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Charles Dolezal
CHARLES DOLEZAL
Toledo
Charles J. Dolezal, 89, of Toledo, passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, at Central Iowa Healthcare in Marshalltown. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama, with Father Michael Mescher as celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, rural Clutier. Visitation will be Tuesday, Dec. 22, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama, with a vigil service at 7 p.m.
Charles was born Nov. 13, 1926, on the family farm in rural Toledo, Iowa, the son of Charles and Katie (Chalupnik) Dolezal. On June 22, 1948, he was united in marriage to Martha Svoboda at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, rural Clutier.
Charles was a farmer his entire life and also was a truck driver, grain buyer and did custom shelling.
He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama, the KD Lodge and Catholic Order of Foresters for over 50 years, and Farm Bureau.
Charles loved to visit with people, dance and play cards. Charlie was witty until the very end.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Martha of Toledo; two daughters, Monica (Bob Berger) Dolezal of Urbandale and Trude (Ed) Moyer of Palmetto, Fla.; two grandchildren, Amy (Lee) Bowers and Michael (Savannah) Dolezal; two great-grandchildren, Aiden and Alexandra Bowers; his stepgrandchildren, Leah (Bill) Speckin, Emily (Adam) Hoop, Marty (Stephanie) Hoglund, Steve and Erica Moyer; his stepgreat-grandchildren, Adilyn and Samantha Hoop, Scarlett Hoglund and John and Mark Speckin; two daughters-in-law, Carolyn Dolezal and Marcia Tary; one sister-in-law, Mildred Dolezal; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his parents; two sons, Tom and Jeff Dolezal; one daughter, Kerri Lynn Dolezal; one brother, Edward Dolezal; one sister, Christina (Frank) Kubik; one daughter-in-law, Christine Dolezal; and two stepgrandsons, Jason Hill and Kurt Goins.
Memorials may be directed to the National Parkinson's Foundation at www.parkinson.org or Cancer Research at www.cancerresearch.org.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.kruse-phillips.com.
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