Service Friday, May 9, 2003, 10:30 AM
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MANNING, IOWA

Officiating REVEREND LARRY MCALPINE

Congregational Hymns
"AMAZING GRACE"
"WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS"
JANET MYER, ORGANIST

Interment MANNING CEMETERY MANNING, IOWA

Military Honors VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 3517
AMERICAN LEGION POST 22 MANNING, IOWA

Casketbearers DANIEL VOLLSTEDT, BRAD VOLLSTEDT, JEFF HAGEDORN, JON HAGEDORN, TODD HORKY, ERIC HORKY

THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATTITUDE FOR YOUR
KINDNESS EVIDENCED IN THOUGHT, WORD, AND DEED, AND INVITES
YOU TO JOIN THEM FOR LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE CHURCH
FOLLOWING THE COMMITTAL SERVICE.

DRIVERS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION MUST TURN ON VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS, DRIVE IN A CLOSE FORMATION AND BE ALERT.

Dean Allan, son of Hugo and Evelyn Schumann Vollstedt, was born July 13, 1932, on the family farm near Manning, Iowa. He attended country school near his home and in Manning, graduating from Manning High School in 1950. Dean worked at Kuker Oil and then the Manning Creamery.

From 1955 to 1957 Dean served with the United States Navy and upon his return Dean resumed work at the Manning Creamery.

On September 17, 1960, Dean was united in marriage with Phyllis Eberle Langford in Omaha, NE. Dean and Phyllis made their home in Manning. From 1964 to 1970 they lived in Scranton where Dean was a partner at the J & D Food grocery store. Upon their return to Manning Dean worked as a maintainer operator for Carroll County until his retirement in 1994. Dean was a partner in D&L Refuse, which began in 1971.

Throughout the years, Dean was a member of the United Methodist Church, Manning Fire Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Schuetzen Verein. He enjoyed fishing, playing cards and listening to polka music.

On Monday, May 5, 2003, Dean died unexpectedly at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. He was 70 years, 9 months and 22 days of age.

Dean was preceded in death by his parents, an infant son, brother-in-law James Craigmile and beloved granddaughter Elizabeth Hagge.

Dean is survived by his wife Phyllis Vollstedt of Manning; four children: Pam Nath of Manning; David Vollstedt of Lake View; Jay Vollstedt and wife Tina of Boynton Beach, FL and Rhonda and husband Michael Hagge of Carroll; grandchildren: Michael Nath, Scott Motter, Mitchell Hagge, Matthias Vollstedt and Kerstin Vollstedt; one great-grandchild; brother Roger (Blackberry) Vollstedt and wife Rosemary of Manning; sisters Carol and husband Robert Hagedorn of Manning and Barbara and husband Larry Horky of Sioux City; brothers- and sistersin-law: Nadine and Al Black, Duane and Pat Eberle, Merle Eberle and special friend Charlotte Lockey, Luetta and Harry Pleshek, Ron and Madge Eberle and Gwen and Fred Register; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free
I'm following the path God has laid, you see.
I took His hand when I heard Him call
I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way;
I've found that peace at the close of the day.

If parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joys,
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
Oh yes, these things I, too, will miss...

Be not burdened with times of sorrow
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow,
My life's been full, I savored much,
Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief,
Lift up your heart and peace to thee
God wanted me now -- He set me free.