Kingery, Carroll E. 1936-2015

KINGERY, ZEIEN, BENAC, ILLINGWORTH

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Date: 1/23/2015 at 09:31:57

Carroll E. Kingery, 78, of Newton, died Tuesday morning, Jan. 20, 2015, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton, under the care of Skiff Hospice.

A funeral service for Carroll will be at 1 p.m, Thursday, Jan. 22 at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton, with Rev. Larry Peterson, Chaplain at Skiff Medical Center, conducting the services. A visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Carroll’s name, are being designated to Skiff Hospice. Burial will be in the Veterans Section at Newton Union Cemetery.

Carroll Eugene Kingery, the son of James F. and Fern Kingery, was born Sept. 1, 1936, in Knoxville. He was a Newton High School graduate, Class of 1954. Carroll was a 20 year veteran, and had served his country from 1955, with the U.S. Navy, retiring in 1977, from the US Air Force, during the Vietnam War. He had also lived in Illinois, Nebraska, California, New York, Germany and Texas.

He had devoted his life to his family and was a member of the Newton American Legion Post #111. He enjoyed bowling, going to the casinos, and went on the 2013 Jasper County Freedom Flight to Washington, D.C.

Carroll was preceded in death by his parents; a sister in infancy; and two brothers-in-law. Those left to honor Carroll’s memory include his wife Janet; his sons, Larry Kingery (Cynthia) and Dustin Kingery (Samantha Zeien); his four grandchildren, Augie, Titus, Ben and Becca; his sister Leola Benac; a sister-in-law Kimberly Illingworth; nieces; nephews; cousins; and his many friends and neighbors.

Online condolences may be left at www.pencefh.com. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton, Iowa 22 Jan 2015.