Nyle B. Jurgensen

Funeral Services: 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 17th at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. Visitation: 2:00 to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, December 16th at the funeral home, where the family will be present to receive friends from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Burial: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, near Van Meter. Memorial Contributions: May be directed to the family to be designated at a later date. Nyle Bernau Jurgensen, the son of Jes Henrich Gustav and Laura (nee: Bernau) Jurgensen, was born December 23, 1923, on a farm near DeSoto, Iowa. He attended country schools, and enlisted in the United States Army during World War II. In the army, he served in the 264th Anti-Tank Company, 66th Infantry Division of the “Black Panthers”. Following the war, Nyle returned to Iowa where he married Shirley Mae Root on February 14, 1948 in Des Moines, Iowa. To this union were born four children, Jeannine, Lee Alan, Karen, and Niki. After tenant farming near Belmond, Iowa, he moved his family to a farm near Patterson, Iowa, where he farmed for over 50 years. Nyle and Shirley loved to ballroom dance, traveling throughout Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri. Nyle’s passion was farming. He enjoyed John Deere tractors. “If it wasn’t green, it wasn’t mean”. On Friday morning, December 10, 2010, Nyle died peacefully on his farm. He lived 86 years, 11 months, and 17 days. Preceding him in death were his parents; an infant son; his wife, Shirley of over 45 years; a sister, Monna Rose Mitchell; and a son-in-law, Dennis Kennedy. Those surviving to carry on his legacy include his daughters, Jeanie Kennedy (partner, Don Abbott) of Bemidji, MN, Karen (husband, Randy) Hauschildt of Earlham, IA, and Niki Steenhoek (partner, Dave Pizzo) of Ormond Beach, FL; a sister, Wanda Gattman of North Augusta, SC; a former son-in-law, Daryl Steenhoek of Altoona, IA; four grandchildren, Kelly, Travis, Justin, and Derek; and five great-grandchildren.