Warren Delp

Warren J. Delp, 85, of Ogden, passed away on Feb. 10, at the Boone County Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Feb. 13 at Carson – Stapp Funeral Home in Ogden.  Rev. Gary Hoyt will officiate. Visitation will be Feb. 12 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Carson - Stapp Funeral Home. Burial will be at Junction Township Cemetery in Grand Junction.  

Warren J. Delp was born on August 28, 1928 in Grand Junction. He was the son of Milton and Cecil (Crooks) Delp.  Warren attended country schools in the area of his birth and served his country in the United States Army from October of 1946 to April of 1948. On December 22, 1949, Warren was united in marriage to Irene Lucille Scholl in Mitchell, South Dakota.  To this union three children were born: Kathleen, Douglas and Duane.

Warren worked as an electrical lineman at Ferguson & Diehl in Jefferson.  He later farmed south of Jefferson and then farmed in rural Greene County until retiring. He was a former member of the Lions Club in both Paton and Grand Junction.  He was also a Shriner and belonged to the Rhodes Masonic Lodge #303.

Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Irene Delp, of Ogden; one daughter, Kathleen Sonksen of Aurelia; two sons: Douglas Delp (Lisa) of Dana, and Duane Delp (Donna) of Jefferson; five grandchildren: Joel Delp, Kaylee Delp, Onica Delp, Austin Delp and Melanie Pierce (Wesley); sister, Martha Walston of Perry; brother, Arthur Delp (Sharon) of Fort Dodge; two brothers-in-law: Paul Little of Panora, and Raymond Scholl (Mary Lee) of Platte, South Dakota; and sister-in-law, Donna Westra of Platte, South Dakota.

He was preceded in death by his parents; six sisters: Marian Kelley, Dorothy Williams, Eleanor Little, Esther Low, Margarete Hall and Alice Delp; four brothers: Leland, Delmer, Jacob and Ronald Delp; and a granddaughter, Andrea Sonksen.

Memorials may be left to the Ogden First Responders.

Carson-Stapp Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements, 515-275-2702, for online obituaries and condolences please visit: www.carsonstappfuneralhome.com

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