DECOOK, Donald Vayle 1968-2012

DECOOK, SPODEN, FLOREZ, BRANDT, KRUSE, CARPENTER, COUSER, SHIPPY-GAGE

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 3/2/2012 at 04:11:52

[Waterloo Courier, Wednesday, January 11, 2012]

WATERLOO - Donald Vayle DeCook, age 43, of Waterloo, Iowa, died Saturday, January 7, 2012, from injuries sustained in a one-vehicle accident near Dyersville, Iowa.

Donnie graduated from Postville High School and attended University of Northern Iowa. For many years Don worked for Bertch Cabinets in Waterloo, Custom Counters & Closets, and most recently for John Deere.

Don enjoyed golfing, fishing and especially deer hunting with his dad. He also enjoyed following the Iowa Hawkeyes and was a diehard Green Bay Packers fan. Donnie especially enjoyed spending time with family and friends.

Don is survived by his parents, Charles and Gloria DeCook; three sisters, Shirley (Dan) Spoden, JoAnn (Richard Navarrete) Florez and Rhonda (Michael) Brandt; Aunt Ginger (Robert) Kruse, nieces and nephews, Jessica and Danele Spoden, Richard Florez, Jr., Alyssa and Alexandria Florez, Brooke Ruckdaschel, Mykaela and Jordan Brandt, Shawn and Kerra Kruse, and longtime companion Donna Jones and her children, Karine (Tony) Schager, Lindy, Eric, and Jordan, and grandchildren Chance and Callie Schager.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Jennie Carpenter Couser & Fred DeCook, Donald & Dorothy Shippy-Gage.

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Note:
The September 23, 1968 Oelwein Daily Register showed: "Postville Community Hospital, birth to Mr. and Mrs. Charles DeCook of Postville." The same paper, September 27 showed " Discharged: Mrs. Charles DeCook and boy, Postville."
This researcher feels Donald DeCook was born in September 1968.
Find A Grave has his date of birth as September 22, 1968

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