Dorcie "Dean" Townsend (1918 - 2011)

TOWNSEND, RATERMANN, ASHLOCK, TUCKER, BENTER, ROEMERMAN, UPDIKE

Posted By: County Coordinator (email)
Date: 5/25/2021 at 21:21:29

Dorcie "Dean" Townsend, 93, of Marion, passed away Dec 24, 2011 at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, with his family at his side. A celebration of life service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 27, at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories, Cedar Rapids. Burial and military honors will be at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.

Survivors include Dean's wife, Evelyn; children, Karla Ratermann of Marion, Coleen Ashlock of Cedar Rapids and Kevin Townsend of Center Point; grandchildren Sarah Tucker, Nick Ratermann, Scott Ratermann, Wade Ashlock, Krista Benter, and Amy Ratermann; 10 great-grandchildren and his sister Verna (Virgil Roemerman of Centerville.

Dean was preceded in death by his parents, William and Catherine Townsend; and brothers, Keith and Donald Townsend.

Dorcie Dean Townsend was born Dec 2, 1918 in Shelly, Minn., the son of William and Catherine (Updike) Townsend. He married Evelyn Fay Townsend on Feb 19, 1949 in Fayetteville, Ark.
Dean was a United States Navy veteran of World War II, serving four years in the South Pacific on the USS Mustin Destroyer. Dean worked as an electronic test technician at Rockwell Collins for 20 years and later retired from Norand of Cedar Rapids.

He loved his farm and enjoyed working in his yard, driving, camping, woodworking, reading, evening TV, and most dear to Dean was his family and grandchildren.
Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA) 26 Dec 2011, Mon, pg M8