Aldon Almos - Gary

March 30, 1925 – April 10, 2017

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Aldon Almos,  92, of Gary, died  Monday, April 10, 2017, at the Deuel County Good Samaritan Center in Clear Lake.

 Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 17 at the Highland Lutheran Church in Brandt.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church.  Burial will be at the East Highland Cemetery, rural Gary with military honors by the Peden-Cole American Legion Post 109 of Gary.  Houseman Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.

Aldon Orlan Almos was born to Oscar and Sanna (Matson) Almos on March 30, 1925, in the farmhouse where he spent most of his life. He attended Trupe School and graduated from Gary High School in 1942, which he said was comparable to a college education. He then began his farming career until he was called to willingly serve his country on the cold hills of Korea from 1951-1953. In September of 1955 he married Marilyn Hagen. They were blessed with two sons and a daughter who suffered from spina bifida. Aldon lovingly cared for Marilyn through her battle with cancer in 1984.

He was a lifelong member of East Highland Lutheran Church. When assigned the task of finding an organist for the church in 1987 he did due diligence and married Elaine Gieschen in 1989. He also served on the Gary Bank, Herrick Township and Trupe School Boards where he always tried to be fair and honest.

Aldon also enjoyed traveling. Annual hunting trips to Harding County with family and friends, annual Black Hills trips, and frequent trips to Akaska, to visit in-laws, Rudy and Emma, kept the vehicles on the road. A wedding gift from son Michael took the newlyweds to Hawaii in 1989. Aldon was a diligent farmer who respected his land and animals. When he called his “girls,” they came running home from the pasture, especially if they smelled fresh alfalfa in the corral.

His family now consists of wife, Elaine; sons, Steve (Diane) and Stuart (Brenda McKee); step-sons, Timothy Gieschen and Michael (Teresa) Heier; grandchildren, Jordan, Riley, Jayden, Ryan (Dustie), Kjirstin, Leanne Heier; great-granddaughter, Lydia; and brother-in-law, Robert (Madonna) Heier.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Marilyn; baby Susan; and sisters, Mildred, Norella and Shirley.

My boundaries enclose a pleasant land; indeed, I have a rich inheritance.