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Louis H. Dallman, 88, of Kanawha, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2025 at Kanawha Community Home.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at Ewing Funeral Chapel, 178 Center Street West in Britt, with Chaplin Jani Dahlin officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Britt.
Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Louis Herman Dallman, the son of Otto and Alice (Smidt) Dallman was born December 2, 1936. He grew up on the farm near Britt where he attended school where he enjoyed participating in wrestling. Louis graduated from Britt High School in 1954.
Following graduation, Louis was drafted in the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Lee, Virginia. While in the Army, Louis wrestled and was a caretaker at Arlington Cemetery. Louis took a job with the Iowa Highway Commission after his discharge from the Army. Louis and Kae lived in several communities, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux Center and lastly Kanawha.
On April 27, 1962, Louis was united in marriage with Kae Chelsvig at First Lutheran Church in Britt. They made their home on the farm outside of Kanawha where they raised their five children David, Derrin, Debbie, Donnie and Dennis. Louis was a dairy, hog and crop farmer. He also had a love for donkeys, mules, horses, ponies and farm sales.
Our dad was a wonderful husband, dad, and grandpa who loved his family and his country. Dad and mom gave us kids and grandkids great memories growing up on the farm and shared the importance of family that we all cherish. Dad’s words of advice were always “Always follow the Golden Rule, treat others how you want to be treated and be kind, be patient and understanding”.
Left to cherish his memory are her children David and Caprecia Dallman of Virginia, Derrin and Wendy Dallman of Arizona, Deb and Gary Hiscocks of Algona, Donnie and Holli Dallman of Cambridge, and Dennis and Peggy Dallman of Kanawha; grandchildren RaeAnn Hiscocks (Tyler Patzner), Casey Hiscocks, Martha Ray Dallman, Louis Arthur Dallman, Sara Kay Dallman, Molly Beverly Dallman, Beth Ann Dallman, Patrick and Mara Weatherford, Brock Dallman, Carrie and John Carlin, Nicole Beasley, and Shawn and Jana Mewes; several great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law Don and Dorothy Dallman of Britt; brother-in-law and sister-in-law Keith and Esther Chelsvig of Illinois; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Louis is preceded in death by his parents; wife Kae October 26, 2023; his sisters and their husbands Beverly (Eugene) Huff and Emily (Paul) Eisenmann.