Ryan
Peter O'Tool 1978-2006
The Carroll Daily Times Herald, November 8, 2006
BAYTOWN, TEXAS
Ryan Peter O'Tool, 28, of Baytown died Tuesday, Oct.
24, 2006, at his home.
Mass of the Christian burial was held Monday, Oct.
30, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Bayard with the Rev. Michael
G. Peters presiding.
Urn bearers were Patrick O'Tool, Wil O'Tool, Clancy
O'Tool, Casey O'Tool, Billy Olesen and Bobbe Olesen. Honorary urn
bearers were Jonathan Bianchi, Zachary Derry, Levi Derry, Darius
O'Tool, Cooper O'Tool, Kyle Abernathy, Clay Abernathy and Alex Abernathy.
Burial was in Orange Township Cemetery south of Coon
Rapids.
Ohde Funeral Home of Coon Rapids was in charge of
arrangements.
A son of Arlen O'Tool and Pamela Murphy, he was born
Oct. 8, 1978, at Guthrie Center and attended school at Bayard and
then Coon Rapids-Bayard.
Mr. O'Tool worked in various positions for Farmland,
Farner-Bocken Co. and Burke Industries in before moving to Baytown,
near Houston, Texas, in May 2004. He then was a supervisor for a
distribution company.
He enjoyed training German shepherd dog Shady, was
interested in philosophy and Eastern religions, and was involved
with a meditation group in Texas.
Survivors include his father, Arlen O'Tool, and his
wife, Barbara, of Coon Rapids; his mother, Pamela Murphy, of Stuart;
a grandmother, Rosina O'Tool, of Carroll; and 12 siblings: Faith
Laboy and husband Jose of Stuart, Becky Bianchi and husband Tim
of Mitchellville, Pat O'Tool and wife Stacy of Carroll, April Tigges
and husband Mark of DeSoto, Wil O'Tool and wife Amy of Cedar Rapids,
Clancy O'Tool and wife Becky of Carroll, Casey O'Tool and wife Anna
of Des Moines, Jodi Faga of Byron, Ga., Laurie Christianson and
husband Lee of New Richmond, Wis., Billy Olesen and wife Melany
of Ogden, Bobbe Olesen and husband Don of Olathe, Kan., and Don
Olesen and wife Norma of Bayard.
Mr. O'Tool was preceded in death by his grandparents:
Homer and Betty Murphy, and Wilmer O'Tool.
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