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WITWER, Dean 1933-2018

WITWER

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 4/29/2018 at 16:40:26

Dean Witwer

September 12, 1933 - April 24, 2018

Dean R. Witwer, age 84 of Traer and Cedar Falls, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, April 24th, 2018, at Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa.

He was born on September 12, 1933, in Waterloo, the son of Roland and Edna Witwer. Dean grew up in Traer, Iowa, where he happily spent the last years of his life, after the 2010 passing of his wife Susan G. Witwer of Dysart, Iowa. They raised two surviving children, Collin and Darren, in Cedar Falls, where Dean and his sons graduated from UNI.

Dean was an Army paratrooper marksman, with an impressive marksmanship record. He then became the first in his family to attend university, and earned a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Education, after which he was hired by John Deere as a manager and plant layout engineer. He then earned a Master’s degree in Industrial Technology.

A man of many practical skills and hobbies, Dean continued to work as a freelance industrial consultant, private contractor, plowing snow, carpenter/remodeler, as he spent his “free time” making cabinets and furniture, repairing cars, boats, and his beloved motor home. There was nothing he feared taking apart to repair. He also enjoyed perennial gardening and landscaping.

He very much enjoyed his final years in the company of Shirley Austin of Traer. Dean was very active until the last three months of his long and full life. Dean was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.

Donations in his and Susan’s memory should be made to http://beyondpinkteam.org/

SOURCE: Parrott & Wood funeral home website


 

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