- Date Of Birth: July 30, 1931
- Date Of Death: July 18, 2017
- State: Iowa
V. Dean Birkenholtz, 85, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at Skiff Medical Center.
On March 25, 1951, Dean was united in marriage to Barbara Ann Meyer. Dean was a farmer and also did carpentry work. He built many buildings and homes in Jasper County.
Those left to honor Dean’s memory are his wife, Barbara Birkenholtz of Newton; daughters, Julie (Ron) Brown of Newton and Susan (Ken) Ruden of Dexter; sons, Gary “Bud” (Belinda) Birkenholtz of Newton and Dwight (Barb) Birkenholtz of Colfax; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, Rachel (David) Lester and their children, Harlee and Devin, Ed Guthrie, Clint Birkenholtz and his children, Hayden and Charlotte, Chad (Nicole) Birkenholtz, and their daughter, Roslin; Elizabeth Place and fiancé, Ryan Keim, and Angela (Taylor) Johnson; brother, Ordell (Jean) Birkenholtz of Newton; sister-in-law, Betty Lindsey of Marshalltown; his several step-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Thelma Anderson in 2007; and a brother, Everett Birkenholtz in 2007.
