Eugene Geistfeld 1939 - 2003

GEISTFELD, POLEGE, MCLEISH, STEWART

Posted By: Dorothy (email)
Date: 1/7/2009 at 11:13:33

Eugene "Gene" LaVerne Geistfeld, 63, of 1060
27th St., Marion, died Saturday, February 8, 2003,
in his home following a long illness. Services: 11
a.m. Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at St. Paul's
Lutheran Church, Marion, by the Rev. Thomas E.
Hedtke and Vicar Jason Shaw. Graveside services:
3 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Hope Cemetery,
Independence. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday (Feb. 11) at Murdoch Funeral Home &
Cremation Center, Marion, and from 10 a.m.
until service time at the church on Wednesday
Survivors include his wife. Nancy; two sons,
Ronald Geistfeld and wife Regina of Birch Run.
Mich., and Larry Geistfeld and wife Helen of
Pella; a daughter, Joni Geistfeld and David Christiansen of
Marion; a sister, Karen Stewart and husband Alan of Victoria,
Texas; and two grandchildren, Madelynne Marie Geistfeld and
Tristen Levi Christiansen.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Julie; and a
brother, Loren.
Eugene was born the son of Ernest and Nellie Polege Geistfeld
on Aug. 30, 1939, in Independence, Iowa. He was married to Nancy
McLeish on June 18, 1961, in Oelwein. For 35 years, Eugene was
employed by Rockwell-Collins, where he was a raw materials
inspector and engraver and where he had the opportunity to work
on the Apollo program. Eugene retired in 1995. He also drove a
school bus for the Marion and Linn-Mar school districts. Eugene
was a member of St Paul's Lutheran Church.
Eugene was an avid camper and traveler and loved his Hawkeyes.
Whenever you would go to visit him you would most likely find
him working in the yard. Eugene was a loving husband, father and
grandfather and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved
him.

Waterloo Courier - 10 Feb 2003