Husband of Doris Louise Milligan. Son of Michael Lawrence Ahern and Edith Mary Dale
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON LEADER
Chariton, Iowa
Tuesday, December 26, 1989
L. DALE AHERN
L. Dale Ahern died Dec. 20, 1989 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines.
Mr. Ahern spent his boyhood in Chariton and Ottumwa, and attended Drake University. After a short teaching career, he became one of the best known newspapermen in the state, spending 27 years as editor of the Decorah newspapers.
He is survived by his wife, Doris; a son, John of Des Moines; two daughters, Ann Smith and Susan Lange, both of Minneapolis, Minn.; two sisters, Edith Ahern-Matthews and Elizabeth Ahern, both of Des Moines; a brother, Jimmie, also of Des Moines; 10 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
There were no funeral services. The body is to be cremated, with interment at the Grimes Cemetery, rural Chariton.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON LEADER
Chariton, Iowa
Tuesday, December 26, 1989
L. DALE AHERN
L. Dale Ahern died Dec. 20, 1989 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines.
Mr. Ahern spent his boyhood in Chariton and Ottumwa, and attended Drake University. After a short teaching career, he became one of the best known newspapermen in the state, spending 27 years as editor of the Decorah newspapers.
He is survived by his wife, Doris; a son, John of Des Moines; two daughters, Ann Smith and Susan Lange, both of Minneapolis, Minn.; two sisters, Edith Ahern-Matthews and Elizabeth Ahern, both of Des Moines; a brother, Jimmie, also of Des Moines; 10 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
There were no funeral services. The body is to be cremated, with interment at the Grimes Cemetery, rural Chariton.
Husband of Doris Louise Milligan. Son of Michael Lawrence Ahern and Edith Mary Dale
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON LEADER
Chariton, Iowa
Tuesday, December 26, 1989
L. DALE AHERN
L. Dale Ahern died Dec. 20, 1989 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines.
Mr. Ahern spent his boyhood in Chariton and Ottumwa, and attended Drake University. After a short teaching career, he became one of the best known newspapermen in the state, spending 27 years as editor of the Decorah newspapers.
He is survived by his wife, Doris; a son, John of Des Moines; two daughters, Ann Smith and Susan Lange, both of Minneapolis, Minn.; two sisters, Edith Ahern-Matthews and Elizabeth Ahern, both of Des Moines; a brother, Jimmie, also of Des Moines; 10 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
There were no funeral services. The body is to be cremated, with interment at the Grimes Cemetery, rural Chariton.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON LEADER
Chariton, Iowa
Tuesday, December 26, 1989
L. DALE AHERN
L. Dale Ahern died Dec. 20, 1989 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines.
Mr. Ahern spent his boyhood in Chariton and Ottumwa, and attended Drake University. After a short teaching career, he became one of the best known newspapermen in the state, spending 27 years as editor of the Decorah newspapers.
He is survived by his wife, Doris; a son, John of Des Moines; two daughters, Ann Smith and Susan Lange, both of Minneapolis, Minn.; two sisters, Edith Ahern-Matthews and Elizabeth Ahern, both of Des Moines; a brother, Jimmie, also of Des Moines; 10 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
There were no funeral services. The body is to be cremated, with interment at the Grimes Cemetery, rural Chariton.
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