David Michael Edsall, 45, of Ames, died Sunday, April 6, 2008 at Mary Greeley Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 10 at Stevens Memorial Chapel in Ames. He was a donor to the Iowa Lions Eye Bank. Cremation will follow the service.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Stevens Memorial Chapel in Ames.
David Edsall was born April 19, 1962, in Alton, Ill., to Delbert and Norma (Juergensen) Edsall. As a child, he moved with his family to College Park, Md. He graduated from Highpoint, Md. High School in 1980. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland in College Park and a master's degree in physics from Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind. He was near completion of a doctorate degree in high energy physics from Iowa State University. He was employed at ISU in information technology services.
He married Lynette Sleezer Jan. 27, 1995, in Ames.
He was a member of Sigma Xi and Phi Alpha Theta (history honor society). He loved blues music and played the harmonica. He enjoyed watching Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movies and always could be counted on for a good joke. He followed politics closely, loved trains of all sizes and enjoyed the time he spent abroad traveling and living in Europe.
He is survived by his wife, Lynette Edsall, of Ames; his mother, Norma Arntz, of Dayton, Ohio; five sisters, Nancee, Katie, Julie, Sarah and Mary, and five brothers, Roger, Regan, Dana, John and Joe, and many nieces and nephews, all residing on the East Coast; his Sheltie dog, Cody; and many Ames friends.
He was preceded in death by his father; his stepfather, Arthur (Bud) Arntz; and his special uncle, Arthur Juergensen.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Stevens Memorial Chapel in Ames.
David Edsall was born April 19, 1962, in Alton, Ill., to Delbert and Norma (Juergensen) Edsall. As a child, he moved with his family to College Park, Md. He graduated from Highpoint, Md. High School in 1980. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland in College Park and a master's degree in physics from Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind. He was near completion of a doctorate degree in high energy physics from Iowa State University. He was employed at ISU in information technology services.
He married Lynette Sleezer Jan. 27, 1995, in Ames.
He was a member of Sigma Xi and Phi Alpha Theta (history honor society). He loved blues music and played the harmonica. He enjoyed watching Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movies and always could be counted on for a good joke. He followed politics closely, loved trains of all sizes and enjoyed the time he spent abroad traveling and living in Europe.
He is survived by his wife, Lynette Edsall, of Ames; his mother, Norma Arntz, of Dayton, Ohio; five sisters, Nancee, Katie, Julie, Sarah and Mary, and five brothers, Roger, Regan, Dana, John and Joe, and many nieces and nephews, all residing on the East Coast; his Sheltie dog, Cody; and many Ames friends.
He was preceded in death by his father; his stepfather, Arthur (Bud) Arntz; and his special uncle, Arthur Juergensen.
David Michael Edsall, 45, of Ames, died Sunday, April 6, 2008 at Mary Greeley Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 10 at Stevens Memorial Chapel in Ames. He was a donor to the Iowa Lions Eye Bank. Cremation will follow the service.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Stevens Memorial Chapel in Ames.
David Edsall was born April 19, 1962, in Alton, Ill., to Delbert and Norma (Juergensen) Edsall. As a child, he moved with his family to College Park, Md. He graduated from Highpoint, Md. High School in 1980. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland in College Park and a master's degree in physics from Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind. He was near completion of a doctorate degree in high energy physics from Iowa State University. He was employed at ISU in information technology services.
He married Lynette Sleezer Jan. 27, 1995, in Ames.
He was a member of Sigma Xi and Phi Alpha Theta (history honor society). He loved blues music and played the harmonica. He enjoyed watching Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movies and always could be counted on for a good joke. He followed politics closely, loved trains of all sizes and enjoyed the time he spent abroad traveling and living in Europe.
He is survived by his wife, Lynette Edsall, of Ames; his mother, Norma Arntz, of Dayton, Ohio; five sisters, Nancee, Katie, Julie, Sarah and Mary, and five brothers, Roger, Regan, Dana, John and Joe, and many nieces and nephews, all residing on the East Coast; his Sheltie dog, Cody; and many Ames friends.
He was preceded in death by his father; his stepfather, Arthur (Bud) Arntz; and his special uncle, Arthur Juergensen.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Stevens Memorial Chapel in Ames.
David Edsall was born April 19, 1962, in Alton, Ill., to Delbert and Norma (Juergensen) Edsall. As a child, he moved with his family to College Park, Md. He graduated from Highpoint, Md. High School in 1980. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland in College Park and a master's degree in physics from Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind. He was near completion of a doctorate degree in high energy physics from Iowa State University. He was employed at ISU in information technology services.
He married Lynette Sleezer Jan. 27, 1995, in Ames.
He was a member of Sigma Xi and Phi Alpha Theta (history honor society). He loved blues music and played the harmonica. He enjoyed watching Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movies and always could be counted on for a good joke. He followed politics closely, loved trains of all sizes and enjoyed the time he spent abroad traveling and living in Europe.
He is survived by his wife, Lynette Edsall, of Ames; his mother, Norma Arntz, of Dayton, Ohio; five sisters, Nancee, Katie, Julie, Sarah and Mary, and five brothers, Roger, Regan, Dana, John and Joe, and many nieces and nephews, all residing on the East Coast; his Sheltie dog, Cody; and many Ames friends.
He was preceded in death by his father; his stepfather, Arthur (Bud) Arntz; and his special uncle, Arthur Juergensen.
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