Married Clara Buell in 1926 in University Park, Iowa
Married Agnes Etherington Stahly in 1963 in Evanston, Ill
Dispatch - Wednesday - September, 20, 1995
Services for Leslie W. Balk, 94, of 1209 21st Ave., Rock Island, are 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island. Entombment is in Memorial Park Mausoleum, Rock Island.
Visitation is one hour prior to service time. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, Rock Island, where he was a member.
Mr. Balk died Monday, Sept. 18, 1995, at Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.
He was born July 25, 1901, in Wanda, Minn., the son of Dirk and Lillie Conrad Balk, who both lived past the age of 100. He married Clara I. Buell May 1, 1926, in University Park, Iowa. She died Aug. 7, 1961. He later married Agnes Etherington Stahly in 1963, in Evanston, Ill. They lived in Rock Island, and Oskaloosa, Iowa, until her death in November 1977.
He received his bachelor's degree in 1924 from the former John Fletcher College, University Park, Iowa, now known as Vennard College. He received his master's degree from the University of Iowa in 1937.
He had served as a social studies supervisor for the Illinois Department of Education from 1965 to 1972, the year he retired. He was a teacher at a school in Courtenay, N.D., was a teacher and superintendent in the Mission and Colome Schools, both in South Dakota. He was superintendent in Tracy, Iowa, and in 1935, became principal of McKinley Elementary School, Muscatine, and later was a history teacher at Muscatine High School.
In 1945, he moved to Rock Island, where he taught social studies and science at Washington and Central Junior high schools until 1965.
He had served on several committees of the church. He also served for many years on the board of Vennard College, was a member of Phi Delta Kappa Professional Education Society, and a member Illinois Retired Teachers Association.
He enjoyed traveling and photography. He had traveled around the world as well as throughout the United States.
Survivors include a daughter, Virginia Pickering, Fullerton, Calif.; a son and daughter-in-law, Alfred and Phyllis Balk, Syracuse, N.Y.; granddaughters, Laraine Hope, Bethesday, Md., and Diane Palguta, Indianapolis; great-grandchildren, Anna and Andrew Palguta; and a sister, Gladys Rogeness, Britt, Iowa.
Married Agnes Etherington Stahly in 1963 in Evanston, Ill
Dispatch - Wednesday - September, 20, 1995
Services for Leslie W. Balk, 94, of 1209 21st Ave., Rock Island, are 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island. Entombment is in Memorial Park Mausoleum, Rock Island.
Visitation is one hour prior to service time. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, Rock Island, where he was a member.
Mr. Balk died Monday, Sept. 18, 1995, at Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.
He was born July 25, 1901, in Wanda, Minn., the son of Dirk and Lillie Conrad Balk, who both lived past the age of 100. He married Clara I. Buell May 1, 1926, in University Park, Iowa. She died Aug. 7, 1961. He later married Agnes Etherington Stahly in 1963, in Evanston, Ill. They lived in Rock Island, and Oskaloosa, Iowa, until her death in November 1977.
He received his bachelor's degree in 1924 from the former John Fletcher College, University Park, Iowa, now known as Vennard College. He received his master's degree from the University of Iowa in 1937.
He had served as a social studies supervisor for the Illinois Department of Education from 1965 to 1972, the year he retired. He was a teacher at a school in Courtenay, N.D., was a teacher and superintendent in the Mission and Colome Schools, both in South Dakota. He was superintendent in Tracy, Iowa, and in 1935, became principal of McKinley Elementary School, Muscatine, and later was a history teacher at Muscatine High School.
In 1945, he moved to Rock Island, where he taught social studies and science at Washington and Central Junior high schools until 1965.
He had served on several committees of the church. He also served for many years on the board of Vennard College, was a member of Phi Delta Kappa Professional Education Society, and a member Illinois Retired Teachers Association.
He enjoyed traveling and photography. He had traveled around the world as well as throughout the United States.
Survivors include a daughter, Virginia Pickering, Fullerton, Calif.; a son and daughter-in-law, Alfred and Phyllis Balk, Syracuse, N.Y.; granddaughters, Laraine Hope, Bethesday, Md., and Diane Palguta, Indianapolis; great-grandchildren, Anna and Andrew Palguta; and a sister, Gladys Rogeness, Britt, Iowa.
