Duane L. Hilsabeck was born December 17, 1964, in Waterloo, son of Robert L. and Doris K. (Bollinger) Hilsabeck. He attended Van Meter School in Des Moines and finished his schooling with Exceptional Opportunities in Algona graduating in 1982.
Duane worked at the Exceptional Opportunities Activity Center in Algona and he also cleaned at Jensen Chiropractic Center. He enjoyed roller skating, coloring, and he loved blowing bubbles and playing his guitar and singing to his own music. Duane was a longtime resident of the Ex-Op Group Home in Algona and later shared a home with three of his friends. He has been a resident of Lakeside Lutheran Home in Emmetsburg since May, 2015.
Duane L. Hilsabeck died Monday, August 28, 2017, at the Hospice of North Iowa Inpatient Unit in Mason City at the age of 52.
He is survived by his sister, Lori Marlow and her husband Rick of Lone Rock; three brothers, Robert Hilsabeck Jr. and his wife Mary of Hixson, TN, Douglas Hilsabeck and his wife Martha of Fort Worth, TX, and Kevin Hilsabeck and his wife Cindy of Algona; many nieces and nephews; cousins; aunts and uncles; and friends. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Hilsabeck Sr., a...[more]