Carroll Dean Nolin

Carroll Dean Nolin, age 90, of Prairie City, Iowa, passed away on January 19, 2025, in Newton, Iowa. Carroll’s family will greet friends for visitation on Sunday, January 26, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Coburn Funeral Home in Prairie City. Services for Carroll will be held on Monday, January 27, 2025, at 10:00 AM at the Prairie City Church of the Brethren with Pastor Tim Peter officiating. A burial will follow at Silent City Cemetery in Monroe, Iowa. A lunch will be served at the church after the burial, and all are welcome to attend. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made out to the Prairie City Church of the Brethren or the Prairie City Ambulance Association. If you are unable to attend and wish to send a card, please address it to, “Attn: Carroll Nolin, Coburn Funeral Home, 24 W Howard St, Colfax, IA 50054.”

Carroll was born in Monroe to John and Geraldine (Mullins) Nolin. Carroll grew up on his family’s farm in the Monroe area and fell in love with farming. On June 30, 1956, he married Marilyn (Miller) Nolin. In December of 1956, Carroll joined the US Army and proudly served in Fort Benning Georgia, and Germany. He drove tanks, earned a sharpshooter medal, and was Lt. Johnson’s personal Jeep driver. Marilyn would write him letters every day while he was away.

After returning from the service, Carroll took a job at Maytag while farming at the same time. Later on, Carroll had the opportunity to farm full time, and he took it immediately. He enjoyed everything about farming. They had corn, beans, cows, pigs, and chickens. If anything was ever broken, Carroll would find a way to fix it. He took pride in being able to work on all his own equipment. Carroll also helped his twin brother Darrell farm on their family farm. In the late 1970s he and Marilyn undertook the construction of a new farmhouse. Again, he did a majority of the work and even used boards from the old house to build the new one. He and Marilyn would live in that house for the rest of their marriage.

In his spare time, Carroll enjoyed fishing, coon hunting, pheasant hunting, reminiscing about his days in the Army, and square dancing with Marilyn. He kept close relationships with two of his friends from the service. Carroll and Marilyn were always willing to help a neighbor, friend, or family member. He was fond of peanut brittle, Ritz Crackers, and peanut butter, but it had to be the Chunky Skippy brand. He would put peanut butter on almost everything. Of all things in Carroll’s life, farming and his family were the most important to him.

Those left to remember Carroll include his three children; Donnie Nolin, Ronnie Nolin, and Brenda Hebron (Brian), grandchildren; Christina Dowdell (Aaron), Ashley Hill (Brice), Jennifer Curry (Nathan), Jon Nolin (Ashley), Janelle Nolin, and Grace Nowachek (Drew), great grandchildren; Thatcher, Kaiya, Karis, and Thia Dowdell, Ivan and Kaeson Hill, William, Colter, and Loretta Curry, Hayden, Adelynn, Emerson, and Jacobie Nolin, and Alaina Nowachek, a nephew; Dean Nolin, and a sister-in-law; Helen Nolin.

He was preceded in death by his wife; Marilyn Nolin, his parents; John Nolin and Geraldine (Mullins) Nolin, and his two brothers; Darrell and Larry Nolin (Joyce).