Dallas W. Oestreich

HADAR -- Dallas W. Oestreich, 73, of Hadar died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013.Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church at Hadar with burial in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Stonacek Funeral Chapel in Norfolk. The Rev. Nathaniel Winkel will officiate.Dallas William Oestreich, son of William and Muriel (Pentico) Oestreich, was born July 10, 1940, in Norfolk. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hadar. He attended Immanuel Lutheran School in Hadar and graduated from Pierce High School in 1958. He studied one year at Wayne State College, where he played on the football team and considered himself one of the "Men of Maury." On Jan. 31, 1960, Dallas married his high school sweetheart, Carol (Lorenz) at Zion Lutheran Church in Pierce. They were blessed with four children: Steve, Brenda, Brian and Todd. They made their home outside Hadar on the Oestreich farm homesteaded in 1882. Dallas was a farmer at heart as well as a carpenter. Dallas was an active council member and past chairman of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hadar. He was also a member and past chairman of the local AAL branch. He was very active for the last 51 years as a fireman for the Hadar Volunteer Fire Department, where he served as secretary for 40 years. He was a member and chairman of the Pierce County Planning and Zoning Commission. Dallas was a chairman of the Pierce County Chapter of the Red Cross, member of the Pierce Historical Society, announcer at the Pierce Old Time Threshing Bee and Pierce County Fair Tractor Pulls. Dallas was involved with the Pierce Community Golf Course, but was better known as the owner and head greens keeper of "Foul Play" Golf Course at his home near Hadar. He was a player and coach of the Hadar men's fast-pitch softball team for many years and also a league bowler at Pierce lanes for close to 40 years. He was named "Outstanding Young Farmer" by the Pierce Jaycees and was an FFA Honorary Chapter Farmer as well as FFA Alumni member. Dallas was a former member of the Pierce High Alumni Association Committee and longtime emcee of the Alumni Pep Rally, where he was deemed the "Voice of Hadar" and "Mr. Pep Rally, USA." He is survived by his wife Carol and four children, Steve, Brenda, Brian and Todd; Brenda Abler and children Tracy along with husband Matt Dennis, Brent and fiancee Rachel Bohrer and Brittnie Abler; Brian and wife Renea along with their children Lindsay and fiance Travis Hinkel, Derek and Haley Oestreich; Todd along with wife Carla and their children Shianna, Carson and Ritter Oestreich. He is also survived by one brother-in-law, Darrell "Shorty" Rahder of Atkinson, and a sister-in-law, Millie, along with husband Don Zimmer of Pierce. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister-in-law Marlene Rahder. Casket bearers will be Mike Korth, LeRay Zierke, Gary Zimmer, Bill Rahder, Dale Clipston, Gary Schuett. Honorary casket bearers will be Tracy Dennis, Brent Abler, Brittnie Abler, Lindsay Oestreich, Derek Oestreich, Haley Oestreich, Shianna Oestreich, Carson Oestreich, Ritter Oestreich.

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Dallas W. Oestreich

July 10, 1940 - August 14, 2013