Dean Larry Sila
November 15, 1939 - December 27, 2015

Dean L. Sila, 76, of Malvern, passed away on December 27, 2015 at the Hospice with Heart House in Glenwood. Memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at the Loess Hills Funeral and Cremation Center in Malvern with Reverend Carl Phillips officiating. Inurnment will be in the Malvern Cemetery with full military honors conducted by the Army Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at the Loess Hills Funeral and Cremation Center in Malvern.

In Lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made in Dean's honor to the Wounded Warrior Project.

Wounded Warrior Project
In Memory of SSC Dean L. Sila
www.woundedwarriorproject.org


Dean Larry Sila, the youngest of four children of Levi Wenzel and Minna Emma Eliza (Otto) Sila, was born on November 15, 1939 in Omaha, Nebraska. He grew up in West Point, Nebraska where he was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and attended high school. Dean enlisted in the United States Army in 1957, serving in the infantry. He did two tours in Vietnam and was an expert rifleman, earning a Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and several other medals, ribbons, and awards. Dean retired at the rank of Sgt 1st Class in 1977. He worked at the Glenwood State School in Glenwood, Iowa as a residential treatment worker for 19 ½ years until his retirement.

Dean and Mabel Marilyn Kyle were married on July 8, 1962 at the First Baptist Church in Malvern, Iowa. They made their home in Malvern, after living throughout the United States, and were blessed with two sons, Cheyenne Scott and Christopher Shane.

Dean volunteered delivering meals on wheels in Malvern. He enjoyed boating and water skiing, motorcycling, talking on the CB (his handle was Hawaiian Cornhusker), and tinkering with small engines. Dean enjoyed listening to polka music, watching westerns and war movies, and was a big fan of John Wayne. He loved spending time with his family and spoiling his granddaughters. Dean was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather.

Dean and Marilyn were married 53 years when Dean passed away at the Hospice with Heart Home in Glenwood on December 27, 2015, at the age of 76 years, 1 month, and 12 days. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother Duane Sila; sister Myrtle Webb; father-in-law Wilfred Kyle; step father-in-law Bernard Capper; and brother-in-law Frederick W. Kyle.

Dean is survived by his wife Marilyn Sila of Malvern; sons, Cheyenne Sila and wife Eileen of Malvern, and Christopher Sila of Omaha; granddaughters, Jennifer Marie Sila of Springfield, MO and Brittney Nicole Sila of Malvern; four great grandchildren; mother-in-law Carmon Capper of Council Bluffs; brother Russell Levi Sila, Sr. and wife Joan of Norfolk, NE; brothers-in-law, James Webb of West Point and Dennis Kyle and wife Patricia of Bellevue, NE; sister-in-law Ruth Ann Kyle of Malvern; extended relatives; and a host of friends.

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