Submitted by: Dan Rich
Allison G. Lindahl
May 29, 1929 – Jan 1, 2005
The Decatur Daily Democrat 1/3/2005
Al Lindahl, 75, Decatur, a former
member of the Adams County Council and an educator, coach, and
athletic official for many years, died at 5 a.m. Saturday in
Lutheran Hospital at Fort Wayne.
He was born in Mishawaka on May 29, 1929, to Allison B. and
Lucille F. Gleissner Lindahl.
He married Charlotte E. DeRue on
August 1, 1953; she survives.
He retired in 1992 after 25 years as a teacher and a football
coach at Bellmont High School. He had been a basketball coach
from 1956-60 at the former Decatur Catholic High School and a
football and basketball coach at McBride High School in St.
Louis, Missouri from 1953-56. He also spent 42 years as an
athletic official.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and was one of the
founders of the annual St. Joe Smoker in Decatur in 1970, He was
a member of the National Education Association, Indiana State
Teachers' Association, Northeast Indiana Athletic Officials'
Association, United States Track and Field organization, alumni
organizations of St. Louis University and St. Joseph High School
in South Bend, the Decatur Wrestling Club, and Elks Lodge 993 in
Decatur.
He was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in
Decatur.
Other survivors are two daughters, Diane M. Lindahl of Three
Rivers, Michigan, and Mrs. John (Mary C.) Friedt of
Decatur; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
A brother is deceased.
A prayer service will be held at 9:20 a.m. Wednesday in Haggard
and Sefton Funeral Home, Decatur, followed by a Mass of Christian
Burial in St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church. Burial will
be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Decatur.
Visiting hours are 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, with a rosary service at
3:30 p.m. and an Elks memorial service at 8 p.m.
Preferred memorials are to St. Joseph Catholic School in Decatur,
the Cancer Fund within the Adams County Community Foundation,
and/or the Elks Scholarship Fund.
Editor: He was born in Mishawaka IN.