ALLEN FREDERICK MEYER NARWOLD
Allen Frederick Meyer Narwold, age 90 of Batesville, died Sunday April 25, 2021, at St. Andrew’s. Born February 23, 1931, in Ballstown. He is the son of Emil and Esther (Meyer) Narwold. Allen married Mary Lou Linkmeyer on May 4, 1957, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Farmer’s Retreat. They were together for 63 years. Allen was a Dairy Farmer and a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Crossroads) Batesville.
Over the past 90 years, Allen’s life-long love was being a dairy farmer, loving husband and father in the Ballstown area. Narwold Farms has been in the family since 1866. His Dad and Uncle passed the farms down to Allen and his brother Cleo. He was born in the house where he would live after getting married to Mary Lou in 1957. Allen was only away from the farm for two years 1953 – 1955 when the Army drafted him to serve at Fort Hood, Texas. Allen was a mechanic working on tanks.
After serving in the Army, getting back to the farm was all he wanted. His family was the most important thing in the world to him, especially his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He enjoyed family gatherings for birthdays, anniversaries and holidays. Taking vacations would be going to farm shows and they also traveled to Mexico, Hawaii, France and Germany which he loved to do in his early years, but the farm was his life. His hobbies were hours of driving tractors, plowing, disking, planting, harvesting crops and feeding hundreds of cows that are milked twice daily. He would work from the break of dawn to dusk on his beloved farm. He would read every farm magazine to keep up on new and improved ideas, this would be done in his pass time. In his later years, Dad loved watching RFD TV, which covered many farm stories.
Allen had three children, Roger who passed away at only of 15 days old, Wade, who passed away from cancer at the age of 50, and Amy who is lives in Batesville.
He is survived by his wife Mary Lou; daughter, Amy (Steve) Siebert, their children, Heather (Brent) Barker, Andy (Amy Jo) Siebert and Holly (Adam) Leising; daughter-in-law, Ann (the late Wade) Narwold-Hauk, their children, Barbara Jo Narwold and Colt (Sara) Narwold; great grandchildren Hannah and Haley Barker, Rebecca, Roxanne and Tanner Siebert and Paxton and Hadley Leising; along with his brother, Cleo (Mary Alice) Narwold, and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation is Friday, April 30, 2021, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. with 12 p.m. funeral services all at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Crossroads. Rev. Creighton P. Leptak officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Paul Cemetery with graveside military honors conducted by the Ripley County VFW Post #3183 and Prell-Bland American Legion Post #271.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Margaret Mary Hospice and St. Paul Church Cemetery by bringing to services or mailing to: Meyers Funeral Home, P.O. Box 202, Batesville, IN 47006.
You are welcome to leave a message here on Allen’s obituary page for the family in the online guestbook.