SPECHT, Morley J.

SPECHT, MCNEAL, LOCKE, BAKER, HEITHUS, GODFREY, JAMESON

Posted By: Lynette Edsall (email)
Date: 9/12/2006 at 14:22:34

Morley J. Specht

CHEROKEE, Iowa -- Morley J. Specht, 76, of Cherokee died Friday, Dec. 16, 2005, at Cherokee Regional Medical Center following a brief illness.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, with the Rev. Armand Bertrand officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, with military rites conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars, L.A. Wescott Post 2253. Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Greenwood Funeral Home in Cherokee. Online condolences may be sent at www.greenwoodfuneral.com .

Morley was born Feb. 3, 1929, in Cherokee to John and Helen (McNeal) Specht. He attended school at Maryhill. Following his schooling, he worked on the family farm for several years. In 1950, he served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, and was honorably discharged in 1954.

On May 28, 1955, he married Sandra Locke in Cherokee. Morley worked for Caswell Manufacturing, Don Beckman Appliance and later, Dick and Mert's Appliance, all in Cherokee. He later owned and managed Caravan Kitchen with his brother, Jim, in Cherokee. He also continued to farm the family farm with his brother in Sheridan and Rock Township. Lastly, he worked with Barry Johnson at Johnson Machine Shop for several years.

He was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Experimental Aircraft Association. He enjoyed traveling to the EAA convention in Oshkosh, Wis., every year and was involved with assisting Barry Johnson in restoring airplanes and was currently restoring a street rod.

Survivors include his wife; a brother, James Specht and his wife, Donna, of Cherokee; nieces, Tammy Baker of Meriden, Iowa, Theresa Mary Specht of Woodlawn Park, Colo., Linda Sue Specht of Cherokee, and Nancie Heithus and her husband, Brian of Milford, Iowa; a nephew, John J. Specht of Cherokee; many grandnieces and grandnephews, as well as four great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews; special friends, Marg and Bob Godfrey of San Antonio, Texas, and Lisa and Dan Jameson of Bellevue, Neb., and their families; as well as many cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents.