Leon Donald Eymann

Leon Donald Eymann, 82, of Clear Lake, died
Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007, at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason
City, Iowa. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan.
31, at Zion Lutheran Church, 112 North 4th Street, Clear Lake, with the
Rev. Dean Hess officiating. Family will receive friends one hour prior
to church services on Wednesday at the church. Following the services
there will be military honors at the church by members of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars of Clear Lake. According to his wishes his body was
cremated. The family of Leon Donald Eymann has requested that memorial
contributions be made to the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa West Campus
Dialysis Center in his memory. Leon Donald Eymann, was born on Aug. 2,
1924, in Forest City, Iowa, the son of L.K. and Vesta (Lewis) Eymann.
Don attended school in Forest City and graduated from Forest City High
School. He enlisted into the Army Air Corps during World War II and
served overseas in the European Theater and was a co-pilot on a B-17
bomber and was honorably discharged as a 2nd Lt. After his honorable
discharge, Don attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Don
returned to Forest City to join his brother, John, in the family
business selling cars and John Deere equipment. He moved to Clear Lake
in 1986, working as a realtor for Northern Realty in Clear Lake. He was
united in marriage to his wife, Shirley, on Aug. 15, 1950 in Mason City,
Iowa. Don enjoyed mowing his yard, traveling, fishing, playing cards,
hunting, and golfing, but his great love and enjoyment was his family
and friends. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake, and
the Clear Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars. Left to cherish his memory is
his wife, Shirley Eymann, of Clear Lake; three children, Suzanne Wright
of Oregon City, Ore., Joni Fields and her husband, Dan of Shorewood,
Minn., and Jan Eymann-McConville and her husband, Tim, of Verona, Wis.;
five grandchildren, Jenny, Stephanie, Leanna, Tyler, and Kolby. Don is
also survived by his sister, Marilyn Hanna and her husband, Tom, of
Kensett, Iowa as well as other relatives and friends. He was preceded in
death by his parents; two brothers, Lewis and John; and two sisters, Pat
and Norma.