Loyal N. Pallies

Memorial services will be at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, June 8, 2007 at the Daniel Funeral Home in St. Cloud for Loyal N. Pallies, age 71, of St. Cloud and Cold Spring, who died Tuesday at his lake home in Cold Spring surrounded by his family after a long battle with COPD. Reverend Alfred Stangl will officiate. Burial will take place in North Star Cemetery in St. Cloud. Friends may call after 11:00 a.m. on Friday at the Daniel Funeral Home in St. Cloud.

Loyal was born on February 24, 1936 in St. Cloud, Minnesota to Loyal and Noraine (Hartfield) Pallies. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1955 to 1959. Loyal married Phyllis J. Eisenreich on March 22, 1955 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in St. Cloud. Loyal was an intrastate truck driver for 30 years retiring in 1998. He was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church and a volunteer for the St. Cloud Township Fire Department.

Loyal loved the outdoors, especially fishing and hunting and took pleasure in his grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Loyal is survived by his children, Debra Pallies of St. Cloud, William (Catherine) Pallies of Annandale and Diane (Charles) Nelson of Wheaton; 5 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren; mother-in-law, Alice Eisenreich of St. Cloud; brother, Larry Pallies (Monica) of Cold Spring; and sister, Nancy Hedlund (Darrell) of South Haven.

Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers.