ODEKIRK, Gary R. 1941-2011

ODEKIRK, LAUCK, MAAS, GARRITY, MEYER, KRAHN, GERBIG

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 11/29/2011 at 01:21:27

[Waterloo Courier, Sunday, October 30, 2011]

CEDAR FALLS - Gary R. Odekirk, 70, of Cedar Falls, died at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids from complications of an aortic aneurysm.

He was born April 11, 1941, in Maynard, son of Arvid and Letha Lauck Odekirk. He married Frances Maas July 26, 1964, in Lyle, Minn.

He graduated from West Central Maynard in 1960. He was employed at John Deere Waterloo Works from September 1960 until retirement in 1997. Since 2001, he was employed with Northeast Iowa Center for Independent Living (Primetime).

Gary enjoyed fishing, camping, watching football, and was a member of Pyrotechnics Guild International since 1999.

Survived by his wife; a son, Roger (Kelli) of Cedar Falls; two daughters, Pauline (Tim) Garrity of Cedar Rapids and Debbie (fiancé Paul Colbert) Meyer of Cedar Rapids; three grandchildren, Roy Odekirk, Clayton Meyer and Colton Colbert; two brothers, Dean (Connie) of Indianapolis and Wayne (Mary) of Waterloo; two brothers-in-law, Leo (Penny) Mass of Claremont, Minn., and Lyle Maas of Cedar Falls; two sisters-in-law, Rosella (Dick) Krahn and Esther (Lloyd) Gerbig, both of Osage; and many nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by his parents; his father and mother-in-law, Paul and Emma Maas; and a brother-in-law, PFC Roy Maas.

Services: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. John Lutheran Church. Public visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, and will continue for an hour before services Monday at the church.

Memorials may be directed to the church or Northeast Iowa Center for Independent Living.

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