Donald D. Owens

Donald Dee Owens, one of nine children of William Owens and Mae (Fehr) Owens, was born on January 21, 1930 near Carson, Iowa. He grew up in the Wheeler Grove Community where he attended Grove Township country school and graduated from Carson High School in 1950. Later that year, Don enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Italy during the Korean War. Following the service, he returned home to the Carson area in 1953.

Don and Sherry Charolene Kelley were married on April 23, 1955 at Worthington, Minnesota. They established a home near Carson and were blessed by the birth of a son, James Allan Owens. Don began his lifelong career working at the Northern Natural Gas Company pipeline pumping station near Oakland, Iowa. In addition to his fulltime job, Don also operated their family farm.

Don and Sherry had been married 54 years when Don died at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa on December 4, 2009. He had attained the age of 79 years, 10 months, and 13 days.

Don was preceded in death by his parents; brothers James Owens, who died in infancy, Gerald Owens and wife Lorraine, Kenneth Owens and wife Sarah; sisters, Colene DeBolt and husband Virgile, Ruth Brashiers, Phyllis Batten and husband Marlin; and brother-in-law, Ed Williams.

Don is survived by his wife Sherry; son James of Omaha; granddaughter Jennifer Owens and fiancA(c) Tyler Willey of Edmond, Oklahoma; sisters, Nadine Randall of Ridley Park, Pennsylvania and Iola Williams of California; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.