Lewis Eugene Witt 1932-2010

WITT, HALFORD, CONLEY, HINDS, LINDSAY, BEACOM, OWENS, OWENS-DORR, SPICER

Posted By: Curtis (email)
Date: 6/1/2010 at 11:34:40

DEATH NOTICE:

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa May 5, 2010)

WITT, Gene, 77, of Des Mones, Iowa, died Saturday, May 1, 2010 at his home. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 7 at 10:00 a.m. at Slade-O'Donnell Funeral Home in Leon, Iowa. There is no visitation. Burial will be in the Leon Cemetery, Leon, Iowa.

Memorials may be made to the Diabetes Foundation.

He is survived by 3 children: Brenda Lindsay, Spirit Lake, Laura Witt, Sioux City, and Don Witt of Des Moines; 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren; 2 brothers, including Larry Witt of Davis City and one sister.

DEATH NOTICE:

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa May 12, 2010)

WITT, Lewis Eugene, 77, of Des Moines, Iowa, died at his home on Saturday, May 1, 2010. Memorial services were held at the Slade O'Donnell Funeral Home in Leon, Iowa on Friday, May 7 with Rev. Terry D. Roberts officiating. Burial was in the Leon Cemetery.

Obituary -

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa May 12, 2010)

LEWIS EUGENE WITT ... Lewis Eugene Witt, age 77 of Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Alma Lewis and Emma Louise [Halford] Witt, was born August 24, 1932 in Des Moines, Iowa. He died at his home on Saturday, May 1, 2010.

He was known as both Gene and as Combat. He attended School in Des Moines before the family moved to Oklahoma. Then he worked on the family farm and for Johnson's Creamery. He served in the United States Army from October 6, 1952 until he was discharged honorably on July 15, 1954 as a Corporal. He was a combat engineer who built bridges at night. His brother, F.A., was in Korea at the same time working as a medical aide. They were able to get together at times.

On March 11, 1960 he was united in marriage to Charlotte Jean Conley. They were blessed with three children, Brenda, Laurna, and Donald, before they divorced. Gene worked as a crane operator at Des Moines steel until he retired in 1987.

In his free time, Gene loved to listen to country music, watch rodeos and go fishing. He was a talented photographer, capturing nature's beauty. He also was a big Iowa Hawkeye and Kansas City Chiefs fan. He was a member of the American Legion. Gene's card was always the first to arrive for birthdays and Christmas. He kept in touch with all the family and enjoyed telling others who was doing what. He had a huge heart, a great sense of humor, and was full of love. He enjoyed teasing everyone.

Preceding him in death were his parents; sister Mildred Hinds; brother Richard Lee Witt; sister-in-law Chona Witt; and niece Joyce Hinds.

Survivors include his children, Brenda Lindsay and husband Donald of Spirit Lake, Iowa, Laurna Witt and her significant other Sherry Beacom of Sioux City, Iowa, and Donald Witt of Des Moines; six grandchildren, Marquella Witt, Amber, Adam, & Alisha Owens, and Emily & David Witt; two great grandchildren, Jerra Witt and Preston Owens-Dorr; brother, F.A. Witt of Afton, Iowa and Larry Witt and wife Sheila of Davis City, Iowa; sister Martha Spicer and husband Bill of Albany, Missouri; brother-in-law Loral Hinds of Lamoni, Iowa; nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends who dearly loved him.