CORWIN, Roger J. 1909-1999

CORWIN, ENGLEMAN, HANSON, PHELPS, KREGER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/30/2010 at 13:49:32

CEDAR FALLS -- Roger J. Corwin, 90, of the Cedar Falls Western Home, formerly of 7025 Waverly Road, died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999, at the home of natural causes.

He was born March 22, 1909, in Janesville, son of Harry and Minnie Engleman Corwin. He married Helen Hanson on Dec. 6, 1941, in St. Joseph, Mo. She died Sept. 5, 1982.

Mr. Corwin served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He retired from the John Deere Research Center in 1973.

Survived by: two sons, Daryl J. and Douglas H., both of Cedar Falls; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Donald of Cedar Falls and Lawrence of Waterloo.

Preceded in death by: two brothers, John and Earl; and two sisters, Jeanette Phelps and Mildred Kreger.

Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, with burial in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens. Military rites will be conducted by Janesville American Legion Post 522. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today and 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials: may be directed to the American Diabetes Association.

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