John Leroy Waldron 1923-2006

BODENDORFER, WALDRON, HUBER, FUCHSTEINER, MERCIL, HOWELL, ROGGENSACK, SULLIVAN

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Date: 9/7/2006 at 20:36:01

John Waldron

John L. Waldron, 83, of Waukon, Iowa, died Saturday, July 15, 2006, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 19, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider officiating. Burial with military graveside rites will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon where there will be a 4 p.m. Scripture Service and an 8 p.m. Knights of Columbus Rosary.

John Leroy Waldron was born January 26, 1923, in Waukon, the son of James L. and Amanda (Bodendorfer) Waldron. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, where he remained a life-long member. John attended St. Patrick’s Elementary School and graduated from Waukon High School in 1940. He enlisted in the US Army where he served from February 1941 until August 1943. He saw duty in French Morocco, Africa, with the 3rd Infantry, the most decorated American unit during World War II. Following the service he spent a short time in Chicago before returning to Waukon.

May 21, 1946, he married Ruth Huber at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa. John spent his working career as a baker with Waldron’s Bakery in Waukon for 35 years and also worked at the Waukon Golf and Country Club for 25 years.

John was a member of St. Matthew’s Council of Knights of Columbus and a life-member of Lawrence D. Anderson Post of VFW. He enjoyed hunting and loved fishing at the Mississippi River. He also liked spending time in his garden, going to dances throughout the area, taking long rides through the local countryside, and spending as much time as possible with his family.

Survivors include his wife Ruth of Waukon; two sons, John J. (Annette) Waldron of Marion, Iowa, and Mark Waldron of Lakeland, Fla.; two daughters, Anne Marie (Peter) Fuchsteiner of St. Cloud, Minn., and Mary Diane (Jim) Mercil of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; ten grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Maxine (Milo) Howell of Ft. Worth, Texas, Jeanne (Dick) Roggensack of Mount Dora, Fla., and Marie (Roger) Sullivan of New Lenox, Ill.; two sisters-in-law, Lois Waldron of Keokuk, Iowa, and Cheryl Waldron of Waukon; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and four brothers, Vernon and wife Beck, Bill and wife Marge, Stan, and Paul “Butch” Waldron.

Waukon Standard, July 19, 2006