Read, Emanuel F. "Mac"

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Posted By: John Schulte (email)
Date: 10/7/2005 at 11:26:08

Clinton Herald

Emanuel F. "Mac" Read, 80, of Williamsburg died Sunday at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.

There was a celebration of life service at 10:30 a.m. today at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Williamsburg, with the Rev. Carl Cloeter officiating. Burial, with military honors, is at 3 p.m. today at the Mount Hope Cemetery, Maquoketa. Visitation was Tuesday at the Uhlmann-Powell Funeral Home, Williamsburg.

Pallbearers were Ryan and Jorday Ruchotzke, Tyler Jordan, Jed, Greg, Dan and David Dahl.

He was born May 17, 1925, in Parker, Ind., to Gail Ferris and Osa Leota Booher Read.

He graduated from Green Township High School, Parker, and from Purdue University.

He served as an OSS officer with the U.S Army during World War II.

He married Joann "Jody" Wardenburg on Nov. 30, 1956, in Homestead. She died in 2000. He then married Darlene Maas Weiss on April 26, 2003.

He worked with Collins Radio, Cedar Rapids, until 1970 and moved to Coral Springs Fla., where he worked for McGraw-Edison in Fort Lauderdale. He moved to Maquoketa in 1972 where he owned Read Electronics and Wady Industries. He held many design patents.

He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and Iburg-Poulson VFW Post 8797, both in Williamsburg.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Cindy (Dan) Rochotzke of Rochester, Minn., and Mrs. Audrey (Larrie) Dahl of Illinois City, Ill.; one son, Ron Read of Maquoketa; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A memorial fund has been established with the Holden Cancer Center and St. Paul Lutheran Church.

Condolences may be made online at www.powellfuneralhomes.com under obituaries.

He was preceded in death by his parents and first wife.

Death Date: Oct. 2, 2005