Warren Consoer, age 92, of Ocheyedan, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at Lake Park Care Center in Lake Park, Iowa.
Funeral Services will be Monday, January 13, 2014 at 1:30 P.M. at Zion Lutheran Church, Horton Township, Ocheyedan, Iowa. Rev. Neil Wehmas officiating. Burial in Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Horton Township, Ocheyedan, Iowa.
Visitation will be Sunday, January 12, from 2:00 to 6:00 P.M. with the family present from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. at the Andringa Funeral Chapel in Ocheyedan.
Warren Otto Consoer was born on June 30, 1921 in Ocheyedan, Iowa. He was the son of Henry and Martha (Leckband) Consoer. He lived his youth on a farm north of Ocheyedan in Horton Township. He attended school at Lone Star Country School, Zion Lutheran Parochial School and Ocheyedan Community High School, graduating in 1940.
He was united in marriage to Phyllis Dorr of Marcus, Iowa on May 1, 1945 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Marcus. They lived on their farm north of Ocheyedan, where everyone knew it as “the place with the house on one side and the barn on the other side of the road”.
Warren enjoyed farming, visiting, tossing horseshoes and playing cards. When he was younger he enjoyed hunting, fishing, shooting trap and skeet.
Warren was an active member of Zion Lutheran Church in Horton Township. As a youth he was involved in Zion’s Walther League. In later years, Warren served as an elder and offering collector, was an active voting member, and on the cemetery committee. God gifted Warren with a wonderful singing voice. Being in the church choir brought him great joy and he loved singing praises to his Savior. His talents included playing piano, guitar, and baritone horn.
He was on the Board of Directors at the Round Lake Cooperative Elevator.
Warren passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at Lake Park Care Center in Lake Park, Iowa.
Those left to cherish his memories are his wife of 68 years, Phyllis Consoer of Ocheyedan, IA; his children: Roger Consoer of St. Charles, IA, Catherine (Bill) Kaufmann of Burlington, WI, Milton (Sandy) Consoer of Ocheyedan, IA, James (Glenda) Consoer of Sioux Falls, SD, Constance (Robert) Brons of Lake Park, IA, Brenda (Eugene “Dinger”) Wunderlich of Harvard, IL; 19 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; two brothers: Leslie (Marilyn) Consoer of Ocheyedan, IA, Paul (Lorraine) Consoer of Payson, AZ.
He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers; one son-in-law, John Zeuner.
