NEFF, Sam V.
NEFF, TUCKER, DAVISON, DEMPEWOLF, GAUT, HUMSTON, KLING, ALLIMAN, GARRETT
Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2010 at 13:16:10
"The Fairfield Ledger", Friday, May 21, 2010, Page 12
NEFF, Sam V. -- Sam V. NEFF, 91, of Washington, Iowa died thursday, May 20, 2010 at the Mccreedy Home in Washington. A mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, May 25 at St. James Catholic Church in washington with Rev. Paul Appel officiating. Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery west of Wayland followed by a lunch reception at the Knights of Columbus hall. Open visitation will be Monday, May 24, 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. at St. James Catholic Church in Washington. A prayer service will begin at 6:00 P.M. followed by visitation with the family present until 8:30 P.M. Arrangements are in the care of Gould Funeral Home of Brighton.
Sam was born July 19, 1918 on a farm near Wayland, Iowa, the son of Henry and Lydia Elnora (TUCKER) NEFF. As a young man he held a variety of jobs in Coppock and Washington, including delivering milk for the G & H Dairy. On October 7, 1940, he married Virginia DAVISON, with whom he had a son, Jim, and a daughter, Patricia. Virginia died shortly after giving birth to Patricia, who died in infancy.
In 1947 he met Helen DEMPEWOLF at a dance held at the Coliseum ballroom in Davenport, Iowa. They were married on June 1, 1947 at St. James Catholic Church in Washington where they lived until they bought a farm north of Richland, Iowa in 1950. Over the next three decades they built a successful farming operation and rasied a family of ten children. In 1977, they retired from farming and moved back to Washington and a few years later built a home in the country between Washington and Brighton. Sam worked in those years as a carpenter and painter, and was well known for his swing gliders and trellises which grace many yards in the area as well as Sunset Park. Sam and Helen were members of St. James parish and active in a number of volunteer activities. In their free time, they enjoyed going to dances, entertaining their large extended family, and traveling to all fifty of the states. The family gathered regularly for holiday celebrations at their rural Washington home and also came together to celebrate milestone anniversaries of their remarkable marriage, most recently the 60th anniversary in the summer of 2007. Sam NEFF was a loving husband, grandfather, and great grandfather who will be dearly missed by his family.
He is survived by his wife Helen and their seven sons and three daughters: Jim NEFF and his wife Julia of Elgin, Illinois; Ronald NEFF of Washington, Iowa; Larry NEFF and his wife Connie of Ottumwa; Marsha NEFF and her husband Greg GAUT of Winona, Minnesota; Robert NEFF and his wife Roberta of Ottumwa; Barbara HUMSTON and her husband Kenneth of Brighton; Donna NEFF and her partner David KLING of Minnetrista, Minnesota; Richard NEFF and his wife Vicky of Robertsville, Missouri; John NEFF and his wife Debbie of Ollie; and William NEFF and his wife Julie of Des Moines. He is also survived by 18 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Sam was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Virginia; their infant daughter, Patricia; a grandson, Justin, the son of Richard and Vicky NEFF; and his eight brothers and sisters -- Walter NEFF, Elmer NEFF, Mae ALLIMAN, Ruth TUCKER, Ann GARRETT, Eva GARRET, Forest NEFF, and Donald NEFF.
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