Dale Eugene "Gene" Addy (2007)

ADDY, SEVERN, ARMSTRONG, PURVIS

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 3/23/2007 at 09:59:57

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
March 21, 2007

GENE ADDY, Marshalltown

Dale Eugene Addy, 68, of Marshalltown died March 16, 2007, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

Graveside services and burial was held today (Wednesday, March 21) at North McDonald Cemetery in Madison County with Pastor Bob Epperson officiating.

Gene Addy was born Feb. 26, 1939, in Madison County to Dwight and Vernal (Severn) Addy and was a 1959 graduate of Winterset High School. His marriage to Shirley Jo Armstrong took place June 26, 1960, in St. Charles. Gene retired from Eagle Iron Works in Des Moines as an over-the-road truck driver. He previously worked for Gray-Iron in Marshalltown. He had lived in Marshalltown since 1968. He also had resided in State Center and Indianola. Gene was a veteran of the National Guard, serving nine years.

He was preceded in death by his father and a granddaughter, Katie Addy.

He is survived by his wife, Shirley, of Marshalltown; his mother, Vernal Addy of Winterset; one son, Gary Addy of Harrisburg, Pa.; one daughter, Kim Purvis of Marshalltown; a brother, Ronnie Addy of Winterset; and a granddaughter.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the family.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Collins Oak Park Chapel & Funeral Services in Winterset.