WATERMAN, Leo C. 1909-1972

WATERMAN, ERNEST, HUNEMULLER, WOODSMALL, THATCHER, ROTTINGHAUS, WILLIAMS, RETTIG, QUINN, OLSON

Posted By: Carol L. Johnson (Waterman) (email)
Date: 2/6/2012 at 03:23:43

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Kearns-Dykeman Chapel for Leo C. Waterman, 63, of 121 E. 9th St, who died in Veterans Administration Hospital in Iowa City at 3:10 a.m. Wednesday of pneumonia. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Thursday and until the service time on Saturday. Dr. C.H. Pettersen, visitation pastor of the Grace United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Freemont Township Cemetery near Tripoli.

Mr. Waterman was born in Tripoli on April 3 1909, the son of Calvin and Elida Earnest Waterman. He married Edith Hunemuller on Aug. 6, 1931, in New Hampton and they were later divorced. He married Lillian Woodsmall on June 6, 1959, in Cedar Rapids. He was a veteran of World War II having served with the U.S. Army and came to Waterloo in 1944.

He was a painter for most of his life, being employed by various contractors in the area inclluding Stickfort, Mauser and McIntee.

He is survived by his wife; two sons, Darald and Arlan both of 614 Baltimore St.; one daughter, Mrs. Barbara Thatcher of Salt Lake City, Utah, one step-daughter, Mrs. Abbie Rottinghaus of Ft. Roberts, Mo; two brothers, Everett of Tripoli and Lloyd of Knoxville; five sisters, Mrs. Isabelle Williams, Mrs. Leota Rettig, and Miss Louise Waterman, all of Tripoli, Mrs. Rosalee Quinn of 233 Maryhill Dr. Cedar Falls, and Mrs. Melva Olson of Minneapolis; and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his prarents, one daughter and one sister.

posted 6-8-1972 pg 5 Waterloo Courier