[Dialogue] Celebrating the life of David Rebstock

[Joan]

 I give thanks often that I was assigned with the Rebstocks while I was in San Francisco, a very difficult year for me.  They were tremendous support for our work and me personally.  The three boys added their own sparkle to our life.  David got a good job accounting in San Jose.  Everyday he drove to San Jose for work; not an easy commute.  He is missed.
Joan Knutson
    On Monday, October 23, 2023 at 01:19:11 PM MST, Karen Snyder via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:  
 
 David Rebstock died two days ago.  Ellen Rebstock asked that I post this obituary about his life.   

Obituary for David Martin Rebstock


David Martin Rebstock passed away peacefully at home in Rochester, Minnesota on Saturday, October 21 at the age of 86.  He is remembered for having been a loving husband to Ellen, father to Mark, Tim and Peter, and for having lived a life of global service.  He cared deeply about the world, its people, and the challenges facing our planet.

 

He was born in Waterford, Wisconsin December 9, 1936 to Milton and Alfreda Rebstock.  He has fond memories of playing in the Fox River there and took great pride in his fishing boat, his newspaper route, and working at an early age.

 

He studied at Luther College in Iowa and completed his BA in Accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he also served in ROTC.

 

He served in the United States Army from 1959-1961 and was stationed in Stuttgart, Germany.  While there, he took advantage of leaves to explore Italy, Spain, and Scandinavia.

 

After the Army, he returned to the University of Wisconsin, as he said, to get his Masters and his Mrs.   He had met Ellen Vinette Long in 1962 while at the University of Wisconsin and they were married in 1965.  Their family soon grew with the arrival of Mark, Tim and Peter.

 

He worked as a CPA at Arthur Anderson from 1964-1976. David and Ellen joined the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA), a human development organization in 1976.  While with the ICA, he made economic development treks to communities throughout Southeast Asia, Jamaica, and the United States.

 

As a family, David and Ellen and their three boys lived in more than 25 places in 58 years of marriage including Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Scheveningen, Netherlands; Chicago, Illinois; Singapore; San Francisco and Los Angeles, California; Kingston, Jamaica; Cincinnati, Ohio; Sacramento and Santa Rosa, California; Greensboro, North Carolina; Baltimore, Maryland; Rochester, Minnesota; and for 8 months, an R.V. named Maggie.

 

He is preceded in death by his parents, Milton and Alfreda Rebstock.  He is survived by his sister, Barbara Bucholtz; wife, Ellen; his sons, Mark, Tim and Peter; daughters in law, Tracy and Katherine; and grandchildren, Charlie and Anna.


A celebration of life service is being planned by his family for later this Fall.

 

Gifts in David’s memory may be made to the Institute of Cultural Affairs-USA.












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