Gary E. Isaacson, age 64, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa, died Monday, January 16, 2006 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 at the Sliefert Funeral Home Chapel in Sioux Rapids, with Reverend Kris Frank officiating. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids is in charge of the arrangements. No visitation is scheduled.

Gary Edward Isaacson was born June 13, 1941 at Deaconess Hospital in Marshalltown, Iowa to George Edward and Helen Catherine (Ralf) Isaacson. Gary began his education in Ardale, Iowa before he moved with his family to Green Mountain, Iowa in 1952. He graduated from Green Mountain High School in 1958.

Gary worked at Green Products before taking a position at Ritchie Manufacturing, where he stayed for 25 years and worked himself up the ladder to become plant manager.

On September 21, 1968, Gary married Pamela K. Wisecarver at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. The couple was blessed with a daughter, Kristine Kay, in 1978. Gary and Pam moved to Sioux Rapids a few years later.

Gary enjoyed drag racing in his younger years. In recent years, he was an avid golfer and served on the Little Sioux Golf and Country Club Board of Directors. Gary gave back to his community by serving as a city councilman, despite being ill for several years with diabetes and kidney disease.

Above all, Gary was a loving husband and devoted father and grandfather who treasured the time he spent with his family. His caring presence will be missed daily.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 37 years, Pamela of Sioux Rapids; daughter Kris and fiancé Tim Payne of Spencer, Iowa; one grandson, Cooper; mother Helen Isaacson of Marshalltown; sister Phyllis Fistler of Marshalltown; several cousins; other relatives and a host of friends.

Gary was preceded in death by his father, Ed Isaacson in 1964; aunt and uncle Kay and Paul Mason; and several other aunts and uncles.

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