Lloyd Oakley McDole (1930-2020)

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Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 5/23/2020 at 11:35:42

Obituary from Cedar Memorial:

Lloyd O. McDole, 82, of Marion, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids.

Per his wishes, he has been cremated. Services will be later in the year. Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Survivors include his wife, Brenda: Children, Martin (Jo) McDole of Marion and Lynne (Brian Fahrner) of Cedar Rapids;; Siblings, Janice Long of Osceola, IA, Droothey Hallam of Moline, Il., Gayland (Doris) McDole of New Virginia, IA and 47 nieces and nephews and 66 great-nieces and nephews.

"He was preceeded in death by his parents, Two sisters (Florence (Al) Kortje, Jane (Cliff) Carter, and Six brothers: Bob (Winnifred) McDole, Lyle (Flora) McDole, Jack (Barbara) McDole, Ed (Delma) McDole, Merlin (Letty) McDole, and Darrell (Judy) McDole and 3 nephews.

Lloyd Oakley McDole was born August 31, 1930, in New Virginia, Iowa, the son of Edward and Estella (O'Connell) McDole. Lloyd served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and also the nascent Drake University Air Force ROTC, where he finished his education in 1959. On October 31, 1964, he married Brenda Jean Lord in Des Moines, Iowa. For 24 years, he taught junior high and high school grammar, composition, literature, speech and drama at West Des Moines, Eldora, Urbana and Center Point. He retired from teaching in May of 1990. That September, he hired on with Midland Security, working as a security guard at Aegon, and stayed until February 2011. He was an avid gardener, growing flowers, fruits and vegetables, which he supplied to Meals on Wheels. He was a lifetime member of the Hawkeye Area Grand Gaelic Isles Society.