Robert Eugene Dotseth

Robert E. Dotseth, 91, of Decorah, IA, died Saturday, October 2, 2021, at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 9th, at 1:00 PM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon, IA, with Pastor Bryan Robertson officiating. Burial with military honors will be at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 11:30 AM until time of services on Saturday at the church. Martin - Grau Funeral Home in Waukon is handling the arrangements.

Robert Eugene Dotseth was born November 9, 1929, in Waukon, IA, the son of John and Millie (Nylund) Dotseth. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon and graduated from Waukon High School in 1947. After graduating, he farmed with his father and brother John in Frankville Township before entering the U.S. Air Force from 1950 until 1954; while in the service, he played hockey. After being discharged he came back to the Waukon area to farm with his brother John. On April 21, 1957, he married Patricia Miene at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Postville, IA. They bought out his brother and continued to farm along with their son Bill, raising beef cows and crops. Bob also did some trucking for himself and other farmers in the area.

He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, the Oldsmobile Club of America, and a birthday club that would get together to socialize. Bob restored Oldsmobiles, enjoyed attending car shows, going on car cruises, parades, and attending swap meets. He also restored an IH tractor that he would take to tractor pulls. Bob enjoyed going to stock car races, dancing to polka, mowing his yard, pheasant hunting when he was younger and taking his family to the Minnesota State Fair for vacation. Bob also traveled every other year to gather with his Air Force buddies.

Survivors include his two sons: Eric (Becky) Dotseth of Burlington, IA, and Bill (Linda) Dotseth of Decorah, IA; four grandchildren: Hannah (Rob) Sheehy and their daughter Nora, Zachary (Kaytlyn) Dotseth and their son Kyle, Jarad (Caitlyn) Dotseth and their son Oliver, and Allison (Seth) Christen; three sisters-in-law: Erma Jean Swenson and Karla and Karen Miene. He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife Patricia, who died in 2016; a sister Jeanne (Norman) Wheeler; a brother John "Tex" (Ruth) Dotseth; and four brothers-in-law: Harold (Sharon) Miene, Willard and Wayne Miene, and Marlin Swenson.

Casketbearers are Jarad and Zachary Dotseth, Rob Sheehy, Seth Christen, and Dave Wheeler.