DICKINSON, John A. "Johnny" 1940-2013
DICKINSON, SKEEN, PRUSSMAN, DENNARD
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 3/27/2014 at 23:55:59
[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Wednesday, December 11, 2013]
CEDAR FALLS - Johnny A. Dickinson, 73, of Cedar Falls, died at home Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013.
He was born Aug. 24, 1940, in Clovis, N.M., son of Clyde M. and Ola M. Skeen Dickinson. He married Linda K. “Lynn” Prussman on Aug. 30, 1971, in St. Joseph, Mo.
Mr. Dickinson was employed with by the FBI in Albuquerque and attended the University New Mexico, served in the U.S. Navy and earned a bachelor's degree in finance and marketing from Eastern New Mexico University. He worked for John Deere for 33 years as territory manager in St. Joseph, Mo., marketing rep for Deere OEM sales (Waterloo), vice president and general manager of John Deere at Bismarck Implement Co., marketing manager of Imported Tractors (Waterloo), division manager in Kansas City and Dallas, and then division manager of tractors worldwide, retiring in 1999. He then served as vice president with American Soil Technologies Inc. He served on the board of directors of several organizations in Cedar Falls including the Red Cross, Cedar Falls Historical Society and Cedar Falls Utilities Board of Trustees.
Survived by his wife; two sons, Scott (Rachel) of Cedar Falls and Marc (Laurie) of Des Moines; three grandchildren, Jacob Aaron and Chloe Rae Dickinson and Eli Jeong-Wu Dickinson; a brother, Gene (Gina) of Germantown, Tenn.; and a sister, Delores (Chuck) Dennard of Nashville, Tenn.
Memorial services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Cedar Heights Community Presbyterian Church. Military honors will be conducted by Cedar Falls AMVETS Post 49. Visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Richardson Funeral Service.
Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice, Cedar Falls Historical Society, Cedar Falls Rotary or Mayo Clinic for prostate cancer research.
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