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Leo Paul Dangel

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Birth	:	7 Aug 1941 Freeman, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	13 Dec 2016 Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Saint Boniface Cemetery, Turkey Ridge, Turner County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.2271100, -97.3189800
Description	:	YANKTON, S.D. — Services for Leo P. Dangel, 75, of Yankton, S.D., will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Benedict Catholic Church, Yankton, S.D. Burial will be in the St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, rural Freeman, S.D., at approximately 1:15 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Friday at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Crematory, Yankton, S.D., with a rosary at 7 p.m. followed by a Scripture service at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. Leo P. Dangel, age 75, of Yankton, SD passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Avera Sister... Read More	YANKTON, S.D. — Services for Leo P. Dangel, 75, of Yankton, S.D., will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Benedict Catholic Church, Yankton, S.D. Burial will be in the St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, rural Freeman, S.D., at approximately 1:15 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Friday at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Crematory, Yankton, S.D., with a rosary at 7 p.m. followed by a Scripture service at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. Leo P. Dangel, age 75, of Yankton, SD passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Avera Sister James Care Center, Yankton, SD. Leo was born August 7, 1941 in Freeman, SD to John and Sylvia (Andersen) Dangel. He is the youngest in the family with five sisters. Leo grew up on a farm south of Freeman, SD and was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in rural Freeman, SD. He attended a country school in Turner County and Saint Mary’s High School in Salem, SD. He attended Saint Mary’s College in Winona, MN as a seminarian and left after two years, returning to the farm. In the summer of 1961, his life changed completely when he was seriously injured in a car accident, resulting in a spinal cord injury that left him permanently paralyzed and in need of a wheelchair. After two years of rehabilitation, he attended Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD for one year and then enrolled at Emporia State University in Emporia, KS, where he received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in English. In 1968, he began teaching writing and literature full time in the English Department at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, a position he held for twenty-five years. While teaching at SMSU, he became a poet and continued writing poetry for the rest of his life. His poems, which usually portray Midwest farm life, have appeared in many journals and anthologies. He has five books of poems and has won a Nebraska Book Award. The Lyric Theater of Minneapolis made a selection of Leo Dangel poems in a play, “Old Man Brunner County”, which has undergone several revival performances. He retired from teaching in 1993 as a professor emeritus, and the Leo Dangel Creative Writing and Literature Scholarship at SMSU was named in his honor. Leo moved from Marshall, MN, to an apartment at Majestic Bluffs in Yankton, SD in 2004 and to Sister James Care Center in 2008. Leo is survived by sisters, Bernadette (Arland) Westegaard of Yankton, SD, Monica (Myron) Falter of Norfolk, NE, Sister Anna Dangel of Yankton, SD, Mary Slowey of Irene, SD and Rose (Clarence) Hauger of Yankton, SD and many nieces and nephews. Leo was preceded in death by his parents, brothers-in-law, Robert Slowey and Arthur Schramm.

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Leo Paul Dangel's memorial is located at: Saint Boniface Cemetery, Turkey Ridge, Turner County, USA.
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Leo Paul Dangel death on 13 Dec 2016 in Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 43.2271100
Longitude: -97.3189800

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John G Dangel

(1900 - 1992)

Sylvia Serina Andersen Dangel

(1900 - 1985)

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