LeRoy "Roy" F. Fangman 1926-2008

FRIEDMAN, FANGMAN, AMFAHR, DAMON, NIEDERMANN, YOUNGBLUT, PEIFFER, SHONKA, AUNSPACH, BALDWIN

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Date: 3/20/2008 at 09:03:26

LeRoy "Roy" F. Fangman

STRAWBERRY POINT, Iowa -- LeRoy "Roy" F. Fangman, 81, of Waterloo, died Monday, February 4, 2008, at Strawberry Point Lutheran Home, in Strawberry Point.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Edward Catholic Church, Waterloo, with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Full military rites will be conducted by the Waterloo Amvets Post 19 and Evansdale Amvets Post 31 Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, Waterloo, where there will be a 7:00 p.m. vigil service. There will be no visitation at the church.

He was born December 3, 1926, in Dyersville, Iowa, son of Joseph E. and Agnes Friedman Fangman. He married Betty Ann Amfahr on August 16, 1950, in Waterloo. She died January 11, 2003.

Roy was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in WWII. He was employed by John Deere, owned his own gas station from 1950 to 1960 and then worked for Priebe Brother's Fuel, Osco Drug, Mifax and Southtown.

He was a member of the Men's Bowling Association, Men's Waterloo Hall of Fame, Men's 700 Club and the Amvets Honor Guard.

Survivors include two sons, Rick (Marty) of Gilbertville, and Larry of Waterloo; four daughters, Colleen (Dennis) Damon, of Dumfries, Va., Deb (Russ) Youngblut, of Waterloo, Patricia (Craig) Niedermann of Reinbeck, and Kathy (Dana) Peiffer, of Dike; 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; three brothers, Joe, Jr. (Dorothy) of Waterloo, Bob (LaVerne) of Monroe, Ga., and Marvin (Carol) of Denver; and a sister, Mary Lou (Jim) Shonka of Independence.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Kathleen Aunspach and Lois Baldwin.

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