WEATHERLY, Clifton H. 1904-1989

WEATHERLY, BUEHGLEY, GEORGE, OSTER

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Date: 1/4/2016 at 13:58:00

Thursday Services For Clifton H. Weatherly

Clifton H. Weatherly, 84, of Dike passed away Monday, July 3, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls after suffering an apparent heart attack at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 6, at the Dike United Methodist Church in Dike with burial in Elmwood Cemetery at Dike.

Public visitation will be held at the Dike Funeral Chapel from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday and at the church prior to the service on Thursday.

A memorial fund has been established.

A complete obituary will be listed in next week's Dike Register.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 6 July 1989, pg 7

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Clifton Weatherly Services Held

Funeral services for Cliff Weatherly were held at the United Methodist Church, Dike, on Thursday, July 6, 1989, at 10:30 a.m. Dr. Gary L. Armstrong officiated.

Mrs. Bob C. Johnson sang "How Great Thou Art" and "The Old Rugged Cross." The accompanist was Mrs. John Paige, who also played selected numbers for the prelude and postlude.

Grandsons serving as casket bearers were Jeffrey DeBower, Michael Kielty, Brian Kielty, James Weatherly, David Kielty and Thomas Jensen.

The ushers were Jack Heritage and John Volberding. Mrs. Lois Bruns and Mrs. Berdene Biersner were in charge of the floral arrangements.

Interment was in the Elmwood Cemetery, Dike, IA.

Clifton H. Weatherly was born on August 24, 1904, on a farm near Liscomb, IA, in Marshall county, IA. He passed away at 9:11 a.m. Monday, July 3, at the Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls from an apparent heart attack. He attained the age of 84 years, 10 months and nine days.

He was the son of Clarence and Bertha Buehgley Weatherly. Cliff grew up in the Liscomb area and graduated from the Liscomb high school in 1924, after which he farmed with his Dad.

On August 23, 1930, he was united in marriage to Bonita Matilda George at Grundy Center.

After their marriage, they farmed in the Liscomb area until 1944 when they moved south of Dike and farmed until 1953 when they made their home in Dike. He continued to farm for awhile and then he owned and operated the D-X station in Dike for a few years. After the station, he worked for the Dietrick Turkey Farm for a couple of years.

His wife, Bonita, passed away on August 18, 1959.

On November 12, 1966, he was united in marriage to Verna Oster in Cedar Falls.

He worked for the Dike Feed Store in Dike until he retired.

He was a long time member of the Dike Danish Brotherhood, the Dike United Methodist Church and an over 50 years member of the Masonic Lodge and the Odd Fellows.

Cliff was preceded in death by his parents; one son, John W. (Jack) Weatherly; first wife, Bonita; two brothers, George and Bill; and one sister, Nina.

He is survived by his wife, Verna; two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Sue) DeBower of Cedar Falls, and Mrs. Robert (Helen) Kielty of Waterloo; two step-daughters, Mrs. Donald (Gloria) Jensen of Waterloo, and Phyllis Oster of Seattle, WA; one daughter-in-law, JoAnn Weatherly of Waterloo; one brother, Earl Weatherly of Liscomb; one sister, Mrs. John (Eliza) Rodrigues of Marshalltown; nine grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; one great-grandson and 13 step-great-grandchildren.

The Dike Funeral Chapel in Dike was in charge of the funeral arrangements.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 13 July 1989, pg 10