LOFTUS, James Edward 1933-2006
LOFTUS, MONTAGUE, LOTZ, ELLIOTT, BARTLING, WARDLOW, HILDEBRAND
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/28/2012 at 10:57:48
James Edward Loftus, 73, of Waterloo died on Thursday, December 28, 2006 at Covenant Medical Center, from complications from a fall at home.
He was born March 5, 1933 in New Haven, Mitchell county, Iowa, the son of Walter and Evelyn (Montague) Loftus.
He married Ingeborg Lotz on August 25, 1954 in Stuttgart, Germany. Mr. Loftus was employed as a welder with Titus Manufacturing. He also was employed as a carpenter for the Waterloo Schools, retiring in 1984.
He is survived by his wife, of Waterloo; two sons, Tim (Ruth) of Deep River, Connecticut, and Mike (Tammy) of Waterloo; three daughters: Annette (Kim) Elliott of Waterloo, Doreen (Jeff) Bartling of Adel, and Renee (Pat) Wardlow of Waterloo; 12 grandchildren: Keith, Brian, Heather, Melanie, and Jessica Loftus, Jacob and Travis Wittmayer, Danielle, Nate, and Mandi Bartling, Liz and Erin Wardlow; four brothers: Bill (Florence) of Waseca, Minnesota, Vincent of Greeley, Colorado, Jack (Lucille) of Lodi, California, and Chuck of Galt, California; a sister Ada (Earl) Hildebrand, of Oxnard California.
He was preceded in death by an infant son, James Loftus; eight brothers: Gathian, Tom Bernard, Robert, Harold, Norbert, Francis, and Lloyd Loftus.
Funeral Services will be on Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Full military rites will be conducted at the grave by Waterloo AMVETS Post 19 and Evansdale AMVETS Post 31. Public visitation from 4-8 p.m. Monday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street, where there will be 4 p.m. Knights of Columbus rosary and 7 p.m. vigil. Visitation also one hour prior to services Tuesday at the church.
Memorials may be directed to the Salvation Army.
[Obituary from Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service website]
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