blessed with the birth of        (Craig) DeWeerdt; as well as many                                                  Terrill, Ames; several nieces, nephews,     Germany and began work as a maid           Henry farmed in the Clear Lake area.
their first child, Joshua David. Be-       nieces, nephews and cousins, all of                                                and cousins.                                for a local family. She married Son-       To this union two daughters, Hannah
cause of Dave’s passion for the Rocky      Wisconsin and Illinois; mother-in-                                                 	 Doug enjoyed working out, boat-           ke Friedrichsen in 1939, and to this       and Lorian were born. After retiring in
Mountains, they returned to Colo-          law, Lorraine French, of Clear Lake;                                               ing, swimming, riding bike, tennis,         union was born a son, Detlef. Dur-         1968 Marie and Henry moved to Clear
rado Springs in 1979 to welcome and        brother-in-law, Terry (Kari) French,                                               pickle ball, and spending time with         ing WWII she lost her husband, then        Lake and enjoyed their golden years
raise their first born. Josh was Dave’s    of Texas; sister-in-laws, Nancy (Harv)                                             family and friends in Clear Lake and        moved in with her parents to take care     until Henry’s passing in 1999. Marie
pride and joy, and he loved to share       Kunzman, Clear Lake, Vicky Holstad,                                                Peoria, Az.                                                                            enjoyed two visits back to Lindholm,
his passion for the mountains with         of Colorado, Wendy (Dan) Wood,                                                     	 In agreement with his wishes,                                                        Germany to see family in 1994 and
                                           of Garner, Iowa; and brother-in-law,                                               Doug has donated his body to Mayo                                                      2011.
                                           Lynn Holstad, of Colorado; as well as,                                             Clinic for science research.                                                           	 She enjoyed cooking, needle work,
                                           numerous nieces and nephews. Dave                                                  	 Fullerton Funeral Home, Mason                                                        and tending to her gardening.
                                           has lifelong friends all over the coun-                                            City, was in charge of arrangements.                                                   	 Marie was a member of Evangeli-
                                           try, as well as his Valley View Hospi-                                                                                                                                    cal Free Church.
                                           tal team in Glenwood Springs, Colo.                   Frederick Clausen                                                                                                   	 She is survived by her son, Detlef
                                           who all quickly became family.           	 A remembrance and memorial participate, sharing memorabilia and                                                                (Carol) Friedrichsen, of Des Moines;
                                           	 Dave is preceded in death by his       celebration for Frederick Fritz Clau- memories, so Fritz may be celebrated as                                                    two daughters, Hannah (Eric Russell)
                                           son, David John, in 1985; his mother     sen, open to the public, is to be held 3 he would have preferred                                                                 Nissen, of Ohio, and Lorian Medina, of
                                           and father, Howard and Lois Olson;       p.m., on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015,  at 	 No flowers please, contributions                                                        Ohio; five grandchildren, John (Julie)
                                           and his father-in-law, LeRoy French.     Clausen’s Cove, Clear Lake.               may be made to the Clausen Living                                                      Friedrichsen, Nicholas Friedrichsen,
                                           	 A celebration of life was held at      	 Fritz’ family and friends are en- History Museum, c/o the Clausen                                                              Melinda (Hector Gomez) Friedrich-
                                           the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of        couraged to join the remembrance and Family Trust, contact Ms. Sue Price,                                                        sen, Wally Medina and Angela (Matt)
                                           Western Colorado in Grand Junction,      to share personal recollections, tales, Clear Lake Bank and Trust.                                                               Wright, and 10 great-grandchildren.
                                           Colo. Condolences can be sent to P.O.    stories and legends related to Fritz and 	 On Nov. 1, a short memorial ser-                                                      	 Marie was preceded in death by
                                           Box #6220, Eagle, Colo. 81631.           his family.                               vice will be held at the Clear Lake Con-                                               her parents; first husband, Sonke Fried-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     richsen; second husband, Henry Nis-
Bernice C. Scott-Anderson                                                           	 The Clausen house (Fritz’ grandfa- gregational Church and a social gather-                                                     sen; one infant son, Paul Nissen; six
                                                                                    ther’s home) will also be open to family ing will follow, potluck items gratefully                                               brothers; and two sisters.
                                                                                    and friends at 6 p.m. for further fellow- accepted.                                                                              	 The family would like to thank the
        Berniece C. Scott-Anderson, 97, a  Belmond.                                 ship, sharing, and socializing. A pho- 	 A portion of Fritz’ ashes will be                                                       Hospice of North Iowa in Mason City,
resident of the Rehabilitation Center of   	 Funeral services were held at An-      tographic story board is planned to in- spread on Clear Lake, with the remain-                                                   and the nursing staff at Oakwood Care
Belmond, Iowa, passed away Oct. 19,        drews Funeral Home, 516 1st Street       spire more recollections and tales.  Any der to be interred in the Clausen family                                                Center, in Clear Lake, for their tender
2015, at the Rehabilitation Center of      SE, Belmond, Iowa, on Friday, Oct. 23.   and all attendees are encouraged to plot.                                                                                        care. We appreciate the flowers, cards
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     and visits from her many friends, as
More obituaries are found on page 9                                                                                                                                                                                  well.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     	 Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     was in charge of arrangements.

                                                                                                 Rich Oehlert

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