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BRUCE MESSERLY

BRUCE MESSERLY

Bruce Messerly, 75, of Fort Dodge, died August 20, 2019 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home.

Visitation will be held 9:00 a.m. Saturday until the funeral service at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 24, 2019 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Interment will be held in Colfax Township Cemetery. Gunderson Funeral Home & Cremation Services is entrusted with the arrangements.

Bruce Messerly, the son of Alvin and Doris (Snell) Messerly, was born November 4, 1943. He graduated from Fort Dodge Senior High in 1962. He worked at Union Trust Savings and for 32 years worked for Hormel’s in Fort Dodge and Fremont, NE, retiring in 2006. In his younger years he was active in 4-H, enjoyed fishing, collecting coins and baseball cards.

Survivors include his wife Nhu-Nguyet (Moon) Messerly; his children, Travis Messerly of LaVista, NE, Nick and Jenni Messerly of Bennington, NE, Tram and her fiance Arnold Kompaniyets of Iowa City; grandchildren Jaden and Brooklyn; his sister Diane Dencklau, sister-in-law Vickey Messerly and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Brian, and brother-in-law Roger Dencklau.