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NISSEN, John F. Jr. 1934-2011

NISSEN, LEU, FRANZEN, WIESE, SIMMONS, MOORE, CAMARATA, WOESSNER, WERNER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/23/2011 at 15:07:27

[Waterloo Courier, Sunday, February 27, 2011]

WATERLOO - John F. Nissen Jr., 76, of Waterloo, died at home Wednesday, Feb. 23, of congestive heart failure.

He was born Nov. 17, 1934, in Austin, Minn., son of John F. and Lieschen Leu Nissen Sr. He married Donna Franzen on June 23, 1956, in New Hampton. She died in September 1982. He then married Carol J. Wiese on Dec. 7, 1990, in Waterloo.

Mr. Nissen grew up and lived in the New Hampton area 25 years. He was employed at John Deere PEC for 30 years, retiring in 1990. He was a member of Janesville Lions Club and the Waterloo AMVETS Post 19.

Survived by his wife; a son, Rick (Vicki) Nissen of Evansdale; a stepson, Bruce Simmons of Osceola; a daughter, Susan (Steve) Moore of Ionia; a stepdaughter, Colleen (Martin) Camarata of Dike; 10 grandchildren, Jennifer (Travis) Nieman, Lisa Moore, Kyle and Maccoy Camarata, T.J. Nissen, and Corbin, Mason, Thane, Tate and Jace Simmons; and his aunt, Viola Woessner of Alexandria, Minn.

Preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Werner; a sister-in-law, Twila Nissen; a granddaughter, Sarah Nissen; four uncles; and an aunt.

Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Garden View Chapel Funeral Home, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Visitation from 3 to 6 p.m. today and for an hour before services Monday at the chapel. Graveside military rites will be conducted by the Waterloo AMVETS Post 19 and Evansdale AMVETS Post 31.

Memorials may be directed to the family.


 

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