Jack Dewane Dabner (2018)
ATLAS, BELAS, DABNER, KELLEY, KING, KUNTZ, MARTENS
Posted By: Shirley Keating (email)
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:03
Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
Sunday, January 28, 2018Jack Dabner, Pasadena, CA (formerly from Iowa)
Jack Dewane Dabner was born August 9, 1926 at Falls City, Nebraska to Raymond and Lora Dabner. He concluded his time on earth on January 10, 2018 at Pasadena, California following a heart attack.
His lifetime centered around high school athletics at Perry, Iowa and as an all-state quarterback at Winterset, Iowa. He also participated in track and field sports at Perry and Winterset. After graduating from Winterset High School in 1945, Jack served 2 years as a radarman in the US Navy, including active wartime duty in the Pacific. Following his tour of duty he enrolled in Northwestern University in Evanston, IL and received his BS degree in history. He next enrolled in the University of Tulsa at Tulsa, OK and earned his Bachelor of Law degree.
His professional career included work in Tulsa, OK as an insurance underwriter at Alexander and Alexander Insurance Co., and as Claims Manager at Marsh McLennan Insurance Co. He participated in Optimist Club activities, coached boys' and girls' elementary school baseball and softball, as well as American Legion senior high school baseball. He also participated in numerous outside activities to benefit other people.
Surviving him are his wife, Marilyn Dabner of Pasadena, CA; and daughter, Janet Dabner and her husband Joe Atlas and their children Samantha and Spenser, all of Los Angeles, CA.
Preceding him in death was daughter Carol Dabner Kelley.
Other survivors include his sister, Joan (Fred) Kuntz of Des Moines, IA and his sister Jane Martens of Winterset, IA; nieces, Julie (Vern) King and Sally (Len) Belas; and nephews Scott Martens and Steve (Karen) Kuntz, all of the Des Moines area; and great nieces and nephews. He will be greatly missed by his family and many friends in Iowa, Tulsa, and Los Angeles.
Memorial service plans are pending. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that a contribution to would be appreciated.
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