David Earl North, DVM (2015)

NORTH, AIDEN, ANDERSON, MOHAN, CHAPLIK

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 10/13/2015 at 16:46:47

Reece Funeral Home
Ottumwa, Iowa
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

DAVID NORTH, Ottumwa

Dr. David Earl North, 71, of 705 E. Alta Vista died at 7:26 a.m. October 11, 2015 at Ottumwa Regional Health Center.

He was born June 5, 1944 in Rochester, IN to Henry Frank Aiden and Virginia Dare Long North. He married Sheryl Lee Anderson December 16, 1967.

Having grown up in Corydon through 5th grade, David graduated high school in Norton, KS. He received his A.A. degree from Centerville Community College and his D.V.M. from Iowa State University in 1970.

David worked for a veterinarian in Tipton for a year before opening Appanoose Veterinary Clinic in Centerville. In 1978 he moved to Ottumwa, owning and operating Animal Clinic South Side along with his colleague, Roy Meyer until he retired in 2013.

He was a member of First United Methodist Church and enjoyed the opportunity to volunteer. He loved aviation and was a long time pilot; recently sharing that love with his oldest grandson.

Surviving is his wife, Sheryl; a son, David E. (Laura) North Jr. of Oskaloosa; a daughter, Steffany (Mike) Mohan of Clive; eight grandchildren, Charlie, Aiden, Jake and Tommy North, Luke, Camaryn, Halle and Josh Mohan; a brother, Charles (Ursula) North of Whitewater, WI; a sister, Barbara (John) Chaplik of Grand Junction, CO.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

His body has been cremated.

Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Ottumwa with Rev. Jon Disburg officiating. Inurnment will be in St. Charles Cemetery in St. Charles, IA at a later date.

Visitation with the family present will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Reece Funeral Home in Ottumwa.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church or Tenco Industries.