Floyd Wendell Whitford 1943 - 2010

GRAGG, WHITFORD, MC CONNELL, GORDON, GRIFFITH, WICKSTROM, SHAFFER

Posted By: N. Wagner (email)
Date: 12/5/2010 at 14:54:04

Wendell Whitford, 67, of North Liberty, Iowa, died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

Memorial services were held Sunday, Nov. 21, at First Presbyterian Church in Iowa City with the Rev. Samuel Massey officiating.

Arrangements were handled by Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service of Iowa City.

Floyd Wendell Whitford Jr. was born Jan. 10, 1943, in Ft. Bragg, N.C., to Floyd Wendell Whitford Sr. and Jewel (Gragg) Whitford.

The family moved to West Union, where Wendell was raised and completed high school. He went on to graduate with a teaching degree from Iowa State University in Ames.

On Dec. 28, 1968, Wendell was united in marriage with Judy McConnell in Osceola. The couple raised their family in Cedar Rapids, where Wendell was an industrial arts instructor at Franklin Junior High School for many years. He subsequently accepted a similar position at Moorhead High School in Minnesota.

While living in Minnesota, Wendell and Judy owned Isleview Resort on South Lida Lake.

After teaching for 36 years, Wendell retired in 2002. At that time he and Judy returned to eastern Iowa.

Wendell was an active member of First Presbyterian Church and the Iowa City Chamber Singers.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Floyd and Jewel Whitford, and his stepmother, Clara Whitford.

Survivors include his wife, Judy; son Brien and his wife, Jennifer, and their children Savannah, Brookelyn, Kennedey and Charleigh; daughter Cara Whitford and her husband, Mason Gordon, and their children Olivia and Eliza; Wendell's siblings, Jo Griffith, Clark (Ebby) Whitford, and Mary (Russell) Wickstrom; his stepsister Wanda (Don) Whitford; and his stepbrothers, Stan (Sharon) Shaffer, Dennis (Anita) Shaffer, and Jon (Vera) Shaffer.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in Wendell's memory to First Presbyterian Church in Iowa City, Iowa City Chamber Singers, or the Friends of the Boundary Waters.

Source: Fayette County Union - 23 November 2010