MEAD, Gerald Clinton 1923-2003

MEAD, JONES, WALLIN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/31/2009 at 22:07:11

Gerald C. Mead, 79, of Charles City, passed away Thursday morning, March 20, 2003, at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital of COPD.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., today, Monday, March 24, 2003, at the First Congregational U.C.C. Church in Charles City. Military honors will be conducted by the Charles City Ceremonial Unit. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home in Nashua. Inurnment will be at Sunnyside Memory Gardens at a later date.

He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; two sons, Brad (Chris) Mead of Lake Orion, Mich., and Randy (Val) Mead of Grimes; four daughters, Charnel (Mike) Hart of Iowa City, Dawn (Daryl) Pint of Humboldt, Roxanne Mead of Dallas, Texas, and Renee (Rusty) Norred of Southlake, Texas; two brothers, LaVern (Beulah) Mead of Nashua and Harold (Mildred) Mead of Charles City; one sister, Pern French of Nashua; and 11 grandchildren, Jonathan Hart, Erin and Kyle Mead, Joshua, Noah, Caleb and Luke Pint, Leah, Brian and Cory Mead and Zachary Norred.

Gerald was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Alberta Mead, and a granddaughter, Brieha Hart.

Gerald Clinton Mead was born August 1, 1923, in Nashua, the son of Clifford and Emma (Wallin) Mead. He attended Nashua Elementary and High School through the 10th grade. He finished his formal education by correspondence and further studied engineering. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during WW II from February 1943 to November of 1945.

He was united in marriage to Marilyn J. Jones on February 15, 1953. They lived in Nashua until 1961, when they moved to Charles City. Gerald was a tool engineer at White Farm Equipment Co., for 30 years retiring in 1985.

Gerald was a member of First Congregational U.C.C. of Charles City, serving on the Prudential Board and Trustee Board. He also was a member of the Charles City VFW, where he is a past Post-Commander. Gerald loved hunting and fishing, dealing for cars, playing Euchre, a game he taught all his children and grandchildren, and he was an excellent cook, fried chicken was his specialty. But mostly, he just loved and enjoyed his family.

Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home in Nashua is in charge of arrangements.