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Allen Eugene Holkesvik

Birth	:	21 Aug 1922 Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	11 Mar 2022 Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Locust Cemetery, Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.4211006, -91.7303009
Description	:	Allen Holkesvik, age 99 of rural Decorah died Friday, March 11, 2022 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at St. John's Lutheran Church, 1638 Big Canoe Rd. rural Decorah, IA, with Rev. Peter Kowitz presiding. Burial will be in the Locust cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the church. The Schluter-Balik Funeral Home will be handling the arrangements. Allen Eugene Holkesvik was born at home on August 21, 1922 the son of Eugene and Jeanette (Brandt)... Read More	Allen Holkesvik, age 99 of rural Decorah died Friday, March 11, 2022 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at St. John's Lutheran Church, 1638 Big Canoe Rd. rural Decorah, IA, with Rev. Peter Kowitz presiding. Burial will be in the Locust cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the church. The Schluter-Balik Funeral Home will be handling the arrangements. Allen Eugene Holkesvik was born at home on August 21, 1922 the son of Eugene and Jeanette (Brandt) Holkesvik. He was baptized, confirmed and married at St. John's Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa. Allen passed away at the Winneshiek Hospital on March 11, 2022, surrounded by his family. On January 6, 1946 he married the love of his life Virginia May Rustad. This union was blessed with five children:. Together they lived on his family farm West of Locust, IA where Allen lived his entire life. That farm was his pride and joy filled with memories growing up, starting a family and enjoying his retirement years with his beloved Virginia. Allen enjoyed farming with his Grandpa Nels and his Dad on the family farm from the time he was a young boy. He continued to farm until the Spring of 1969 when he began working for Bruening Rock Product until retirement in 1984. Allen remembered all the roads he worked on over the years and especially remembers the very spot he delivered his last load of rock (on the Elon Road). Allen loved music of every kind and could play the violin, banjo, guitar, piano and even a bit of the harmonica. He loved to dance with Virginia, fish and go for long rides looking at the wildlife and the roads that he worked on. Allen loved the farm and all the memories that it engulfed throughout his lifetime. Most of all, he loved his entire family. Preceding his death were his wife Virginia in 2006. His parents: Eugene and Jeanette Holkesvik. Mother and father-in-law: Abraham and Olena Rustad. His sister: Marian (Earl) Knoke. His son: David in 1988. Great grandson: Robert Eugene Holkesvik in 1993 and a niece: Rhonda (Knoke) Keating.

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Allen Eugene Holkesvik's memorial is located at: Locust Cemetery, Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA.
When did Allen Eugene Holkesvik death?
Allen Eugene Holkesvik death on 11 Mar 2022 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.4211006
Longitude: -91.7303009

Family Members:

Parent

Eugene Bertram Holkesvik

(1895 - 1952)

Jeanette Pearl Brandt Holkesvik

(1902 - 2008)

Spouse

Virginia Mae Rustad Holkesvik

(1927 - 2006)

Siblings

Marian Luverne Holkesvik Knoke

(1933 - 2019)

Children

David Allen Holkesvik

(1949 - 1988)

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