Ervin VonSprecken

Ervin VonSprecken

Olin

Ervin VonSprecken, 88, died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, at Highland Ridge Care Center, Williamsburg, following a period of declining health.

Graveside services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, June 17, at Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello, Iowa, with military honors. Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello, has taken Ervin and his family into their care.

Surviving are two sons, Michael (Debra) and Mitchell (Lyn); a granddaughter, Ashley; a great-granddaughter, Cara; and his in-laws, Pat Kordick, Ramona VonSprecken, June Hunter, Kay Kalberg and. Rick Hunter.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Judith, in 2006; two brothers, Glenn and Lavern; and a brother-in-law, Dave Kordick.

Ervin Duane Von Sprecken was born Jan. 17, 1935, at Center Junction, Iowa. He was the son of Frederick and Ella Petersen, VonSprecken. Ervin graduated from the Olin High School in 1953. Ervin served in the U.S. Army from 1954 until, 1956. He returned home and married Judith Hunter on Dec. 21, 1958, at St. John Lutheran Church, Olin. Ervin farmed north of Olin. He also worked at the Iowa Men’s Reformatory, where he taught welding for Kirkwood College. He retired after 35 years in 1992. In retirement the couple spent the winters in Weslaco, Texas, and the summers at McGregor, Iowa.

Ervin had numerous patents, one for a fireplace grill another for an aftermarket tailgate for trucks. Ervin had been very involved in the Olin community. He served on the School Board and was a member of the Olin Community Club and a member of St. John Lutheran Church. He was an avid outdoors man, enjoying fishing, camping and hunting. He received several awards for conservation farming and was a member Jones Co. Ducks Unlimited. He enjoyed watching the Hawkeyes, game shows and playing cards.