Harry Lannelle Mcneilus

HARRY LANELLE McNEILUS

The funeral service for Harry Lanelle McNeilus will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church 410 3rd Avenue SW in Dodge Center, MN with Dr. Vernon Erickson and Thomas Bentley co-officiating. Interment will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Dodge Center, MN.
Harry Lanelle McNeilus, 91, passed away at his home in Dodge Center on Friday morning, January 13, 2012.
Harry Lanelle McNeilus was born on July 12, 1920, the son of George and Elsie (Whitaker) McNeilus in Clarion, IA. He graduated from Hylandale Academy in Rockland, WI in 1937, and attended Union College in Lincoln, NE. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942-1946, as a Sea Bee serving in the European and Pacific Theaters. Harry was united in marriage to Grace Flynn on February 4, 1944, in Plymouth, England. They lived in Lanesboro, MN until moving to Dodge Center in 1948, and started McNeilus scrap metal which later became McNeilus Steel. Harry served on the School Board, was bank director, and lead the fight to keep the school in Dodge Center. In 1980, he was the first Citizen of the Year in Dodge Center, and was inducted in 1996, to the Business Person Hall of Fame in Dodge Center. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and his resort in northern Minnesota. Harry was a very active member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church for many years.
Harry is survived by one daughter, Maureen (Tom Lumsden) McNeilus, Rochester, MN; four sons, George (Shari) McNeilus, Dodge Center, MN; Marnelle (Mary Ann) McNeilus; Lanesboro, MN; Pat (Rhonda) McNeilus, Dodge Center, MN; Michael (Mary) McNeilus, Dodge Center, MN; fourteen grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Grace in 1997; one daughter; one infant son; three brothers and three sisters.
Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at the Czaplewski Family Funeral Home, 110 West Main Street, Dodge Center, MN and one hour before the service at the church on Wednesday. The family prefers memorials to the Dodge County Food Shelf in Kasson, MN.
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