- Date Of Birth: February 26, 1925
- Date Of Death: December 23, 2008
- State: Iowa
Mardell D. Sargent (Red), 83, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona.
Mardell was born on February 26, 1925 in Osceola, Nebraska, the son of Wilbur and Norma Sargent.
He attended school in Bartlett, Nebraska, and joined the United States Army in 1944. He served in Japan and Okinawa.
On June 30, 1945 he married Ardith Louise Klentz in St. Paul, Nebraska. To this union four children were born: Dennis, Thelma Jean, Leonard and Roy.
Together they lived in many different areas including St. Paul, Grand Island, and Omaha, Nebraska, as well as Guthrie Center and Casey, Iowa. When the family settled on the farm outside of Guthrie Center he went to work for International and Chevrolet as a mechanic. Following this they moved to Casey where he worked for the Iowa D.O.T. and later worked in Adair as head mechanic until his retirement in 1988.
Mardell was known as “Red” by co-workers, friends and family. He loved gardening, animals and especially going 4-wheeling with his family. There was never a stranger near him, he made friends with everyone.
