PITTS, Harold E. 1930-2013
PITTS, BEASELEY, EARLE, CORSON, FISHER, CHRISTENSEN
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/20/2014 at 02:10:05
[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Monday, September 23, 2013]
CEDAR FALLS -- Harold E. Pitts, 83, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Waverly, died Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home, Waterloo, of complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
He was born Jan. 14, 1930, in Waterloo, son of Theodore and Alice Beaseley Pitts. He married Catherine J. Earle on Aug. 7, 1953, in Waterloo.
He graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1948, then attended George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and worked for two years for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He then returned to Iowa and served for two years in the Iowa National Guard. He served as the Waverly/Shell Rock area manager for MidAmerican Energy (formerly Iowa Public Service) for 40 ½ years, retiring in 1992. Harold was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Waverly; Waverly Chamber of Commerce; served on the Waverly Municipal Hospital board from 1978-1990; was a member of the United Way; served as president of the Shell Rock Lions Club in 1968 and of the Waverly Rotary Club in 1977.
Survived by his wife; a daughter, Deb (Reid) Corson of Waterloo; a son, Dave (Dawn) of Mount Vernon; a son-in-law, Tim Fisher of West Union; five grandchildren, Cortney (Max) Klein, Kyle (Katie) Corson, Cody Fisher, Dylan Pitts and Dani Pitts; and two great-grandchildren, Corson Klein, with one on on the way.
Preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Susan Pitts-Fisher; a granddaughter, Kaylee Fisher; a brother, Norman D. Pitts; and a sister, Darlene Christensen.
Celebration of Life services: 4 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity United Methodist Church, Waverly, preceded by a private family burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Waterloo. Visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Garden View Chapel, Waterloo.
Memorials in lieu of flowers may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice, P.O. Box 2880, Waterloo 50704-2880 or Western Home Communities Foundation, 5102 South Main St., Cedar Falls 50613.
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