Wendall Ivan Travis (1994)

TRAVIS, HOOVER, THORNE, OPHER, CARTER

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 2/21/2006 at 11:27:44

The Gazette, Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Tuesday, February 8, 1994, page 2

Wendall I. Travis, 68, of 250 Bernita Dr. NW, died Monday morning, Feb. 7, 1994, in his home following a brief illness.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, where friends may call from 6 to 8 tonight. The Rev. Don McGarvey will officiate. Entombment: Linwood Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Marilyn; a son, Dennis of Cedar Rapids; a daughter, Cheryle Opfer of Cedar Rapids; a brother, Earl Travis of Fort Scott, Kan.; and a sister, Wilma Carter of Winterset. Also surviving are four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Edith Camp and Maude Simmons, and a brother, Joe.

Born Jan. 31, 1926, in Peru, Iowa, to Martin and Nellie Hoover Travis, he married Marilyn Thoren on May 28, 1949. For more than 41 years, he worked for Northwestern Bell, retiring in 1983. Mr. Travis attended First Assembly of God Church and was a member of Telephone Pioneers.

A memorial fund has been established.
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Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1994

WENDALL TRAVIS

Wendall I. Travis, 68, of Cedar Rapids, died February 7, 1994 at home, following a brief illness. Services were held February 9, 1994 at the Murdock-Linwood Funeral Home with the Rev. Don McGarvey officiating the ceremony. Entombment was in Linwood Cemetery.

He was born January 31, 1926 near Peru to Bate and Nell (Hoover) Travis. He was a Winterset High School graduate. He married Marilyn Thorne on May 28, 1949 and worked for Bell Telephone 41 years before retiring in 1983.

He was preceded in death by one brother; and two sisters. Surviving relatives include his wife; one son, Dennis and wife Denise; one daughter, Cheryl Opher and husband Bob of Cedar Rapids; one brother Earl Travis, of Ft. Scott, Kansas; one sister Wilma Carter of Winterset; and four granddaughters.