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Calvin Domke Obituary
A prayer service was 1:30 p.m. July 28 at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre with the Rev. Roger Fears officiating.
A Celebration of Life followed the prayer service Monday at the funeral home. A private family inurnment will be at a later date in St. Paul's Cemetery in Sauk Centre.
Calvin Richard Domke was born June 26, 1940, in Sauk Centre, to Howard and Ella Domke. He graduated from Sauk Centre High School in 1958 and married Lois Tombers in August 1959. Shortly after the wedding, they relocated to California. Lois passed away in August 2000 in California.
Fritz was employed by the Los Angeles Police Department for 27 years and retired in 1988 as a detective II. After retirement, Fritz, "Cal", provided security for Johnny Carson at his Malibu residence for 10 years.
Fritz was a devoted and loving husband, father and grandfather. Fritz enjoyed his love of water skiing, snow skiing and golfing. Fritz will be remembered for his love of traveling, his sense of humor and how he always enjoyed watching a good western movie. He also enjoyed wintering as a snowbird in Arizona for many years.
Fritz is survived by his wife, "Skip" (Wanda Hanson) Domke; three children, Ty Domke (Candi) of Arizona, Jill Domke-O'Shea (Mike) of California and Todd Domke of Arizona; three grandchildren, Kristina Manankichian, Ryan Osborne and Tyler LaPierre; two step-children, Thomas Hanson (Monica) of Cold Spring and Jody Dickhaus (Keith) of Cold Spring; three step-grandchildren, Miles Hanson, Maisy Hanson and Rayna Dickhaus; sister, Maxine Stepp; and brother, Earl (Barbara) Domke.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lois (Tombers); parents, Howard and Ella Domke; and brothers, Clarence and Russell Domke.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or the Alzheimer's Association.
Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral and Cremation Services of Sauk Centre.
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