DARYL NESTVEDT Des Moines Daryl A. Nestvedt was born October 29, 1926 in Mason City, Iowa. His father died when Daryl was 9 years old. His mother and three sisters worked their way through the depression. Because his family needed a paycheck and he needed out of the house filled with 4 women, Daryl left high school and joined the Navy. Ironically, he remembered the Japanese in Guam's prisoner camp as "just kids." He contracted TB in a "Pacific paradise" and after the war spent a year recovering in the Great Lakes Naval Hospital. Less one lung but otherwise in good shape, he returned to Mason City and earned his High School Diploma and an Associates Business Degree. He met his best friend and love, Veronica "Bonnie" Larson, at the newly built Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa in 1948. They married 4 months later and together they raised 5 children, settling in Indianola, Iowa. Working as a "book keeper" he finished his career auditing insurance companies in Des Moines for 20 years with the IRS. He relished watching his work change from pencil, paper, and adding machines to printouts from main frames. Daryl made reels and reels of home movies that record his love of horse riding, camping, traveling, fishing, and celebrating with friends and family. He was a founding member of the Knights of Columbus in Indianola. He enjoyed playing chess with his friend and neighbor Dr. George "Doc" Parke, raising cane with his friend and brother-in-law William "Bill" Burzette, and many happy retirement years fishing the Gulf in South Padre, Texas. After breaking his hip and three unsuccessful hip replacement attempts, he was diagnosed with a staph infection in his leg, rejecting further recommended surgery, he gladly left the hospital with a "4-7 days to live" prognosis. With the help of his nurse/angel Angela, he lived another 14 months without a complaint and died quietly at his home surrounded by family January 25, 2015. He was 88. Daryl will be remembered for is good nature, calm intelligence, solid friendship, hard work and almost annoying reliability. You could count on Daryl if you could take a little sarcasm. He fondly remembered nearly everyone he met. Daryl was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar and Mamie Nestvedt; two sisters, Norma Hill and Wanita Paulson; and his wife of 65 years, Veronica (Bonnie) Nestvedt. He is survived by his sister, Mary Pedelty; five children, Mike Nestvedt of Colfax, Pat (Sue) Nestvedt of West Des Moines, Joe (Mary) Nestvedt of Indianola, David (Renee) Nestvedt of Des Moines, and Mary (Pat) Ratigan of Beatrice, NE; 9 grandchildren, Scott, Amie (Frank) Heimbaugh, Jeremy (Amanda) Selvage, Derrick (Nikki) Nestvedt, Nicole (Tony) Nestvedt, will, Ryan (Khilah) Ratigan, Devin (Ashley) Ratigan, Cara (Brett) Rolofson; and 10 great-grandchildren, Jarrett, Dakota, Daxton, Ashley, Mya, Leah, Jayden, Peyton, Finley, and a new arrival in April. Services will be held 10 a.m., Thursday, January 29 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Indianola with burial following in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, January 28 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola with a Rosary service at 7:30 p.m.