FAIRHOLM, Rex Dean 1943-2009

FAIRHOLM, REED, UNGS, DAY, ETTER, STEILES, KRUEGER, BOWDEN

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 6/22/2014 at 20:51:06

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, May 6, 2009]

NASHUA - Rex Dean Fairholm Sr., 65, of Nashua, died Saturday, May 2, at home.

He was born Oct. 13, 1943, in Waterloo, son of Don H. and Lola Reed Fairholm. He married Marilyn Ungs on April 11, 1964, at Sacred Heart Church, Waterloo.

He graduated in 1960 from Waterloo East High School and served in the Iowa National Guard for eight years.

He worked for Pole Sprayers, for Collins Radio as a machinist, and Steitzer Auto and Rapids Chevrolet as a salesman. He then started his own carpet business, then went to Orkin Exterminating, retiring after 12 years as district manager for the Kansas City district. Mr. Fairholm and his wife started their own pizza business, Bestline Pizza, in Nashua.

Survived by his wife; three sons, Rex Jr. (Karon) of Jacksonville, Fla., Daniel of Charles City and Donald (Brandy) of Greene; a daughter, Angela (Jon) Day of Charles City; three sisters, Doneta (Bill) Etter, Twilah Steiles and Kalha Krueger; 15 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Preceded in death by his parents; and a sister, Yvonne Bowden.

Memorial services: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, Nashua, with private family burial in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, rural Clarksville, at a later date. He donated his body to the Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn. Public visitation from 1 p.m. until service time Saturday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

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Additional from Hugeback Funeral Home:

When Rex and Marilyn were first married they traveled the United States as they went where Rex’s job with Pole Sprayers took them. They traveled to 42 states before settling down in the Cedar Rapids area to start their family. Rex worked for Collins Radio as a machinist, Steitzer Auto and Rapids Chevrolet as a salesman. He then started his own carpet business but eventually went to Orkin Exterminating where he retired after 12 years as district manager for the Kansas City district. Rex and Marilyn moved back to Iowa and in 1986 they started their own pizza business, Bestline Pizza in Nashua, Iowa. Their children and grandchildren also helped in the pizza business. Everyone recognized “Big Red” his old beat-up red pickup he drove. Rex and Marilyn closed Bestline in October of 2005 because of health issues. Rex enjoyed having the family around, saying that is was never dull around our place and it wasn’t! He enjoyed watching westerns and the Hawkeye games. He enjoyed the scenery on the “great river road trips” in the fall. Rex was a coin collector. He liked to go to auctions, he could always find something he needed. Rex loved to tinker and fix things and really enjoyed making something work again. He enjoyed the casino’s, playing the nickel machines (never betting the max cause he could win on one nickel), he never won much but he had fun. Rex always said you have to have fun while you can, and he did.

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