Weasmer, Garold Bruce

WEASMER, MARVIN

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Date: 2/12/2008 at 14:06:51

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BELTON, Texas — Garold Bruce Weasmer, age 83, of Belton, Texas, formerly of the Preston, Iowa, died Monday, February 4, 2008, at home. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, February 9, 2008, at the Miller-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Preston, Iowa. Burial will be in the Preston Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday, February 8, 2008, at the funeral home. Condolences and memorial tributes may be given at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com. Garold was born in Preston on February 25, 1924, to Cecil and Denzil Weasmer. Following graduation from Preston High School, he married Ruth Marvin and then joined the U.S. Army. He was sent to the South Pacific for three years where he was in battles at New Guinea and the Philippines. His division (43rd) and First Calvary were to be the first to hit the mainland of Japan. The invasion was cancelled, however, when the atom bomb was dropped, forcing Japan to surrender. He was always grateful to President Truman for having the courage to use the bomb to save thousands of American lives. After being discharged, he earned his BA at Upper Iowa University and became a business teacher at Chelsea and Tama, Iowa, for four years. He then earned a Master of Arts from the University of Iowa. The Farmers Savings Bank at Spragueville, Iowa, hired him to be the bank office manager for several years until he purchased controlling interest in the bank. He and his wife, Ruth, ran the bank and bank offices for seven years and then sold their interest. Weasmer served in the office of president of the First Interstate Bank at Cresco, Iowa, until his retirement in 1986. Winters were spent in Laughlin, Nevada, and the rest of the year he enjoyed in Charleston, Illinois, where his daughter, Jerie Weasmer, was a professor of English at Eastern Illinois University. He recently followed her family as they relocated to Belton, Texas, where she is a professor at a satellite campus for Texas A and M. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, daughter, Jerie, and four granddaughters, Ellen, Rachel, Amanda and Erica.Death date: Feb. 4, 2008
Published in the Clinton Herald from 2/5/2008 - 2/7/2008