PREECE, James R. 1934-1998

PREECE, FOISY, CUTLER, CORWIN, ACKLES, BOYER, CONNORS, RASH

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 9/3/2012 at 23:37:23

CEDAR FALLS -James R. Preece, 64, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, Dec. 28, 1998, at Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo, of an aneurysm.

He was born Oct. 13, 1934, in Sioux City, son of Charles and Marie Foisy Preece.

He married Patricia Cutler in Sioux City and they were later divorced. He then married Laura J. Corwin on March 14, 1987, in Spirit Lake.

Mr. Preece was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. He was employed as a drug and alcohol counselor with Dickinson County Memorial Hospital, Spirit Lake, until 1988, then worked at the state prison in Clarinda, retiring in 1996.

Survived by his wife; a daughter, Janine Preece of Cedar Falls; five sons: James of Henderson, Tenn., David of Romeoville, Ill., Ronald of Cedar Falls, Jerry of Lakeville, Minn., and Robert of Lamont, Ill.; three stepsons: James, Scott and Robert Ackles, all of Cedar Falls; a stepdaughter, Tammy Boyer of Cedar Falls; 22 grandchildren; and three brothers, Bob of Kansas City, Kan., and Tom and Bill, both of Tucson, Ariz.

Preceded in death by: two sisters, Diane Connors and Bonnie Rash; and two brothers, Dick and George.

Services: 1 p.m. Thursday at Richardson Funeral Home, with inurnment in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens at a later date. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home, with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. Visitation also for an hour before services Thursday.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

[Richardson Funeral Home Obituary]