Grover Willard Mease

MEASE, EMERSON, KELLEY, TRASK, REED, WELCH, COLVIN

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 2/25/2006 at 10:39:06

G. W. MEASE Services Wednesday

Winterset Madisonian
August 13, 1980

Grover Willard Mease of 115 S. Tenth St. died Monday, Aug. 11, 1980, at Madison County Memorial Hospital at the age of 60. A native of Madison County, Mr. Mease was president of Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Winterset at the time of his death.

Born on a farm near Peru, he was the son of Grover C. and Ethel Emerson Mease. He was united in marriage to Berneice L. Kelley on June 14, 1941, in Winterset, and his wife survives him.

Mr. Mease served with the U.S. Army during World War II and was a member of the Winterset VFW, Lakeview Country Club and the Board of Directors of Farmers & Merchants State Bank, with which he was associated for 20 years. Prior to that he was with Bank of America in California, a finance company in Davenport and was manager of a B.G. Goodrich store in eastern Iowa.

Several years ago Mr. Mease headed a drive in Winterset to restore and renovate buildings in the business district. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.

Also surviving are three children, James W. Mease, Judith Ann Trask and Jane Marie Reed, all of Winterset; five grandchildren; a brother, Jack Mease of Winterset; and a sister, Thelma M. Colvin of San Diego, Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Paul, and a sister, Lois Eve Welch.

Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Byron Ayers officiating. Burial was at the Winterset Cemetery.

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