McCOLLOM, Kenneth Wayne 1941-2017

MCCOLLOM, MCCORMICK, PURDY, POSUSTA

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 3/12/2018 at 12:36:02

Kenneth Wayne McCollom

April 18, 1941 - November 25, 2017

Kenneth Wayne McCollom, 76, of Waterloo, Iowa, died Saturday, November 25 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home following a massive stroke.

He was born April 18, 1941 in Jefferson, Iowa, son of Bruce and Ethel McCormick McCollom. He married Kay Purdy and later divorced. He married Pearl Posusta.

Ken graduated from Grand Junction High School. He served as a Sergeant 5th Class in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the 133rd Grand Duty Track Vehicle Mechanics and Track Vehicle Mechanic. While serving in Banburg, Germany, he drove an M-88 tank.

He was employed at Witham Auto Center and Tuffy Auto Service for 38 years.

He is survived by his wife; his children: Tim (Samantha) McCollom; Amy (Chris) Reynolds, Tom (Doreen Morris) Posusta and Rochelle (Joel) Peters; five grandchildren, Kassidy, Alec, Alyssa, Jake and Sadie; a great-granddaughter, Austyn; five step-grandchildren; eight step-great-grandchildren; one brother, Larry (Mary) McCollom of Waterloo; one sister, WeEtta Correy of Fullerton, Calif; a brother-in-law, Bill Brindley of Logan, Utah; and by a sister-in-law, Julie McCollom of Jefferson, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by two children, Denton and Melissa; three brothers: Art, Jack and Robert; four sisters: Gladys, Vivian, Irene and Lois; and several nephews and a niece.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28 at Kimball Avenue United Methodist Church with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery where full military rites will be conducted by the Cedar Falls Amvets and the Iowa Army Honor Guard.

Public visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Monday at Kenneth Wayne McCollom
April 18, 1941 - November 25, 2017

SOURCE: Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup funeral home website