Roy Frank Soll

Roy Soll, son of William and Dora (Boyens) Soll, was inducted into the Marine Corps at Minneapolis, Minnesota September 22, 1945. Private Soll trained at San Diego, California, and was honorably discharged in 1945.

Rank Private
Mustered out October 13, 1945 at The First Separation Company, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, California

Roy Frank Soll Funeral Service Friday, October 7, 2011, 10:30 AM First Presbyterian Church Manning, Iowa
Reverend Marshall Brown, Officiating
Organist Connie Siepker
Vocalists Marshall Brown "The Lord's Prayer"
Carolyn Miller "In The Garden" "Nearer My God, To Thee"
Casket Bearers: Dave Elmquist, Dick Soll, Mick Soll, Keith Pfannkuch, Dan Lorenzen, John Lorenzen
Interment Manning Cemetery Manning, Iowa
Arrangements by Johnson & Woodhouse Funeral Home

Roy Soll Roy Frank, son of William and Dora (Boyens) Soll, was born August 9, 1926, at Aspinwall, Iowa. Roy grew up near Aspinwall and attended country school, completing the eighth grade. He then farmed with his father and began trucking with Ramsey Transfer. He eventually started his own trucking business, Roy Soll Trucking. Roy also served in the U.S. Marine Corps for a short time at the end of World War II

On June 4, 1948, Roy was united in marriage with Ruth Evelyn Starner at her parents' home in Shelby. Two sons were born to this union. The couple made their home in Aspinwall. After working for Phillips Petroleum, an LP gas and appliance dealer, Roy began doing plumbing and electrical work on his own in 1969. Roy operated out of Aspinwall and the business was named Soll's Service. Roy's son, Jim, joined him in the business in 1985 and shortly thereafter in 1986, they were joined by Roy's grandson Ron. Roy retired in 1988, and in 1993, Jim and Ron moved the operation to their present location in Manning. After celebrating their golden wedding anniversary in 1998, Roy and Ruth built a home and moved into Manning. Ruth died December 12, 2009.

During the summer of 2011, Roy's health declined and he became a resident of the Manning Plaza Nursing Home in Manning, where he died Tuesday, October 4, 2011. He was 85 years of age.

Roy was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the American Legion. Throughout the years, Roy enjoyed keeping busy, listening to country and western music, fishing, and working in his shop and on the Legion building.

Roy is survived by: two sons James Soll and wife Charlotte of Audubon and Allen Soll and wife Sue Blake of Tekama, Nebraska; four grandchildren: Ron Soll and wife Sue of Manning; Barbi Elmquist and husband Dave of Audubon; Adam Soll and Evan Soll, both of Omaha, Nebraska; four great-grandchildren: Jessica Soll and her special friend Trevor Paska of Carroll; Jenna Soll of Manning; Alex and Abby Elmquist of Audubon; a brother Ernest Soll of Vancouver, British Columbia; and by other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Ruth, four brothers: Andrew, William, Arnold and Lester Soll and two sisters Esther Steif and Frances Soll.