Willard "Jack" Fredrick Frank Perleberg

Funeral services for Willard F. Perleberg, age 90, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Myrtle. The Rev. David Efflandt will officiate. Interment will be in Pilgrim’s Rest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church.
Jack died on Friday, January 8, 2016 at Hospice of North Iowa in Mason City.  
Willard F. Perleberg was born on December 6, 1925 in London Township, the son of Martin and Martha (Hensel) Perleberg. He went to country school and then began farming with his family.  Jack met his future wife Charlene Clasen through mutual friends. They were united in marriage on January 7, 1950 in Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois. A life-long farmer, Jack was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church and the London Conservation Club.  He played softball and dartball through the church league, coached girls’ softball and was a member of the Freeborn County Softball Hall of Fame.  Jack was an avid snowmobiler and belonged to the Lords of London Snowmobile Club.  He liked fishing, hunting, and travel; enjoying trips up North for deer hunting.
Survivors include his special friend Fern Nelson; children Larry (Okki) Perleberg, Wayne Perleberg, son-in-law Kenneth Lawson, Pauline Perleberg, Bill (Barbara) Perleberg, and Renee (Doane) Perleberg; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Jack was preceded in death by his wife Charlene, daughter Diane, parents, brothers, sisters, nieces, and nephews.