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Mason City soldier remembered at funeral

September 2, 2004 By admin

Services were held Wednesday in Mason City for Specialist Dustin Colby, one of the two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed Friday in a semi-tractor rollover accident near Camp Dodge. The 20-year-old from Clear Lake was one of 25 members of the Mason City-based 11-33rd Transportation Company that were assigned to the Sheldon-based 21-68th Transportation Company which was being deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Among those who spoke at the funeral was fellow 11-33rd member Specialist David Ryerson. Ryserson says to his friends, Dustin was also a kind of family…and to his own family, he was also a friend. Clear Lake professional speaker David Okerlund also spoke at the funeral. He told the story of another person who had to speak at a funeral who looked at a tombstone, talking about the significance of the dash between the date of birth and date of death. Quoting a saying about how it is important to spend the time you are alive that’s indicated by the dash.Funeral services were also held yesterday in northwestern Iowa for 30-year-old Staff Sergeant Bruce Pollema of Hull, the other soldier killed in the accident.

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