Merlin Nulle

Merlin died Tuesday morning at Black Hawk Life Care Center in Lake View.

Visitation

Thursday, March 12, 2009

After 4:00 PM

Prayer Service at 7:00 PMOhde Funeral Home

Manning, Iowa

Funeral Service

Friday, March 13, 2009, 10:30 AM

Zion Lutheran Church, Arcadia, Iowa

Officiating

Pastor Ben Dose

Music

Amazing Grace?     Fight The Good Fight?What A Friend We Have In Jesus?

Lisa McNelly, Organist

Casket Bearers

Dale Lenz     Gary Lenz     Kim Von Glan

Jeff Luetje     Dan Lorenzen     J. R. Miller

Honorary Casket Bearers

Original Polka Dots with Merlin and Alta

Art & Evelyn Woerdehoff     Wally & Leta Jensen

Clayton & Maxine Dohse     Louie & LaVonne Gehlsen

Verle & Donnabelle Massman     Steve & Edna Rowen

Vernus & Marion Grimsman     Hip & Eileen Kienapfel

Glenn & Shirley Messenbrink     Tom & Jan OBrien

Interment

Manning Cemetery, Manning, Iowa

Merlin Harry, son of Harry and Leona (Struve) Nulle, was born September 9, 1931, at Manning, Iowa. He grew up on the farm and attended rural schools. Merlin graduated from Manning High School with the Class of 1950. He stayed on the farm to help his father and also his uncle Fred Nulle.

   On August 7, 1955, Merlin was united in marriage with Alta C. Justice at Trinity Lutheran Church in Manilla. Two sons were born to this union. They farmed south of Westside until 1967 when they moved to their farm north of Westside where they farmed for 40 years.

   Merlin was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Arcadia. He and Alta were founding members of the Polka Dots. They enjoyed dancing, camping and traveling with friends. Merlin spent many enjoyable hours playing cards, Sheep Head and Rummy, in Arcadia.  He enjoyed a lifetime of farming and riding his tractor, once going on a three state tractor ride with his brother Bill, Bills wife Sandy and Bills son Todd.

   When Merlins health began to fail after surgery in 2006, he became a resident of Black Hawk Life Care Center in Lake View. He died there on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at the age of 77 years, 6 months and 1 day.

   Preceding Merlin in death are his parents; wife Alta Nulle in 2004; and sister Marlene Nulle Joens.

   He is survived by his sons Kevin Nulle and wife Kim of Ida Grove and Kent Nulle and wife Jill of Breda; six grandchildren: Hope (Nulle) and husband Dan DeLuca; Matthew Nulle and wife Maria; Mark Nulle; Trevor Nulle and Trent and Tanner Jespersen; brother Bill Nulle and wife Sandy of Springville; sister Lila and husband Terry Wendelboe of Spirit Lake; brother-in-law Bob Joens of Montrose, CO; nieces, nephew, other relatives and many friends.