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The Carroll Daily Times Herald, June 30, 2010 Mass of the Christian burial for Chad Lenz, 30, of rural Carroll, will be 7 p.m. Thursday, July 1, 2010, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Carroll. Father Timothy Schott will officiate. Mr. Lenz died Sunday, June 27, at West Lake Okoboji. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until the time of the Mass Thursday at the church. Burial, in a private graveside service, will be Friday in Holy Family Cemetery at Lidderdale. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be left at the church in Mr. Lenz’s name. Sharp Funeral Home of Carroll is in charge of arrangements. Lectors for the Mass will be Angie Hunt and Ross Pudenz. Gift bearers will be his siblings: Scott Lenz, Julie Vessel and Janelle Lenz. Mass servers will be Reed Knobbe, Ryan Knobbe and Miriah Masching. Eucharistic ministers will be Maury Lenz, Phyllis Wiskus and Bev Bruning. Casket bearers will be Tom “Zip” Masching, Brandon Snyder, Eric Steinkamp, Joel Tigges, Mike Kroeger and Wes Bierl. A son of Ray and Carol (Meehan) Lenz, he was born Aug. 12, 1979, at Carroll. He attended Christ the King School and graduated from Kuemper High School. He then received a business degree from Des Moines Area Community College in Carroll. On Dec. 27, 2003, he married Sara Pudenz at St. Lawrence Church in Carroll. The couple made their home north of Carroll, and Mr. Lenz was co-owner of Lenz Insurance and Real Estate Company and was active in the family farm operation. He was a member of Holy Family Parish in Lidderdale and was an active member of his community. He enjoyed his family and friends, boating, snowmobiling, slow pitch softball, playing golf and NASCAR racing. Survivors include his wife, Sara Lenz of Carroll; his children, Madeline Lenz and Jack Lenz at home; his parents, Ray and Carol Lenz of Carroll; a brother, Scott Lenz and wife Jodi of Carroll; his sisters: Julie Vessel and husband Paul of Edina, Minn. and Janelle Lenz of Ankeny; his father-and mother-in-law, David and Nancy Pudenz of Auburn; brothers- and sisters-in-law: Ryan Pudenz and wife Angie Hunt of Ames and Ross Pudenz and wife Hanna of Durand, Wis.; and nieces and nephews: Carolyn and Amelia Vessel and Taylor and Troy Pudenz. Mr. Lenz was preceded in death by his grandparents: Edward and Lillian Lenz and Floyd and Grace Meehan.
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