STOKES, Wayne Gordon

STOKES, MERRISS, MILLER, EDWARDS, BROWN

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 6/1/2013 at 00:54:39

Wayne Gordon Stokes, 81, of 115 13th Ave S, Clear Lake, died at his home
Thursday, Nov. 25, 2004. Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 29, at the
First Congregational Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Thom Christian
officiating. Interment was at the Clear Lake Cemetery. Memorials may be made
to the Wayne Stokes Memorial Fund.

Wayne was born the son of George Henry and Lucinda Mae (Merriss) Stokes, on June
18, 1923, at Hampton, Iowa. Wayne graduated from Iowa Falls High School and
then served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Wayne married Anna Miller on June 24,
1943. After his discharge from the service they moved to Clear Lake, where he
cooked for Curly's Café. He later worked for Davis & Keith Construction for 17
years and then worked on his own at construction until shortly after his 80th
birthday. Wayne enjoyed fishing, hunting, traveling with his wife and their
special trip to Alaska, and his grandkids. He was a great father and
grandfather. Wayne was a member of the First Congregational Church and a
lifetime member of the Clear Lake V.F.W.

Wayne is survived by his son, Gordon (Gayle) Stokes of Clear Lake; two
grandsons, Shane Stokes and his friend, Dawn, of Tiffin, Iowa and Christian
(Amy) Stokes of Riverside, Iowa; seven great-grandchildren, Brittani, Hunter,
Hanna, Brienna, Alyson, Colby, and Tristan; two sisters-in-law, Viola Stokes of
Clear Lake, and Helen Stokes of California; special friend, Carol Meier of
Clear Lake; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parent's; wife, Annie; three brothers, Comp, Ray
and Merlyn Stokes and two sisters, Helen Edwards and Irene Brown.