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Darrell Lee Pierce

Birth	:	25 Jun 1939 Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	17 Sep 2015 Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.2987130, -91.7774110
Description	:	Darrell L. Pierce, age 76, of Decorah, IA, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at his home in Decorah. He died after a long battle with multiple myeloma cancer which started sometime in 2010. Darrell Lee Pierce was born in Decorah, IA June 25, 1939, the oldest son of Merlyn and Evelyn Pierce. Darrell was educated in the Decorah school system, and he always enjoyed sports and being a Viking! He graduated in 1957. He felt that he had the very best possible teammates and classmates. A few days after graduation, he and Carsten Ingvoldstad entered... Read More	Darrell L. Pierce, age 76, of Decorah, IA, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at his home in Decorah. He died after a long battle with multiple myeloma cancer which started sometime in 2010. Darrell Lee Pierce was born in Decorah, IA June 25, 1939, the oldest son of Merlyn and Evelyn Pierce. Darrell was educated in the Decorah school system, and he always enjoyed sports and being a Viking! He graduated in 1957. He felt that he had the very best possible teammates and classmates. A few days after graduation, he and Carsten Ingvoldstad entered the United States Air Force. He served on bases in Texas, Wyoming, Labrador, and California. During the entire year of 1958, Darrell served on a mountain-top early-warning radar site with just 200 other Airmen, near Goose Bay, Labrador, at a time when it was feared Russian bombers would invade United States airspace. His last two years of service were in northern California, where he obtained his first semester of college at San Francisco State University. Upon discharge in 1961, he started summer school at Luther College, and while attending classes year around the next three years, he also worked part-time at the Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, Ruen Furniture, The Men’s Shop, and Sverre Svenson and Sons Construction. He was always grateful to these employers who allowed him to work flexible hours to help finance his education. On December 9, 1961, Darrell married his high school sweetheart and soulmate, Sondra, and they enjoyed 54 years of marriage. They rented an apartment in the Luther College barracks for $30 per month. Upon graduation from Luther in May 1964, Darrell accepted a position in the home office of Principal Financial (Bankers Life). Deciding that they didn’t want to eventually raise children in a larger city, Darrell accepted a management position with Interstate Power Company in Dubuque, Iowa, in June of 1965. He served in district offices in Dubuque, Decorah, Mason City, and eventually Clinton, Iowa. In June 1972 he resigned from Interstate Power to become vice president and branch manager of Mutual Federal Savings and Loan in Charles City. In December of 1976 he accepted an offer with Security Bank and Trust Company (now Decorah Bank) to establish a mortgage loan department. After 15 years there, he retired as Senior Vice President and Director of mortgage lending and marketing. He enjoyed this position immensely because he helped so many people acquire their homes. In January 1992, Interstate Power Company offered him a department head position for demand-side management at their Clinton, Iowa district office after a 19 year absence from the company. When Interstate Power merged with two other utilities in 1998, Darrell accepted their early-retirement package and accepted a position of vice president of mortgage lending at 1st Central State Bank in Dewitt. Wanting to get closer to Decorah after his father’s death, he resigned that position to become the Flood Coordinator for Upper Explorerland, where he bought out the homes destroyed by the flood of May 1999 in the communities of Littleport, Volga, Garber, and Elkader. He took great satisfaction in helping people who lost everything in this devastating flood. He retired December 31, 2001, and he and Sondra headed to Biloxi, Mississippi for the next three months to enjoy the beaches, sun, shrimp, oysters, and crab. Darrell always gave back to the communities they lived in. Some of his activities include the following: one of the five Jaycees (plus Phyllis Leseth) who founded and originated the Nordic Fest, president of the 115 member Decorah Jaycees, Governor Bob Ray’s first Winneshiek County chairman, president of the Decorah Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps, president of the Decorah-Luther Quarterback Club, a member of the Decorah Airport Commission, president of the Winneshiek County Bankers, the state president of the Iowa Bankers Association, a Kiwanian in Mason City, a Rotarian in Decorah, and a Lion in Clinton. He also was a board member of the Decorah Chamber of Commerce, and the chairman of the Viking Stadium locker and restroom project. Darrell’s many interests included Viking sports, Luther sports, and the Iowa Hawkeyes. He loved the game of golf (he was proud to have scored two holes-in-one), cycling, kayaking, reading and fishing. Darrell was preceded in death by his father, Merlyn C. Pierce, father-in-law O. Vance Rosell, mother-in-law Norma Rosell, and numerous aunts and uncles. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 25, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be held later at Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah, with Full Military Honors. Memorials may be directed to WMC Hospice, 901 Montgomery Street, Decorah, IA 52101. Obituary & photo published by Fjelstul Funeral Home Funeral Home Website

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Darrell Lee Pierce's memorial is located at: Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA.
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Darrell Lee Pierce death on 17 Sep 2015 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.2987130
Longitude: -91.7774110

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Merlyn Pierce

(1916 - 1999)

Evelyn Beatrice Johnson Pierce

(1917 - 2016)

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1. Lutheran Cemetery
Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2987130, -91.7774110

2. Phelps Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2908150, -91.7830920

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8. Canoe German Methodist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2947998, -91.6760406

13. Bruvold Farm Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2221968, -91.7509863

14. Springfield Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2221985, -91.8171997

15. McIntosh Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2696991, -91.8833008

16. Springwater Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3792000, -91.7431030

17. Madison Lutheran Church East Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3133000, -91.8986000

18. Hauge Lutheran Cemetery
Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3922000, -91.7740000

19. Canoe Ridge Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3537000, -91.6577000

20. Glenwood Lutheran Cemetery
Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2817001, -91.6346970

21. Garfield Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2266900, -91.8846700

22. Pontoppidan Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2747002, -91.6339035

23. Madison Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3135986, -91.9233017

24. Scandinavian Methodist-Episcopal Cemetery
Washington Prairie, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2695000, -91.6347000