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The Early History of Linn Animal Hospital

• July 1, 1962:  Recent Iowa State University veterinary medicine graduate, Victor Klopfenstein, DVM,  joins Dr. Herman Strader and Dr. Al  Evenson partnership in Marion and Central City as a full partner.
   

• March, 1963:  Dr. Evenson and Dr. Klopfenstein bought the Marion Veterinary Clinic from Dr. Garrett Zoet and renamed the practice Linn Animal Hospital.
    

• Summer, 1964:  Dr. Larry Wogahn began working for the Linn Animal Hospital.  He graduated from Iowa State University in 1965 and became a partner on January, 1967.  The early practice was 75% large animal and 25% small animal.
   
• 1970's & 1980's:  Linn Animal Hospital flourished in spite of Rockwell Collins layoffs and changes in the Hog Cholera Virus vaccination protection and high interest rates.
   
• 1972:  Dr. Terry Mangold  joined the firm, and Park Towne Animal Hospital was built.  It was then that Linn Animal Hospital changed dramatically to a 75% small animal and 25% large animal practice.
   
• 1981:  Dr. Terry Mangold left the practice to move to his home town of Washington, Iowa.
   
• 1984:  Dr. Allan Hogue joined Linn Animal Hospital for a short time.
   
• 1986:  Dr. Mark Klopfenstein, Dr. Victor Klopfenstein's son, began working at Linn Animal Hospital and Park Towne Animal Hospital.
   
• October, 1998:  Dr. Victor Klopfenstein retired, and Dr. Erin Garman joined the Linn Animal Hospital practice, which became 100% small animal, as it remains today.