Alvin “Al” Storesund Obituary

Alvin “Al” Charles Storesund, 78, of Panora, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 26, 2020. His last days were spent in EveryStep Kavanagh House in Des Moines after a courageous battle with cancer. His Confirmation book states, “My name is of no importance to the rest of the world…but my name is written in the Book of Life”. Alvins faith in God held strong till the end.
Alvin was born on March 11, 1942 in Ottesen, Iowa. He was the second born of three sons to Gerner & Edna Storesund. He was baptized in the Trinity Lutheran Church on May 3, 1942. He was Confirmed at the Peace Lutheran Church in Glidden on March 25, 1956 and graduated from Glidden High School in 1960. After high school, Alvin enlisted into the United States Air Force. After Basic Training, he was stationed in Lincoln, NE with the SAC 97th air refueling squadron. He was an assistant crew chief on a KC 97 air refueling plane that refueled B-47 Bombers. From Lincoln he was regularly sent on Alert Duty in Fort Churchill, Canada for 2 week stints. The KC 97’s squadron did a 3 month tour in the Azores Islands during the Cuban Crisis. Alvin finished his days in the service stationed in Bangor, Maine, receiving his Honorable Discharge effective July 14, 1966 after two years in the Air Force Reserve. Alvin made many lifelong friends during his time in the service and also met his wife, Rowena, while stationed in Lincoln.
Alvin and Rowena were joined in marriage at Trinity Lutheran Church on August 25, 1962 in Lincoln, NE. After living in states ranging from Maine, Nebraska, Florida, and finally Iowa again. They settled down in Coon Rapids to raise their family of five; Lonnie, Jodi, Trudi, Wes, and Quinten. Alvin found work with a local Chevrolet dealer, Niles Chevrolet, as a mechanic until moving across the street to Garst and Thomas print and mail department until retiring in 2007. He was a member of the American Legion Gurney Parker Post #357 in Coon Rapids for 48 consecutive years. He was also a former member of Ascension Lutheran Church in Coon Rapids and a current member of St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Panora.
Alvin was a true family man with an infectious sense of humor. They would take their young children on annual vacations across the United States. They visited many locations from the Grand Canyon, Washington D.C., Cave of the Winds in Colorado, to Cape Canaveral in Florida. Alvin would watch with pride of his children’s activities, which followed with traveling to see the grandchildren’s activities. As an outdoorsman, he enjoyed taking the kids and grandchildren walking through wooded trails, boating, water skiing, golfing/golf cart rides, and fishing. “The boys” fishing trips ranged from Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Colorado, and Canada, with their most recent trip October 2020 to Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Rowena’s parents, and son Lonnie. He is survived by his wife, Rowena; children, Jodi (Randy), Trudi (Patrick), Wesley, and Quinten (Tonya); grandchildren, Siri, Jakob, Shelby, Jamie, Kobe, Sydney, Brett, Vallerie, Cory, Shey, and Kain; brothers, Larry and James; along with many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M., Thursday, December 31, 2020 at St. Thomas Lutheran Church , Panora. Burial will be in the West Cemetery, Panora. Twigg Funeral Home, Panora, is entrusted with his services.