Orville F. Bierl

Orville F. Bierl, age 80, of Carroll died Monday, August 23, 2010 at the Carroll Health Center. Mass of the Christian burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, August 28, 2010 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Templeton with Fr. Dale Reiff as Celebrant. Organist for the service will be Julie Sibble, soloist will be Shari Schulte, and the Sacred Heart Men’s Choir will sing. Lectors will be Francis and Nathan Bierl. Gift bearers will be Dave, Greg and Mike Bierl and Leanne Paulson. Eucharistic minister will be Sherry Bierl. Casket bearers will be Nathan, Joe and Andy Bierl, Emily Bierl and Laura, Sarah and Christopher Paulson. Burial will be at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Templeton. Friends may call at the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Carroll after 2:30 P.M. on Friday where there will be a Rosary at 3:00 P.M. and a Christian Wake Service at 7:00 P.M. The family suggests memorials may be made to Conception Seminary, Conception, Missouri or Priests of the Sacred Heart, Hales Corners, Wisconsin. A son of Ed and Teresa (Heithoff) Bierl, Orv was born March 8, 1930 in Carroll. He attended Saints Peter and Paul grade school in Carroll. He then attended Conception Seminary (Conception, MO) and Divine Word Seminary (Epworth, IA) before graduating from Carroll HS in 1948. Orv served in the Navy from 1951-1954. During this time he met his future wife, Marion F. DiTullio in Boston, MA. Orv and Marion were united in marriage on Sept 5, 1955 at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church in Hyde Park, MA and then resided in Carroll for a short time. They relocated to Boston for 12 years before returning to Carroll in 1969. Orv was employed in sales for most of his life. In 1975, he opened Orv Bierl Realty and Insurance and in 1997 he merged with Stevens and Ziska Insurance. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, hunting and card playing and was a lifetime member in good standing of the Ralston Country Club. He especially enjoyed family fishing trips to Canada and traveling with Marion. Orv directed the parish religious education program and was active in the Holy Name Society during his time in Boston. He was active with the Carroll Board of Realtors, having served as president. He was a member of Holy Spirit parish in Carroll. Orv had a strong faith in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and he often said in his later years as a resident of the Carroll Health Center that his goal was to get at least one person to smile each day. He is survived by his four sons: David Bierl and his wife Kathy of Davenport, IA; Gregory Bierl of Davenport, IA; Michael Bierl and his wife Sherry of Harlan, IA; Francis Bierl and his wife Peggy of Sedro Woolley, WA; a daughter Leanne Paulson and her husband Brent of Indianola, IA.; 16 grandchildren; one brother, Dennis Bierl of Carroll; one sister, Doris (Jack) Meyer of Fairmont, MN and many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his wife Marion; his parents, Ed and Teresa Bierl; his brothers Clifford, Harold and Laverne Bierl; his sister Arlene Hoffman (formerly of Manning, IA) and a grandson Eric Bierl of Davenport, IA.