SIMPSON, Harry Lee 1944-2013

SIMPSON, SHOEMAKER, WAGONEER, FINCHER, KRAMER, OVERMAN, KLOSTER, YOUNG

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/17/2013 at 00:12:27

[Waterloo Courier, Tuesday, January 8, 2013]

CEDAR FALLS — Harry Lee Simpson, 68, of Cedar Falls, died at home Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013.

He was born Dec. 17, 1944, in Cedar Falls, son of Duane and Marcella Shoemaker Simpson, and was raised by his grandparents, Roy and Edna Shoemaker. He married Sandra Wagoner on May 23, 1965, in Iowa Falls.

Mr. Simpson graduated from Dike High School in 1962 and attended Ellsworth Community College, Iowa Falls, for two years. He worked for Viking Pump Co. and was a supervisor for John Deere Tractor Works, retiring in 1999. He coached high school bowling and AAU basketball.

Survived by his wife; three sons: Brian (Anna) of Belle Plaine, Kan., Kevin (Marjorie) of Hudson and Travis (Janet) of Urbandale; a daughter, Lori (Darin) Fincher of Waverly; eight grandchildren: Trystah Hofstrom, Kodey, Spencer, Conner, Zach and Cade Simpson, and Makayla and Katelyn Fincher; two great-granddaughters; four stepgrandchildren; six stepgreat-grandchildren; two brothers, Robert (Faye) of Wells, Maine, and Richard (Judy) Kramer of Traer; and three half sisters: Barb Overman of Waterloo, Marjorie Kloster of Waverly and Carolyn Young of Cedar Falls.

Preceded in death by his parents; maternal grandparents, Roy and Edna Shoemaker; and a half brother, Kenneth Young.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church, with burial in Fairview Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. Visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, and for an hour before services Thursday at the church.

Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

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