Alvin W. Mensing

Alvin Wallace Mensing was born May 6, 1931 at the Ellsworth hospital in Iowa Falls Iowa to Henry L. and Marie (Engeland) Mensing. He was raised on the family farm in Lee Township, Franklin County. He was a member of the Lee Center Methodist Church. Alvin attended Lee Center county school and graduated from the Iowa Falls High School in 1949. Alvin graduated Ellsworth College and attended one year at Iowa State University before being drafted into the Army during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in 1954. Al began working for Ralston Purina in Iowa Falls. He married Janice E Persons in 1955, they had two daughters Janal and Jodel and were later divorced. Alvin became an insurance underwriter for Farmers Union in Colorado. Thru a referral Al began working for Martin Marietta. It was during this time that he married Kaye Gosser. They were transferred to the corporate office in New York City, where Al was corporate insurance administrator for Martin Marietta. Upon the death of his parents, they moved to a farm near Iowa Falls. Alvin and Kaye had a daughter Diana and a son Todd. Al sold the farmland and purchased property in Alden. In 1979 Kaye passed away. In 1988 Alvin moved to Waterloo Iowa where he was and apartment manager for the H.R Lubben CO. Alvin retired and moved to Coulter Iowa in 2006 to be closer to family. Al enjoyed reading, bird watching, decorating his yard each season, tinkering in his garage, socializing and having meals with his friends, talking farming with his son Todd and attending his Granddaughters school events. Preceded in death by his parents Henry & Marie and wife Kaye. Survived by: Son Todd (Lori) Mensing Coulter, Daughters Diana Mensing Cowan & family California, Janal Bennett & family Texas, Jodel Kerkera & family Washington. Granddaughters Danielle, Brooke, Tiffany, Sarah, Emeline & Kelly Grandsons Travis & Tim. Great Grandchildren Braelynn, Emerson, Abel, Madison, Ian, Ayden, Tristan & Fiona, brother Verlyn Mensing of Iowa Falls, Iowa. Graveside Services will take place Monday (Feb 16) at 1:30 p.m. at the Alden Cemetery in Alden, Iowa.

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Alvin W. Mensing

May 6, 1931 - February 1, 2015