Dennis Lee Boldt, 80, passed away with family by his side on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born on April 23, 1944, in Iowa City, Iowa to Raymond and Eva (Maddy) Boldt. He was the oldest of three children. Dennis attended Frog Pond Country School. Dennis would complain and talk about how much he hated walking up and down the Braida hill to go back and forth to school. He disliked that so much he tried to get out of going to school. When he went to Brown Country School, his teacher would stop and give him a ride home even when it was just down the road.
In 1962, he graduated from Russell Community High School. Dennis was involved in 4-H and FFA. He was in the Army from 1966-1968 stationed at South Korea during the Vietnam War. When Dennis returned to the states, he farmed alongside his father and grandfather John Maddy at their family farm, turning the Maddy Farm into a Century Farm.
On January 8, 1976, Dennis married Zelda Stout. Sixteen years later they welcomed a daughter, Kimberly Sue Boldt. He continued to farm and raise hogs in the 80’s and then later switched to cattle. Before Dennis retired his equipment, he did row cropping until he finally decided to retire.
He loved spending time with his family and friends. Dennis enjoyed auctions, collecting Allis Chalmer tractors, watching Gunsmoke, the Andy Griffith Show and any old western. Every year he looked forward to the Old Threshers Reunion in Mount Pleasant Iowa. On Sunday’s he would meet up with his friends at McDonald’s in Knoxville for supper. Lucas county fair was another meeting place for the farmers to get together. Driving around on old gravel roads looking at crops and cattle was something Dennis enjoyed.
Dennis will be greatly missed by his wife, Zelda, his daughter, Kim, his siblings, Ann (Ken) Dilley and Mary (Lane) Davis, sister-in-law, Judy Schreck, Sheryl Schoondyke, Dianna Stout and brother-in-law, Wayne (Patty) Stout, his nieces and nephews, Deann Remington-Schaefer (Rex), Scott Remington, Chris Davis, Shana (Chris) Kays, Elizabeth (Mike) Schmidt, Mike (Carolyn) Schreck, Jeff (Chris) Schreck, Teresa (Rick) Pate, Brian Schreck, Shelley (Tim) Payne, Tina (Patrick) Riley, close friends, Arlan Dezwarte and Jim Wade and many family and friends.
He is preceded in death by his parents, his brother-in-law, John Schoondyke and Ed Schreck, good friends, Jack Wade and John Popson and his beloved dog Psycho.
Please honor Dennis by dressing like a farmer. Memorials may be directed to the family.
Saturday
December 28, 2024
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Fielding Funeral Home
227 S Grand
Chariton , Iowa 50049
Saturday
December 28, 2024
11:00 AM
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