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Gordon
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Gordon Aswegan
December 7, 1950 — September 15, 2013
Gordon L. Aswegan 62, of Grundy Center, Iowa, died at his home on Sunday, September 15, 2013. Following cremation, memorial services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at the American Lutheran Church in Grundy Center with Pastor Luther Thoresen officiating. Gordon's family will receive friends on Wednesday evening from 5 pm to 7 pm at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. Memorials may be directed to his family and online condolences may be made at www.abelsfuneralhomes.com.
Gordon was born December 7, 1950 in Waterloo, Iowa, son of Luke and Henrietta (Bulthuis) Aswegan. He was raised in Parkersburg where he graduated from high school in 1970. On December 14, 1974 Gordon was united in marriage to Catherine K. Barnes at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa and they made their home in Grundy Center.
He had been employed by NCM of Grundy Center for 26 years until their closing, and then did seasonal work for the Grundy Cooperative. Gordon enjoyed recycling scrap metal, was also a NASCAR fan (Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr.), and had also enjoyed hunting.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Catherine; children, Andrea Aswegan of Grundy Center, Adam (Brittanny) Aswegan of Waterloo and Randi (Mike ) Hoffman of Grundy Center; sister, Rosella (Michael) Leuer of Cedar Falls; and grandchildren, Madlyn and Jamison Grant and Tristan and Lleyton Weber. He was preceded in death by his parents; grand-daughter, Kynslie Rose Aswegan; and by an infant sister.
Gordon was born December 7, 1950 in Waterloo, Iowa, son of Luke and Henrietta (Bulthuis) Aswegan. He was raised in Parkersburg where he graduated from high school in 1970. On December 14, 1974 Gordon was united in marriage to Catherine K. Barnes at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa and they made their home in Grundy Center.
He had been employed by NCM of Grundy Center for 26 years until their closing, and then did seasonal work for the Grundy Cooperative. Gordon enjoyed recycling scrap metal, was also a NASCAR fan (Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr.), and had also enjoyed hunting.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Catherine; children, Andrea Aswegan of Grundy Center, Adam (Brittanny) Aswegan of Waterloo and Randi (Mike ) Hoffman of Grundy Center; sister, Rosella (Michael) Leuer of Cedar Falls; and grandchildren, Madlyn and Jamison Grant and Tristan and Lleyton Weber. He was preceded in death by his parents; grand-daughter, Kynslie Rose Aswegan; and by an infant sister.
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