LONEY, Lyle "Dean" 1934-2000
LONEY, JENSEN, SANDERS
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 11/29/2010 at 19:27:41
LYLE "DEAN" LONEY
LITTLE CEDAR, IOWA - Lyle "Dean" Loney, 66, of Little Cedar, died Friday, December 8, 2000, at his home following a lengthy battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Little Cedar United Methodist Church, 4255 Patent Ave., Little Cedar, with the Rev. Ted Stowers officiating. Interment will be in Liberty Township Cemetery, Little Cedar, with military honors by Osage American Legion Post 278.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, 702 State St., Osage with a Masonic service at 7 p.m.
He was born March 7, 1934, in Little Cedar, son of Merrill and Ruth (Sanders) Loney. Dean received his education in the Little Cedar School, graduating in 1952. He enlisted in the United States Air Force and served as Airman First Class during the Korean War. Dean returned to the Little Cedar area to farm and work at the Little Cedar Creamery with his father. He then worked for Amoco in Carpenter and Osage. Dean was a life long member of Little Cedar United Methodist Church. He was a member of the Cedar River Saddle Club and was active in the Pony Express Riders of Mitchell County.
Dean and Ruth Jensen were united in marriage on March 19, 1982. They farmed together in the Osage and Little Cedar area until retiring from farming earlier this year. His greatest love was spending time with his family, grandchildren and friends.
Dean is survived by his wife, Ruth, of Little Cedar; four daughters, Beth Boggs of Morton, Illinois, and her children, Adam, Maegan and Abby; Kerry Randall and husband, Danny Randall and their children, Molly and Katey, of Osage; Kelly Scheer and her children, Luke, Joshua and Tyler of Osage; and Angie Atwell and husband, Todd Atwell, and their children, Taylor, Turner and Sawyer, of Russell; one son, Kim Schwab, of Morton, Illinois, and his children, Kasey and Arthur; one daughter-in-law, Sylvia Loney Howell, of Osage and her children, Nathan Loney and Justin Loney; two sisters, Vera Jean Boerjan, of Osage and Sharon Cook and husband, Fred Cook, of Clear Lake; many nieces and nephews; and mother-in-law and father-in-law, Art and Evelyn Jensen, of St. Ansgar.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his son, Daniel* Dean Loney.
Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.
[Globe Gazette, Dec. 11, 2000]
* Note: See Dann Loney's obit.
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