OWEN, Robert D. 1924-2012

OWEN, REEDER, FOX, SCHWENKER, WILCOX, DREYER

Posted By: Connie L. Ellis (email)
Date: 5/6/2018 at 19:50:40

SOURCE: THE COURIER, Waterloo, Iowa newspaper October 17, 2012
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Owen Family Researcher)

Funeral services were held on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at the Grace Lutheran Church in Fayette, Iowa with burial in Dunham Grove Cemetery in Randalia, Iowa for Robert D. Owen, age 88, of Randalia who passed away on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at the Palmer Lutheran Health Center in West Union, Iowa.

Robert Dale Owen was born September 24, 1924 on the family farm in rural Randalia, son of Carl and Alta (Reeder) Owen. He graduated from Randalia
High School. He married Lavera Fox on December 18, 1949 at the St. John Lutheran Church, Fairbank, Iowa. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Fayette.

Mr. Owen is survived by his wife Lavera; three sons Jerry (Anita) Owen of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jeffrey (Linda) of Waterloo, Iowa, and Jack (JoAnne) Owen of Richardson, Texas; three daughters Bonnie (Bill) Schwenker of Maquoketa, Iowa, Betty (Keith) Wilcox of Independence, Iowa, and Penny (Wayne) Dreyer of Haysprings, Nebraska; 13 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren; 4 step-grandchildren and three step-great grandchildren; and a brother Leslie Owen of Florida.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Doyle and a sister Caryl.