George Petsel

PETSEL, TAYLOR, DOTSON, SCHOER, PETSEL-HERTEL, TAMMES, BLAIR

Posted By: Char Hixon (email)
Date: 4/28/2015 at 15:38:34

George Robert "Bob" Petsel, age 72 or 4140 Oasis Road SE, West Branch died Saturday, July 22 (2000) at his home due to complications of cancer.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 25 at the First Church United in West Liberty. Reverend All Zimmerman officiated. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be donated to Iowa City Hospice or First Church United.
Mr. Petsel was born January 2, 1928 in Iowa City the son of George E. and Beatrice M. (Ritz) Petsel. He graduated from Iowa City High School. He was a school bus driver for the West Branch School System for 22 years. He was a lifetime area farmer, Jack of all trades, and Master of none. He was married to Dona Mae Taylor on November 6, 1946 in San Anna, CA. Mr. Petsel was a Mason, third degree; past Master of Wapsinonoc Lodge No. 381, an Elder of the First Church United in West Liberty where he was a member of the board, a Scott Township trustee, a Liberty Crusader, a board member of Lincoln Mutual Insurance, and a member of the Moose Lodge in Iowa City. He served in the Marine Corp. from 1946 to 1947. He and Dona were named the South Prairie Grange couple of the year.
He is survived by his wife of fifty years; three daughters: Deb Petsel of Iowa City, Teri and husband Jim Dotson of Wilton, and Jill and husband Terry Schoer of Superior, WI; six grandchildren; three great grandchildren; two brothers: Joe and wife Mary Petsel of Columbia, MO and Duane and wife Grace Ann Petsel of Indianapolis, IN; a sister, Diane Petsel-Hertel and husband Ron of Iowa City; and eighteen nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, two sisters; Dorothy Louise Petsel ad Beverly Beth Petsel; a niece, Louis Dawn Petsel; a nephew, Richard Lowell Tammes; and great nephew, Brian Blair.