Large print given to Jerry in 1975, for his 11 years of dedicated service at MHS
In Memory of Gerald Huldeen
I wanted to scan it - of course...
In Memory of Gerald Huldeen
Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 23, 2015, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 621 Jennings Street, Sioux City. Pastor Kenny Hsu will officiate. Private family burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Akron, Iowa. Visitation with the family present will be from 9:30 a.m. until service time on Monday at the church. Arrangements are with the Carlsen Funeral Home - Schroeder Chapel in Akron, Iowa. Expressions of sympathy can be extended to the family through www.carlsenfuneralhome.com.
Memorials can be made in Jerry's name to St. Paul's Lutheran School, Sioux City, Iowa.
Jerry was born April 23, 1935, in Ida Grove, Iowa, the son of Alvin and Florence (Brynteson) Huldeen. He grew up in Odebolt, Iowa, and graduated from Odebolt High School in 1952. He received his Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Morningside College in 1956, and his Masters Degree in Music Literature from the University of South Dakota in 1963. He was a band director at Panora, Sioux Valley Community Schools, Manning, and Sioux City, Iowa.
Jerry and Mabel were united in marriage on August 5, 1956, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Akron. They had three children: Kirk, Kala, and Jay.
He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sioux City. He was also a member of the Iowa Bandmasters Association, National Band Association, Sioux City Symphony during college, and the Sioux City Municipal Band, Sooland Amateur Radio Association, American Radio Relay League, and Mended Hearts Association. He played trumpet in area dance bands for 35 years. He loved teaching, playing in brass groups, camping, traveling, fishing, ham radio, and bad puns. He will be greatly missed.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Mabel of Sioux City; his children, Kirk, Kala and Jay; son-in-law Michael; his granddaughter, Iandra; a brother in law, Dewey Dull; a cousin, Arlene Hutchinson and family; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his step mother, Gladys; a brother, John; a sister in law, Lucy; and a sister, Carolyn Dull.
Kala Zanoni, 59, of Urbandale, formerly of Sioux City, died Monday, February 18, 2019, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.
Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Faith Lutheran Church in Clive. Arrangements are under the direction of Iles Funeral Home in Des Moines. Online condolences are welcome at www.IlesCares.com.
Kala was born on November 18, 1959, to Gerald and Mabel Huldeen, in Spencer, Iowa. She attended school at Manning, Iowa, and later graduated from Sioux City East High School in 1978. She attended Iowa State University and worked as an office manager at Faith Lutheran Church in Clive.
Kala enjoyed fishing and making crafts to donate to various causes.
Survivors include her husband, Michael; mother, Mabel; and brothers, Kirk Huldeen and Jay Huldeen of Sioux City.
Kala was preceded in death by her father, Gerald.
1978 MHS graduates: Marsha Jean Beck, Bradley James Bjorkgren, Donald R. Blum, Bruce Michael Bruhn, Del Ray Christensen, Lynn Everett Christensen, Ann Crandall, Joan Elizabeth Croghan, JoAnne Rose Croghan, Patricia Joan Croghan, Cynthia Jolene Curlile, Anna Marie Drees, Robert Dean Ehlers, Michael G. Fara, Patricia Ann Ferneding, Lori Marie Foote, Janet Lee Genzen, Daniel Lee Gore, Hans Kristian O. Hegland, Mark Herman Hagedorn, Joan Marie Hass, Dean Raymond Heithoff (valedictorian), Gail Arlene Hoffmann, Sharon Dee Houghton, Charles Arthur Hughes, Kevin Lynn Irlmeier, Jeff Lynn Jahn, Brenda Sue Juels, Joyce Ann Justice, Joseph W. Kalkhoff, Paula Jean Kanne, Joni Kay Karsten, Thomas Walter Knop, Carlys June Kusel, Michael Linell, Mary Jane McNutt, Shirley L. Milkert, Jeffery Lee Mohr, Michael Dean Mohr, Joleen Kaye Muhlbauer, Neil V. Muhlbauer, Lori J. Mundt, Susana Beatriz Nakazaki, Jane Ellen Nelson, James Ivan Opperman, Steven Wayne Phillips, Diane Kay Reinke, Shirley Ann Renze, Daniel L. Rohe, Doris J. Rohe, Lonny Dean Rowedder, Jill Renee Schmarzo, Gregory Joseph Sextro, Leon E. Sporrer, Scott Alan Stripling, William Lee Strosahl, Richard George Struve, Donna Rae Stoelk, Steven Tank, Jean Marie Voege, Kevin Lee Vollstedt, Janelle Jo Wanninger, Kevin Gene Warner, Dean Michael Wegner, Donna R. Weiskircher, Kyle Lane Wiese, Kathleen Jean Willenborg (salutatorian), Randy Lee Willenborg, Ginger Wolfe, Donald Wurr
1978 former students: David Amsden, Dan Ashton, Jeff Bauer, Gayla Betterton, Mary Blasey, Andy Boell, Bill Brotherton, LouAnn Clipperton, Richard Drennen, Tom Espenhover, Tom Frisinger, Brian Grundmeier, John Hansen, Russ Hansen, John Hedburg, Kala Huldeen, Kathy Klinker, Mike Lake, Gail Lamaack, Melvin Leinen, Arlene Mathisen, Monica Mohr, Ron Moore, Julie Orey, Gail Pearson, Nanette Robertson, Kevin Rutherford, DeAnn Schlichte, Kevin Schumann, Margie Shipps, Lynn Sporrer, Jay Thompson, Wes Thygesen, Dale Vogl, Sharon Vogl, Karen Wiese, Mark Wittrock
