David Lee Twombley (1941 - 2018)

TWOMBLEY, MCCOMAS, HOCH, WHITING, KARNS

Posted By: Karen Brewer (email)
Date: 12/9/2018 at 19:00:10

David Lee Twombley passed away Thursday, December 6, 2018 at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at Iles Westover Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, December 13 at the funeral home. Interment will be at McDivitt Grove Cemetery, Urbandale.

David was born April 11, 1941 in Osceola, Iowa to Ardith Twombley and Edith (McComas) Twombley. He attended Clarke Community Schools and earned his BA and Masters in music from Drake University. David taught music in Anamosa, Iowa for 2 years, Murray, Iowa for 2 years and Clarke Community Schools for 30 years. He sang with the Des Moines Gay Men’s Choir, played in the Central Iowa Woodwind Ensemble, and in the Des Moines Community Orchestra. He was also a member of the Iowa Chapter of the National Cadillac Lasalle Club, and a supporter of ONE IOWA and the legalization of same sex marriage. In his younger days he was an avid runner and ran 31 marathons, including Boston 3 times, London and Minneapolis.

On September 19, 2009 he married Larry Hoch.

He is survived by his brother, Donovan Twombley and Margo Whiting; brother-in-law, Dan Hoch (Beth); nieces, Debbie (Doug) Karns of Cedar Falls and Anne Twombley of Urbandale; nephew, Scott (Jane) Twombley of Ventura, California; 14 great nieces and nephews, cousins, friends, and his cat, Squeakers. He was preceded in death by his husband, Larry; his parents; a sister Conda in infancy, and his sister-in-law, Joyce Twombley.

Memorials may be made to ONE IOWA, Taylor House Hospice and Animal Rescue League of Iowa.

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