OBITUARY: Anton Edwin "Tony" Pike, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted Apr. 17, 2002]


                         Anton Edwin "Tony" Pike

Funeral services will be held for Anton "Tony" Pike, age 90, of St. Ansgar
at 11 am Thursday at the First Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar. Rev. Robert
Porisch officiating. Burial will take place at the First Lutheran Cemetery,
St. Ansgar, IA. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 5 pm to 7 pm at the
Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, 207 South School Street, St. Ansgar, IA.
Visitaiton will continue Thursday until one hour prior to service at the
church.

Anton Pike died Saturday, April 13, 2002 at his daughter's home in Mason
City, IA.

Anton Edwin "Tony" Pike was born on January 19, 1912 in Deer Creek Township,
Iowa to Edwin Roy Pike and Mary Johanna (Johnson) Pike. He married Alice
Campbell on July 5, 1942 in Austin, MN. He lived in the St. Ansgar area all
of his life and was a member of the First Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar. He
enjoyed his garden and playing cards, His biggest joy was his family.

Preceding him in death were his parents; wife Alice in 1995; four sisters,
Laura, Evelyn, Pearl and Dianna; four brothers, Erwin, Earl, Lawrence and
Warren.

Survivors include two daughters, Janet and husband Earl Randall of Waterloo,
Susan and husband Gary Squier of Mason City; one son Gerald and wife Judy
Pike of Albert Lea, MN; eight grandchildren, Teresa Zuke, Waterloo, Tamara
and husband Jeff Whalen, Colorado Springs, Co, Brian and wife Andrea Halama,
St. Paul, MN, Jodee and husband Ben McCallum of Minneapolis, MN, Michelle
Squier of Minneapolis, MN, Brian and wife Ann Squier, Colo, IA, Kelly and
husband Kenny Walker, Hampton, IA and Kyle and wife Heidi Pike, Buffalo
Center, IA; nine great-grandchildren, Jennifer, Matthew, Joshua, Danielle,
Kailey, Mason, Noah, Paige and Logan; one great-great-grandchild Abigail;
three sisters, Edna Knutson of California, Deloris Thompson of Toeterville &
Crystal Braun of Grafton; one sister-in-law Bernice Pike of Clear Lake, IA.

Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, IA is in charge of
arrangements. 641-713-4920.




Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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