Allan H. Rastede

Allan Rastede

ALLEN — Allan H. Rastede, 78, Allen, died in the Loveland, Colo., Medical Center of the Rockies, June 25 after experiencing a fatal fall while on a bus tour.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m., June 30, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Concord.

Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., June 29, at Mohr & Becker-Hunt Funeral Home, South Sioux City.

Allan, the eldest child of Marvin and Matilda “Tillie” (Arp) Rastede, was born Feb. 7, 1945, at Wayne. He was baptized April 1945 and confirmed May 1959, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Concord where he was a life-time member. He spent his childhood on a farm southwest of Allen, and attended elementary school one mile south of the farm at Rose Hill District 51. He then attended junior and senior high school at Allen Consolidated School, graduating in 1963. He continued farming with his father and serving in the 185th Air National Guard, at Sioux City, Iowa. The unit was activated in 1968-1969, following the Pueblo Crisis and sent to Kwang Ju, South Korea. A highlight of his life was returning to Kwang Ju, when visiting Korea, when his daughter was stationed in Korea.

He was a lifetime member of the Floyd Gleason American Legion post. He married Marcia Stamp April 3, 1971, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Holstein, Iowa. The couple lived in Allen and, later on, a farm two miles south of Allen, where they raised their three children, Greg, Kelli and Carla.

Allan farmed first with his father, then his brother, Wayne, and finally for the last 22 years with his son. In name he was retired, but in actuality, he was still very active in the farm operation both with decision making and physically helping with the farm work. He paid close attention to the commodity markets and price fluctuation with selling grain. Allan and Marcia worked well together on the farm as well as traveling, both with their children and after the children left home, visiting many states and foreign countries. Allan was a generous financial supporter of surrounding churches, local organizations, and fundraisers.

Survivors include his wife, Marcia Rastede; children, Greg (Abby) Rastede, Kelli (Jeff) Sorenson, and Carla (Bobby) Sossa; grandchildren, Samantha and Mason Rastede, Avery, Sydney and Riley Sorenson, and Brecken and Hayden Sossa; sister, Carol Hassler; brother, Wayne Rastede; and many in-laws, nieces, and nephews.

Allan was preceded in death by his parents, Marvin and Tillie Rastede and Marcia’s parents Vernon and Geneva Stamp.

Memorials may be directed to the family in Allan’s memory.