A graveside memorial service will be held May 24 at Jefferson Municipal Cemtery for Clyde Lane, 90, of Holstein.
Words of comfort will be offered by the Rev Kim Nofel, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Jefferson. Honorary bearers will be Jake Lane, Nick Lane and Kate Lane. Military rites will be performed by the Iowa Army Honor Guard.
Clyde Curtis Lane, known as “Buzz”, was born in Jefferson, Iowa on April 4, 1931, to Edna (Coon) and Elmer Lane.
Clyde Lane was wounded at Heartbreak Ridge in Korea on Nov. 4, 1952. He spent four months in Yokohama, Japan. He lost his left eye and had shrapnel in his face. He was sent to Brooks Army Hospital and stayed there one month. He lost hearing in his right ear and had shrapnel in his jaw. He got home and went to work on the Highway Department with his father. He later started working at the post office until he was transferred to Sac City.
While living in Jefferson, Clyde loved to fix up and sell the houses he and his family lived in. He was a very talented handyman. He finally got his dream house, a 40 acre farm outside of Jefferson where his kids grew up.
Clyde was a talented woodworker, making blackpowder rifles and also a set of replica miniature rifles.
He also loved to fish and bow hunt.
Clyde was married to Alyce Brown on August 15, 1952 in Grand Junction, Iowa. They were the parents of three children: Neal, Dave, and Cindi. They lived in Jefferson for several years where Buzz worked for the Post Office as custodian. Buzz and Alyce moved to Sac City in 1976 and he retired in 1986. They moved to Lake View in 1995.
During retirement, Buzz and Alyce would get in their camper and head to Minnesota and Canada where they would fish. Buzz and Alyce loved traveling together.
Clyde Lane died Feb. 3, 2022 at Holstein. He was 90 years of age. He was preceded in death by his wife Alyce; his daughter Cindi Cummings; and brother Rich Lane.
He is survived by his sons David Lane (Mary) of Algona and Neal Lane (Debra Frey) of Reedsburg, WI; grandchildren: Kelley Lowe (Billy) and Kristen Russell (Paul “P.J.”) of Jefferson, IA, Kale Cummings (Ashlee) of West Des Moines, and Nick Lane (Jessica) and Jake Lane (Casey) of Algona; great-grandchildren: Addyson Lane, Camden Lane, Maggie Lane, Eleanor Lane, Kaden Lowe, Tegan Lowe, William Lowe, Tori Lowe, Tia Lowe (Ben), Collin Russell and Lane Russell; great-great-grandson Wrenly; brothers Bill Lane (Pat) of Urbandale and Ron Lane (Pat) of Des Moines; sister Pat Triplett of Mesa, AZ; sister and brother-in-law Audrey and Merrill Larsh of Las Vegas, NV; other relatives and friends.
The family is assisted by Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home of Jefferson, 515-386-2171.
