Gale Ray Eivins (2013)

EIVINS, LEE, DILLENBURG, PECKHAM

Posted By: Shirley Keating (email)
Date: 8/19/2013 at 17:36:42

Teahen Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Gail R. Eivins

Eivins (Gail, Born in Troy, Missouri on November 22, 1962
Resided in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and died on August 14, 2013

Visitation
Location: Teahen Funeral Home
Date: Friday, August 16, 2013
Time: 3 to 8 p.m.

Service
Location: Cedar Hills Community Church
Date: Saturday, August 17, 2013
Time: 1 p.m.

Gail Ray Eivins, 50 of Cedar Rapids passed away peacefully following a courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Cedar Hills Community Church by Pastor Kent Landhuis. Friends may visit with family from 3 to 8 p.m. on Friday at Teahen Funeral Home and after noon on Saturday at the church.

Gail is survived by his loving wife Shari; two devoted sons Ryan and Jared; sister Barb (Randy) Lee of Winterset; father and mother-in-law Dale and Carolyn Dillenburg of Creston; one brother-in-law and family; one sister-in-law and family; and 7 nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Bob.

Gail was born November 22, 1962 in Troy, Missouri the son of Harold and Jean (Peckham) Eivins. He married Shari Dillenburg on May 25, 1985 in Creston. Gail graduated in 1981 from Orient-Macksburg High School and then attended Iowa State University where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering. He worked as an electrical engineer at Rockwell Collins for 19 years.

Gail was an amazing husband and dad. He was an outstanding coach for his sons’ sports teams since they were young, including football, soccer, and basketball, but was most passionate about coaching baseball. He was very supportive of his sons’ activities and their education. He served as an AWANA leader at the Cedar Hills E-Free Church. As a coach with the Metro Youth Football Association, USSSA baseball teams, and multiple YMCA sports, he was adored by the players that he coached and their families. He greatly supported and was actively involved in the Jefferson J-Hawk athletic program. He was also an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed towards the family, to be donated towards the Jefferson High School Athletic Department and the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy.
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Transcriber's note: Gail R. Eivins lived north of
Macksburg, in Madison County, Iowa, as a child until he left to attend college.