John Gales Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

John N. Gales, age 81 of Livermore, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona. Mass of the Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 10:00 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Livermore with Rev. Randy Schon celebrating. Burial will take place at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in St. Joe. Visitation will be held on Friday from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Livermore. John N. Gales, the son of Raymond Peter and Anna Susan (Hilbert) Gales, was born on August 22, 1936 in St. Joseph, Iowa. He attended St. Joseph Catholic School. On October 10, 1959 John was united in marriage with Delores Illean Manser at St. Joseph Catholic Church in St. Joseph. John was the Grain Elevator Manager at Irvington, Hanna, Livermore, Algona, Bode, Ottosen and Newark, Illinois. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Left to cherish John’s memory is his children, Susan Illg and her husband David of Apex, NC, Katherine Grimm and her husband Tony of Ottosen, Steven Gales and his wife Theresa of Clayton, NC and Kay Brummel and her husband Kenneth of Manlius, IL; nine grandchildren, Curtis (Kaitlin) Grimm, Travis Grimm, Nicholas and Keith Gales, Richard (Megan), Laura, Susan, Rachel and Thomas Brummel; great-grandchild, Marcus Brummel; sisters, Theresa McKibban of Humboldt and Margaret Sopavich of Coalville and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Delores; parents; brothers, Raymond and Jim Gales and sister, Roseanne Kinnetz.

John Gales

August 22, 1936 - January 9, 2018