MOUNTAIN, Donald E. 1932-2015

MOUNTAIN, LOY, NICOL, HURSH, SHAW

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 11/22/2015 at 17:35:33

Donald E. Mountain

Died: Nov 21, 2015

Services:
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at the Walnut Ridge Baptist Church, Waterloo

Visitation:
Monday, November 23, 2015 at the Locke Funeral Home

Cemetery:
Orange Township Cemetery,
Rural Waterloo, Iowa with Military Honors
by the American Legion Post #138 and VFW Post #1623
and Iowa Army National Guard Honors

Memorials:
Memorials maybe directed to the
Walnut Ridge Baptist Church

Biography--

Donald E. Mountain, 83, of Waterloo, died at home Saturday, November 21, of natural causes.

He was born September 13, 1932, in Waterloo, son of Merrill and Jessie Loy Mountain. He married Carole Nicol on February 14, 1953, at the original Grace Brethren Church in Waterloo.

Donald worked at Rath Packing Co. for six years until going to John Deere for 36 years, retiring in 1991 as an experimental lab technician. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

He was a member at Walnut Ridge Baptist Church, where he was a deacon, Sunday School teacher, and a member of the class council. He was a life member of the VFW Post 1623, and he and his wife were foster parents for over 20 years.

He is survived by his wife; five daughters: Karen (Martin) Miller of Cedar Falls, Connie Smith of Marion, Kathy Shinstine of Waterloo, Kimberlee (Steven) Bymers of Blair, Nebraska, and Candace Mountain of Ankeny; a son, Craig (Stephanie) of Augusta, Georgia; 16 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; a sister, El Rheta (Don) Krider of Peoria, Illinois; and two brothers, John (Marilyn) of Waterloo and Charles (Linda) of San Antonio.

Don is preceded in death by his parents; a foster son, Christopher Mountain; and three sisters, Elaine Hursh, Alice “Polly” Mountain and Ruth Shaw.

SOURCE: Locke Funeral Home website

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