LaVerne J. “Butch” Meade

MEADE, STANTON, HOLSAPPLE, STIMMEL, CURRY, KANE, JENSEN, MCNEAL, COOPER, STEINBRECH, MILLER, STERNAD

Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 2/3/2017 at 14:50:24

LaVerne J. “Butch” Meade, 74, of Oxford, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2017.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 AM, Thursday, February 9, 2017 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Cosgrove.

Visitation will be held from 4-7 PM, Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, Iowa City, with a vigil and rosary recited at 7 PM.

Burial will be in St. Peter’s Cemetery, Cosgrove.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Peter’s Catholic Church or Care Initiatives Hospice.

Butch was born on February 25, 1942 in Iowa City, the son of Cletus and Esther (Stanton) Meade. He graduated from Cosgrove High School in 1960. Butch was united in marriage to Virginia Grace on November 6, 1963 at St. Mary’s Church, Oxford. For numerous years he farmed, drove truck and retired from Chatham Oaks. Butch enjoyed gardening, tending to his flowers, and playing cards, especially euchre.

Butch is survived by his wife, Ginny of Oxford, IA; five children, Rhonda (Allen) Holsapple of Cedar Rapids, Jarret (Nicole Stimmel) Meade of Oxford, Brett (Sherrie Curry) Meade of Oxford, Shauna (Michael) Kane of Cedar Rapids, and Brandon (Jessi Jensen) Meade of Oxford; eleven grandchildren, Justin and Mitchell McNeal, Jacob (Katie) and Josh Meade, Macy Cooper, Marshall Meade, Sean Steinbrech, Andress and Colin Kane, and Cash and Shane Jensen; six siblings, Gerald (Mary) Meade, Donna Meade, Dorothy Meade, Loren (Elaine) Meade, Mary Sue (Amos) Miller, and Richard (Sharon) Meade; and a large extended family.

Butch was preceded in death by his parents, and two siblings, Duane Meade and Barbara Sternad.

Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service
 

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