Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m., March 16, 2010 at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home, 1615 W. Milwaukee Ave. in Storm Lake, Iowa. Burial will be in the Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery in Storm Lake, Iowa. Visitation will be from 5-8:00 p.m., Monday, March 15, 2010 at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake, with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m.

 

Ervin William Bolte, son of Fritz and Lena (Brummer) Bolte, was born in Storm Lake, Iowa, on August 1, 1934. He was baptized and confirmed at the St. John’s Evangelical Reformed Church, which later became St. John’s United Church of Christ. Ervin began his education in Truesdale and then continued his schooling at Lincoln Township #7 and attended his freshman year in Albert City. He entered the United States Army on December 4, 1956, and due to his father’s health, Ervin was needed to help with the farming operation, he was honorably discharged from military duty on June 26, 1957.

 

From birth until the age of 10, his family lived on a farm 1 ¼ mile east of the intersection of highways 3 & 71. At the age of 10, Ervin moved with his family to his mother’s family farm and lived there the rest of his life. Ervin spent his entire life in Lincoln Township. While working this farm, this farmstead received the designation as a “Century Farm.” He was very devoted to his farming vocation and enjoyed working outside. Ervin is remembered by his family and friends as a man with a very generous heart and he was always willing and ready to help anyone who was in need of assistance. He also enjoyed carpentry work and whenever he was working in his shop, his radio was on and he loved listening to polka music from New Ulm, Minnesota. Ervin was a faithful member of the St. John’s United Church of Christ Church where he served as a trustee, was president of the cemetery board, and as treasurer.

 

Ervin’s memory will always be lovingly remembered and honored by his brother, Henry (Marilyn) Bolte of Albert City, Iowa; his sisters, Marian (Wayne) Kruse of Storm Lake, Iowa and LeAnna Bolte of Albert City, Iowa; his nieces and nephews: Arlin (Mary) Bolte of Albert City; Evelyn (Robert) Franker of Correctionville, Iowa; Douglas (Tonda) Bolte of Albert City, Iowa; Patricia (Michael) Schuett of Fort Mill, South Carolina; Dale Nelson of Newell, Iowa; and Kevin Kruse of Storm Lake, Iowa; numerous great nieces and nephews; cousins; relatives in Germany; other extended family and many friends.

 

He was preceded in death by his parents, Fritz and Lena; his sister, Dorothy Nelson on February 1, 1997; and a niece, Christina Nelson.

 

Blessed be the memory of Ervin William Bolte.