{"id":8429,"date":"2003-12-05T22:07:33","date_gmt":"2003-12-06T03:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=8429"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:27:58","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:27:58","slug":"3385","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2003\/12\/05\/3385\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Memorial Service Planned for Wally Lindskoog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>TURLOCK, CA (December 5, 2003)\u00a0 &#8211; TURLOCK, CA (December 5) \u2013 A memorial service will be conducted at 2\u00a0 p.m. next Tuesday at Turlock Covenant Church for Wally Lindskoog, who\u00a0 died Wednesday in the Brandel Care Center at Covenant Village of\u00a0 Turlock. Turlock Covenant&#8217;s pastor Jeff Woods will officiate.<!--more--><\/div>\n<div>The 86-year-old Lindskoog was a successful cattle breeder and his\u00a0 Arlinda Holsteins business was known throughout the country. In\u00a0 Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) circles, however, it was Lindskoog&#8217;s\u00a0 generosity (and that of his wife, Arlene) that was most beloved. A major\u00a0 gift came just two years ago when he gave his 65-acre ranch and 400 head\u00a0 of cattle to the denomination for ministry purposes. Numerous donations\u00a0 have been made over the years, most coming from royalties generated by\u00a0 the sale of semen from breeding bulls.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2003\/12\/0645.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[8429]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8431\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2003\/12\/0645-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2003\/12\/0645-300x236.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2003\/12\/0645.jpg 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Born in Iowa, Lindskoog moved to central California as a child and\u00a0 stayed in that region his entire life, living on the land where his\u00a0 future dairy company would be founded. His skill in the dairy and\u00a0 business was evident early on &#8211; he competed in a Future Farmers of\u00a0 America project and was the state&#8217;s runner up in a dairy-judging\u00a0 contest. Encouraged by his mother, he was awarded a state farmer degree\u00a0 in 1932 at age 15. Seven years later he married his high school\u00a0 sweetheart, Arlene, and they combined talents and their names as Arlinda\u00a0 Holsteins, which had begun in January 1938. The business became one of\u00a0 the most successful cattle industries in the country, but it wasn&#8217;t\u00a0 always that way, as he noted during a speech to businesspersons three\u00a0 years ago.<\/div>\n<div>As he would often tell the story, Lindskoog got advice from a farm\u00a0 advisor and an agricultural professor to help him improve the breeding\u00a0 of his animals. However, the advice didn&#8217;t work. &#8220;I almost bred myself\u00a0 out of the business . . . this expensive failure caused me to become so\u00a0 discouraged I came very close to quitting the dairy business,&#8221; Lindskoog\u00a0 recalled. &#8220;But God had put such a consuming love for cattle within me\u00a0 that I couldn&#8217;t quit.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>Thankfully, the acquisition of a different type of cattle and a\u00a0 consistent breeding philosophy resulted in major success for Arlinda\u00a0 Holsteins. For five decades that success enabled Lindskoog to use half\u00a0 of his earnings for the betterment of God&#8217;s Kingdom. He said (borrowing\u00a0 a phrase from noted author Chuck Swindoll), &#8220;I am convinced that life is\u00a0 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>In recalling the key influences on his life, he cited a strong family, a\u00a0 childhood friend&#8217;s unexpected death and a promise to God that kept him\u00a0 always focused on His Christian walk. In the midst of an attack of\u00a0 appendicitis during early adolescence, Lindskoog said, &#8220;I bargained with\u00a0 God and promised Him if he saved my life and gave my health back, I\u00a0 would be a clergyman or missionary or a teacher in a Christian school or\u00a0 if He let me stay on the farm, I would try to be a man of great\u00a0 integrity as a cattle breeder . . . &#8220;<\/div>\n<div>LeRoy Johnson, president emeritus of Covenant Trust Company, remembers\u00a0 the story of Lindskoog&#8217;s bargain this way. &#8220;When Wally was 14 years of\u00a0 age and critically ill, he made a promise to God that he would give 50\u00a0 percent of what he made and what he was worth to the Kingdom. Among the\u00a0 many great accomplishments of his life, he also fulfilled that promise.\u00a0 Wally was one of the most interesting and generous persons I have ever\u00a0 known.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Wally Lindskoog was a lively, energetic, creative man, deeply devoted\u00a0 to his Lord,&#8221; said President Glenn Palmberg upon learning of Wally&#8217;s\u00a0 death. &#8220;God gave him exceptional gifts as a cattle breeder and\u00a0 businessman. Wally exercised those gifts to the fullest and was\u00a0 exceedingly generous in giving back to the Lord of the gains that came\u00a0 to him. The impact of his stewardship in and through the Covenant Church\u00a0 will be felt for years to come. It has been a joy and a privilege for me\u00a0 to come to know Wally and Arlene as friends, and I thank God for them\u00a0 both. My prayers and those of many other Covenanters are with Arlene and\u00a0 their family as they grieve Wally&#8217;s passing and celebrate his life.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>Turlock Covenant Church is located at 316 S. Laurel Avenue in Turlock.\u00a0 For more information about the memorial service, call the church at\u00a0 209-667-1191, extension 301. Additional information also will be posted\u00a0 to this Covenant news report as it becomes available.<\/div>\n<div>Editor&#8217;s note: to read the full text of a feature article on Wally\u00a0 Lindskoog that appeared in the May 2002 issue of <em>The Covenant\u00a0 Companion,<\/em> read <a href=\"\/cov\/news\/item3386.html\">A Raw-Boned Man\u00a0 With a Heart of Gold<\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=8429&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TURLOCK, CA (December 5, 2003)\u00a0 &#8211; TURLOCK, CA (December 5) \u2013 A memorial service will be conducted at 2\u00a0 p.m. next Tuesday at Turlock Covenant Church for Wally Lindskoog, who\u00a0 died Wednesday in the Brandel Care Center at Covenant Village of\u00a0 Turlock. 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