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STITCHMAN, Michael D. 1946-2015

STITCHMAN, WANAMAKER, WERSINGER

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 9/4/2015 at 11:42:38

Biography

Michael D. Stitchman, 68, of Waterloo, died at UnityPoint Health ‑ Allen Hospital, on Saturday, August 1, 2015.

Mike was born September 23, 1946, in Waterloo, the son of Stuart and Jean Wanamaker Stitchman. He grew up in Cedar Falls, attended school there and graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1965 and alter attended Hawkeye Community College.

Following high school he joined the U.S. Navy and served four years during the Viet Nam war including over three years aboard the U.S.S. Ingersoll, a destroyer.

After his return to Iowa he married Martha Wersinger April 24, 1976, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Cedar Falls. Mike worked for 32 years in maintenance at Covenant Medical Center and retired in 2007.

Mike was a social person who liked talking to people and had good friends all over, including the friends he liked watching the games with, the Canadians he fished with for many years, and the family he played cribbage with on Wednesdays. He was good at cooking, smoking meat, woodworking and furniture making, tinkering, and all things electrical. He really liked fishing and the fishing trips with family. He was proud of his family and especially his kids.

He is survived by: his wife Martha; son Shane (Rebecca) Stitchman of Waterloo; daughter Shannon (Kyle) Taylor of Waterloo; daughter Michele (Tim) Weichers of Waterloo; six grandchildren: Michaela Stitchman, Gaige Stitchman, Cole Stitchman, Emily Stitchman, Kaylee Stitchman, and Ozzy Taylor; Grandson Henry Williams; his parents Jean and Don Kelly of Cedar Falls; step mother Rae Stitchman of Waterloo; brother Kirk (Annette) Kelly of Cedar Falls; sister Nancy (Hayden) Ebelhar of Owensboro, KY; and brother Scott (Diane) Kelly of Newalla, OK.

He was preceded in death by his father Stuart, brother Mark Kelly, sister Lynn Coen.

Source: Locke Funeral Home website


 

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