Dennis Lee Baack, 71, Luverne, formerly of Sheldon, Iowa, died Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, at the Sanford Hospice Cottage in Luverne.
A funeral service is at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, at the First Reformed Church in Sheldon. Burial will be at South Dakota Veterans Cemetery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Visitation was from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Sheldon. The service will be live-streamed at sheldonfirstreformed.com.
Dennis Baack was born to Donald and LaVonne (Jurgenson) Baack on Oct. 20, 1950, in Le Mars, Iowa. Dennis attended school in Le Mars and graduated from Le Mars Community School High School in 1968.
He joined the United States Air Force in January of 1969 and served in the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged in January of 1975 in Denver, Colorado, with the rank of E-4. After his discharge he remained in Colorado where he attended Rocky Mountain State University for a while. He moved back to Le Mars and attended a year at Western Iowa Technical College.
Dennis married Shannon Baack on Feb. 11, 1977, in Hull, Iowa. They moved to Sheldon in 1978 and Dennis worked at Land-O-Lakes in Sheldon as a pellet mill operator for 20 years, retiring in 2008. Dennis and Shannon moved to Luverne in 2021.
Dennis was a member of the American Reformed Church in Luverne and was a past member of the First Reformed Church in Sheldon, where he had served on the Outreach Committee and the Consistory. He was a member of the Sheldon Prairie Queen Kiwanis, the Sheldon American Legion Post #145 and the VFW Post 7373. Dennis loved hunting, fishing and woodworking, but most of all he enjoyed being with his boys and grandkids.
He is survived by his wife, Shannon, of Luverne; their three sons, Eric (Donna) Baack of Crooks, South Dakota, Jesse Baack, Archer, Iowa, and Dan Baack, also of Archer; seven grandchildren, Jacob, Caleb, Ethan, Briggs, Jada, Savanah and Isaac; a niece, Holly Sheriff of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; a sister, Susan (Tim) Bachman of Aurora, Colorado; a brother, Jim (Brenda) Baack of Le Mars, Iowa; four very special nieces; and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Arrangements were provided by Vander Ploeg Funeral Home of Sheldon, www.vanderploegfunerals.com.
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