Robert Wendell Sheridan Sr. 1927-1996

SHERIDAN, MURRAY, DUNN, RESH, CROSS, GRONBECK, POWERS, LEININGER, BUSHNELL, MCCREARY, HOUSE, WEYDERT

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 12/3/2011 at 23:56:47

Robert Wendell Sheridan Sr., the son of John J. and Kathryn (Dunn) Sheridan, was born May 13, 1927, in Curlew, Iowa, and departed this life at Holy Family Hospital in Estherville, Iowa, on Friday, March 1, 1996, at the age of 68 years, nine months and 18 days.

He received his education in the Curlew, Iowa schools.

On September 2, 1944, he was united in marriage to Ellen R. Murray in Curlew. Following his marriage, Robert served in the United States Army during World War Two, and was stationed in the Alaskan Territory. After the war, he returned to farm in several area including Emmetsburg, Graettinger, and Ayrshire. The family moved to Estherville where they have lived for the past forty years. Mr. Sheridan was employed by John Morrell and company until the plant closed in the mid 1980’s.

He was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3388. Robert was an avid gardener and fisherman, and was an excellent sheep sheerer when he was farming.

Robert is survived by his wife, Ellen of Estherville; five daughters, Joyce E. Resh of Eagle Grove, Iowa; Joan E. Cross and her husband, Tom of Hendersonville, North Carolina; Regina M. Gronbeck and her husband, Dan of Estherville; Roberta A. Powers and her husband, Allen of Atlanta, Georgia; Mary T. Leininger and her husband, Jerry of Hampton, Iowa; three sons, Robert W. Sheridan Jr and his wife, Marlys of Estherville; James J. Sheridan and his wife, Lyn Dee of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Matthew P. Sheridan of Estherville; twenty-three grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mary Lou Bushnell and her husband, Robert of Wichita, Kansas; Kathryn McCreary of Thorton, Colorado; Alice House and her husband, Lee of Centerville, Iowa; and four brothers, Dwight Sheridan and his wife, Jackie of Downey, California; Donald Sheridan and his wife, Alice of South Gate, California; Donald Sheridan and his wife, Janice of Crestline, California; John Sheridan and his wife, Alice of South Gate, California; and Phillip Sheridan of Long Beach, California. He has been predeceased in death by his parents; one brother, William; and one sister Anna Mae Weydert. (MC)

Interment in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Estherville, IA