Obituaries

William G. Polking, age 72, a well known Carroll, Iowa, attorney, died Friday, January 16, 2009, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 A.M., Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at St. Lawrence Church in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Father Timothy Schott. Con-Celebrants will be Father Brian Hughes and Father Tim Friedrichsen. Homilist will be Father Brian Hughes. Lectors will be Barry and Mary Bruner. Gift Bearers will be Jim and Marge Knott. Pianist will be Sue Feilmeier. Vocalist will be Jeana Schroeder. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Carroll County Bar Association. Casket Bearers will be Dave Polking, Paul Ruane, Bobby Molak, Gary Ludwig, Kevin Brinker, Dave Pottebaum, and Mark Branigan. Burial will be at St. Bernard Cemetery in Breda, Iowa. Visitation will begin at 3:30 P.M. Monday at St. Lawrence Church in Carroll. A rosary will be prayed at 4 P.M. Monday. There will be a Christian wake service at 7 P.M. Monday by St. Lawrence Parish. Visitation will resume at 8 A.M. Tuesday at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll. Memorials may be left at the funeral home or church for St. Anthony Home Health Care and Hospice. Mr. Polking was born on February 6, 1936, at Carroll, Iowa, the son of Clem G. and Anna (Dopheide) Polking. He spent his younger years in the Breda community and graduated from St. Bernard High School in 1954. He then attended the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 and Juris Doctorate degree from the Catholic University of America School of Law in 1962. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of Iowa in 1962 and to the District Court of Iowa in 1964. From 1962 until 1971 he practiced law in Washington D.C. and then returned to Carroll to establish his law practice. On November 25, 1967, he was married to Peggy McCoy at Annunciation Catholic Church in Havertown, Pennsylvania. Mr. Polking was a member of St. Lawrence Parish and served his parish as a Eucharistic Minister, Lector, and taught Religious Education for twenty years. Civic achievements include serving as President of the Kuemper High School Board, co-chair of the bond issue for the Carroll Community Middle School, member of the George Wernimont Foundation Board, was named Carroll Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year, taught business law at DMACC, and served as trustee of the Evelyn Holck Scholarship Fund. Professionally Mr. Polking was a member of the Iowa State and Carroll County Bar Associations, served as associate Juvenile Judge, was an examiner for the Iowa State Bar Association, served as a Carroll County Magistrate for thirty years, was a past Carroll County Attorney, and presently served as attorney for the City of Breda. Survivors include his wife, Peggy Polking of Carroll; children, Ann Polking-Vincent and her husband Michael of Carroll, William G. Polking Jr. of Carroll, and Christopher C. Polking and his wife Thetia of Carroll; grandchildren, Colby Vincent, McKenna Vincent, Cooper Vincent, Sophia Polking, Jameson Polking, Quinten Polking, and Kieran Polking; brothers, James Polking of Des Moines, John Polking of Houston, Texas, Paul Polking and his wife Joan of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Joseph Polking and his wife Lynn of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina; a brother-in-law, Tom McCoy of Denver, Colorado; and six nephews and three nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Phyllis Mae Polking; and a brother, Clement Polking, in infancy.