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MAPES, Robert C. 1918-2012

MAPES, UHE, KIRSCHMAN, DAVIS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/15/2012 at 14:24:21

Robert C. "Bob" Mapes

CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Robert C. "Bob" Mapes, 93, lifetime resident of Charles City, died Sunday February 12, 2012, at Cedar Health Care Facility of Charles City.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 16, at Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., Charles City. Officiating will be Dave Byrd, chaplain of Iowa Hospice. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home. Inurnment will be at a later date in Oakwood Cemetery, Floyd.

Bob was born on October 12, 1918, to Charles L. Mapes and Ada P. Uhe. He received his education at Lincoln School in Charles City and graduated from Charles City High School in 1936. Sometime after high school he traveled with a rodeo that was run by a man by the name of William Bushbomb. Bob really enjoyed this because he had a love for horses especially quarter horses.

Throughout his life he had many jobs. In Minnesota he worked for Northern Pomp Co. and in Charles City he worked for both Charles City Granite Works and the Oliver Tractor plant. His favorite work was his love of farming.

After the tornado in 1968, Bob helped reseed a baseball diamond at Wildwood Park in Charles City. The Parks Dept. honored him by engraving "Mapes Field" on a wooden sign that is attached to a post that stands next to the park. He also helped rebuild the town in many other ways when he got a job with Allied Redimix. Helping the community was how he felt that he could give back to a place he loved and called home.

After Bob retired from farming, he continued to work at the jobs he could do that included driving for Charles City Taxi, lawn care, snow removal and cutting trees down with a saw blade attached to his skid loader. It was important to Bob he keep busy because he could not handle just sitting around doing nothing.

On June 29, 1958, Robert was united in marriage to Shirley C. Kirschman Davis and they had a daughter, Julie Pauline, born Dec. 19, 1960. When Bob wasn't working he could be found sitting in his comfortable chair watching a sports game such as football and basketball or working with his hobbies including woodworking, welding and gardening. His love above all things was spending time with family and having coffee with his friends at Hy-Vee and McDonald's.

Robert is survived by two daughters, Susan (Davis) Mrs. Gary Ketelsen of Davenport and Julie McClintock of Charles City; one sister, Margjoie Groth of Charles City; one granddaughter, Sarah Greenwalt of Davenport; and one grandson, Willis Robert Harris, also of Davenport; and two nephews, Pastor Charles Groth in Kentucky and Pastor Terrance Groth in Missouri.

Robert was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley; his parents; one brother, Roger; one grandson, Michael; and one niece and one nephew.

Condolences may be shared with the family at www.Fullertonfh.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be given to the American Cancer Society.

Fullerton Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 401 Blunt Street, Charles City, IA, 641-228-4211. www.fullertonfh.com

[ Globe Gazette online, February 15, 2012 ]


 

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