Len P Ballinger
Born: November 24th, 1912
Died: June 8th, 1987
Obituary
Len P. Ballinger, 74, of 1621 S. 10th St., died Monday, June 8, at University Hospitals, Iowa City.
Born November 24, 1912, at Panora, he was the son of Mark and Alta Rhoades Ballinger. He married Martha Carpenter Jan. 11, 1938, at Adel.
Mr. Ballinger had been a gas pipe fitter for Iowa Southern Utilities for 33 years. He was a member of the Bethany Lutheran Church, Southeastern Iowa Antique Gas Engine Club and Conservation Corps, Chariton.
Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Carolyn Stout, Albia; four sons, Carl, Broken Arrow, Okla., Leslie and David both of Burlington, and Mark of Washington, Ill.; one sister, Thelma Beane, Redfield; one brother, Mark Ballinger, Park City, Ill.; and 15 grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 pm Thursday at Lunning Chapel.
Services for Mr. Ballenger will be 1 pm Friday at Lunning Chapel with Rev. Robert Buhr officiating. Burial will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery.
A memorial has been established for the Bethany Lutheran Church.