Married Clara Buell in 1926 in University Park, Iowa
Married Agnes Etherington Stahly in 1963 in Evanston, Ill
Dispatch - Wednesday - September, 20, 1995
Services for Leslie W. Balk, 94, of 1209 21st Ave., Rock Island, are 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island. Entombment is in Memorial Park Mausoleum, Rock Island.
Visitation is one hour prior to service time. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, Rock Island, where he was a member.
Mr. Balk died Monday, Sept. 18, 1995, at Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.
He was born July 25, 1901, in Wanda, Minn., the son of Dirk and Lillie Conrad Balk, who both lived past the age of 100. He married Clara I. Buell May 1, 1926, in University Park, Iowa. She died Aug. 7, 1961. He later married Agnes Etherington Stahly in 1963, in Evanston, Ill. They lived in Rock Island, and Oskaloosa, Iowa, until her death in November 1977.
He received his bachelor's degree in 1924 from the former John Fletcher College, University Park, Iowa, now known as Vennard College. He received his master's degree from the University of Iowa in 1937.
He had served as a social studies supervisor for the Illinois Department of Education from 1965 to 1972, the year he retired. He was a teacher at a school in Courtenay, N.D., was a teacher and superintendent in the Mission and Colome Schools, both in South Dakota. He was superintendent in Tracy, Iowa, and in 1935, became principal of McKinley Elementary School, Muscatine, and later was a history teacher at Muscatine High School.
In 1945, he moved to Rock Island, where he taught social studies and science at Washington and Central Junior high schools until 1965.
He had served on several committees of the church. He also served for many years on the board of Vennard College, was a member of Phi Delta Kappa Professional Education Society, and a member Illinois Retired Teachers Association.
He enjoyed traveling and photography. He had traveled around the world as well as throughout the United States.
Survivors include a daughter, Virginia Pickering, Fullerton, Calif.; a son and daughter-in-law, Alfred and Phyllis Balk, Syracuse, N.Y.; granddaughters, Laraine Hope, Bethesday, Md., and Diane Palguta, Indianapolis; great-grandchildren, Anna and Andrew Palguta; and a sister, Gladys Rogeness, Britt, Iowa.
Married Agnes Etherington Stahly in 1963 in Evanston, Ill
Dispatch - Wednesday - September, 20, 1995
Services for Leslie W. Balk, 94, of 1209 21st Ave., Rock Island, are 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island. Entombment is in Memorial Park Mausoleum, Rock Island.
Visitation is one hour prior to service time. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, Rock Island, where he was a member.
Mr. Balk died Monday, Sept. 18, 1995, at Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.
He was born July 25, 1901, in Wanda, Minn., the son of Dirk and Lillie Conrad Balk, who both lived past the age of 100. He married Clara I. Buell May 1, 1926, in University Park, Iowa. She died Aug. 7, 1961. He later married Agnes Etherington Stahly in 1963, in Evanston, Ill. They lived in Rock Island, and Oskaloosa, Iowa, until her death in November 1977.
He received his bachelor's degree in 1924 from the former John Fletcher College, University Park, Iowa, now known as Vennard College. He received his master's degree from the University of Iowa in 1937.
He had served as a social studies supervisor for the Illinois Department of Education from 1965 to 1972, the year he retired. He was a teacher at a school in Courtenay, N.D., was a teacher and superintendent in the Mission and Colome Schools, both in South Dakota. He was superintendent in Tracy, Iowa, and in 1935, became principal of McKinley Elementary School, Muscatine, and later was a history teacher at Muscatine High School.
In 1945, he moved to Rock Island, where he taught social studies and science at Washington and Central Junior high schools until 1965.
He had served on several committees of the church. He also served for many years on the board of Vennard College, was a member of Phi Delta Kappa Professional Education Society, and a member Illinois Retired Teachers Association.
He enjoyed traveling and photography. He had traveled around the world as well as throughout the United States.
Survivors include a daughter, Virginia Pickering, Fullerton, Calif.; a son and daughter-in-law, Alfred and Phyllis Balk, Syracuse, N.Y.; granddaughters, Laraine Hope, Bethesday, Md., and Diane Palguta, Indianapolis; great-grandchildren, Anna and Andrew Palguta; and a sister, Gladys Rogeness, Britt, Iowa.
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