Thomas Lichter

Thomas Joseph Lichter was born December 19, 1949, in Algona, the youngest of four children of Dr. Magnus I. and Loretta E. (Howie) Lichter. He grew up near Burt, graduating from Burt High School in 1968. Tom then attended South Dakota State University and Iowa Lakes Community College, and he honorably served in the Iowa Army National Guard from 1970 until 1976. On June 24, 1972, he married Margaret Stecker at Good Hope Lutheran Church in Titonka. They focused their lives around their five children, and as parents, they were very proud of everything that their children achieved. Tom farmed west of Burt with his brother Ray until the fall of 2007. He owned and operated Northern Shooters Supply from 1973 until present, and he was a Rural Carrier Associate since 2001 with the West Bend and Burt Post offices. Tom had a special love for his wife, his children, and his two grandchildren. One that will never be matched. He had a great passion for the outdoors and hunting. Tom served on many conservation committees. He served on the Burt School Board of Education. He also was a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, a member of the Algona Rifle and Pistol Club, and h...[more]

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njoyed trap shooting and sporting clays. He served on the K & H Co-op Oil Company board of directors for the past 19 years, was a member of the Burt American Legion, and attended St. Cecelia Catholic Church in Algona. Thomas J. Lichter died Monday, December 27, 2010, at Palo Alto County Hospital, Emmetsburg, IA, following a motor vehicle accident. He was 61. He is survived by his wife and soul mate Margaret Lichter of Burt; four children, Michael Thomas Lichter and wife, Sandra, of Park Rapids, MN; Megan Heather Curry and husband Maurice Curry of Johnston, IA; Erin Kaye Lichter of Lincoln, NE, and her twin sister, 2ndLieutenant Stephanie Joy Wilson and her husband 1stLieutenant Brian Wilson of Crestview, FL; and two grandchildren, Matthew Thomas and Macie Loretta Lichter of Park Rapids, MN. He is also survived by two sisters and a brother: Ann Garman (Jerry) of Dallas, TX; Lois Chang of Kailua, HI, and Raymond Lichter (Cheryl) of Burt, IA; eight brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Beverly Andersen (Maurice) of Sarasota, FL; Marlys Randick (Robert) of Oakland, CA; Harlen Stecker of Isanti, MN; Bruce Stecker (Joyce) of Buffalo, MN; Lamont Stecker; Virginia Axtell (Stanley) of Greely, CO; Dean Stecker (Linda) of Knoxville, IA; and Jocelyn Stecker of Edina, MN; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his daughter Heather Nicole Lichter on May 1, 1981; his father, Dr. Magnus Lichter on May 8, 1986; his mother, Loretta Lichter on July 7, 2000; his parents-in-law, Henry Stecker on July 3, 1988, Margaret Stecker on May 31, 2002; and his niece, Sharlene Garman on July 2, 1985.