NETTLETON, William Francis 1926-1997

LOUGHREN, NETTLETON

Posted By: Kermit Kittleson
Date: 5/11/2011 at 00:12:02

William Francis Nettleton

CEDAR FALLS, IOWA - William Francis Nettleton, 71, died Thursday (July 24, 1997) at Cedar Falls Health Care Center from complications of Parkinson's Disease.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick Catholic Church with Father Jim Secora officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Richardson Funeral Home in Cedar Falls from 1 to 8 p.m. today, where there will be a scripture service at 7 p.m.

Memorials to the family.

Bill was born July 18, 1926, in Greene, the son of Louis and Katherine (Loughren) Nettleton. He served his country in the United States Army in the 11th Airborne Division during World War II. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Iowa State Teacher_s College (U.N.I.) in Cedar Falls and his master of arts degree from Drake University in Des Moines. On Jan. 26, 1957, he was united in marriage to Ave Claire Brendsel in Sioux Falls, S.D. He taught at Alden High School, was principal at Cedar Valley School in Farnhamville, and finally for 20 years was principal at North Cedar Elementary School in Cedar Falls, retiring in 1988. He was a member of the Cedar Falls AmVets Post 49, and St. Patrick Catholic Church in Cedar Falls.

He is survived by his wife of Cedar Falls; one son, David of Katy, Texas; two daughters, Cheryl Hinde of Storm Lake, and Sheila Combs of Waterloo; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three brothers, Clair, James and Gene Nettleton, all of Greene; and three sisters, Marjorie Mayer and Eleanore Hebert, both of Marion, and Mary Ann Anrand of Maitland, Fla.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister in infancy.

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