Lloyd Lorenzen Feb. 26, 1947 – Nov. 18, 2017

Lloyd Lorenzen, age 70, died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 at the Jones Regional Medical Center following a sudden illness.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 Saturday morning, Nov. 25, 2017 at the First Congregational Church, Anamosa, with interment in the North Madison Pioneer Cemetery, Center Junction.   Pastor Sue-Schneider-Adams will officiate at the services.  Friends may call from 4 until 7 Friday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. 

Surviving is his wife Carol of 47 years, his children, Angela (Joe) Christensen, Matthew (Robin) Lorenzen, both of Center Junction, Nicholas Lorenzen, Orlando, Fla., his grandchildren, Jacob Matthew Lorenzen, Ian John Lorenzen and Jordan Leigh, Lorenzen and his sister, Emily (Gary) Burton, Huntingtown, Md., and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, and grandparents.  

Lloyd Edward Lorenzen was born February 26, 1947 in Anamosa.  He was the son of John Henry and Rosemary Zirkelbach, Lorenzen.   Lloyd graduated from the Midland Community Schools with the class of 1965.   He went on to attend Iowa State University.  Lloyd started farming in 8th grade after his father became ill. Lloyd and Carol Hunter were married on June 7, 1970 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Wyoming.  

Lloyd was a member of the Center Junction Coop Coffee Club, a member of the Center Junction Fire Department and Farmers Mutual Coop.   He was a 4-H Leader for the Royal Rustlers and a youth group leader at the Center Junction Presbyterian Church.   Lloyd loved to fish, hunt and watch NASCAR.  He especially enjoyed giving kids rides in his tractor or combine and spending time with his family.