MINDARD, Keith Spencer 1927-2014

MINDARD, PALMER, MUECKE, HARAKE

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/8/2014 at 23:50:50

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Wednesday, February 26, 2014]

CEDAR FALLS -- Keith Spencer Minard, 87, of Sheridan, Wyo., formerly of Spirit Lake and Cedar Falls, died Sunday, Feb. 23, at Sheridan Memorial Hospital.

He was born Jan. 25, 1927, in Alta, son of Leland and Ethelyn Minard. He married Mary Lou Palmer in 1949; she preceded him in death.

After high school Keith was in the Naval ROTC program and attended DePauw University, Montana School of Mines, University of California at Berkley, and graduated with a degree in Agricultural Engineering from Iowa State University. He worked for Oliver Corp., Charles City, and in 1964 went to work for Deere and Co., Moline, Ill., retiring in 1989 as manager of Worldwide Agricultural Tractor Engineering in Waterloo.

Survived by a son, Phil (Sue) of Lenexa, Kan.; two daughters, Michele (John) Muecke of Sheridan and Jill (Fadi) Harake of Huntington Beach, Calif.; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Terry.

Memorial service will take place in Spirit Lake in late June.

Memorials may be directed to Mayo Clinic Cancer Research Program online at philanthropy.mayoclinic.org or mailed to Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905.

After retirement, Keith and Mary Lou moved to Spirit Lake. He loved fishing from his dock or in his boat, hunting and golfing.

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