Ryherd, John Henry (1931-2017)

RYHERD, HELLMANN, LAMM, PHILLIPS, DELONG, KITNER, STRONG, WOLTER, GRAHAM, LORENZEN, SEUFFERLEIN

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/18/2021 at 17:36:22

John Henry Ryherd
June 20, 1931 - October 9, 2017

Fairbank: John Henry Ryherd, age 86, passed away on October 9, 2017, at the Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo following a lengthy illness.

A son of Billie and Anna (Hellmann) Ryherd, John was born on June 20, 1931, in Sac County, Iowa. After graduating from Alta High School in 1949, he served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953 during the Korean War. On October 6, 1951, he married Barbara Lamm in Galva, Iowa. She preceded him in death. On February 12, 2000, he married Patricia Phillips (DeLong) in Dunkerton, Iowa.

John worked at Rath Packing for thirty-three years. He, also, farmed during that time raising purebred Chester White pigs. Very active in both local and county wide boards and organizations, he had, at one time, served as a President of the Buchanan County Farm Bureau. A longtime member of the Fairbank American Legion Post 552, the Buchanan County Pork Producers Association, and the United Methodist Church of Fairbank, he served on the church board as well.

Survived by: his wife; Pat, two sons; David (Diane) Ryherd, of Denver, and Dennis Ryherd, of Fairbank; a daughter, Debra Kitner, of Lone Tree; three step-daughters: Debra (Kenneth) Strong, of Mount Vernon, Pamela Wolter, of Denver, and Angela (Scott) Graham, of Dunkerton; thirteen grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; nine step-great-grandchildren; four brothers: Bill (Geri) Ryherd, of Cedar Falls, Charles (Patricia) Ryherd, of Alta, Don (Jill) Ryherd, of Madison, Missouri, and Ken (Kate) Ryherd, of Mitchelville; and a sister, Sara (Arlo) Lorenzen, of Rockford, Illinois; along with many nieces and nephews.

Preceded by: his parents; one son, James John Ryherd; his first wife; two grandchildren: Jennifer and Bobbie Ryherd; and three brothers: Robert, Floyd, and Ronnie Ryherd; as well as by two sisters, Marjorie Seufferlein and Margaret Ryherd.

Services: 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 13, 2017, at the United Methodist Church in Fairbank.

Visitation: 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, October 12, 2017, at the Woods Funeral Home in Fairbank and again for one hour before services Friday at the church.

Interment: Fairbank Cemetery with military rites conducted by the Fairbank American Legion Fortsch-Duffy Post 552.

Memorials: to the Sullivan-Hartogh-Davis Cedar Valley Honor Flight or to the Fairbank United Methodist Church.

Woods Funeral Home, Fairbank, Iowa, 2017