Rydel, John E. 1931-1992

RYDEL, WACH, BOYD, HALL, REED, HARVEY

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Date: 4/7/2013 at 21:32:35

The Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register; Oct. 29, 1992

JOHN RYDEL

John E. Rydel, 61, of 1030 East St., Grinnell, died Monday, Oct. 26, at Grinnell General Hospital.

Funeral services will be conducted Monday at the Grinnell United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Lon Lewis officiating. Pallbearers will be Rod Boggess, Fred England, Dale Harvey, Stewart Oliver, Robert Rydel and Ben Strong. Burial will be in Hazelwood Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Smith Funeral Home beginning at noon Saturday. The family will be present from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Grinnell or to the Grinnell United Methodist church.

The son of John and Esther Wach Rydel, he was born Jan. 3, 1931, in Rogers, Neb. He grew up in southern Iowa where his parents farmed near Weldon and, later, LeRoy. He was a 1951 graduate of Iowa State University and later received an M.A. in agronomy from Northwest Missouri State University.

Mr. Rydel was a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict.

He was married to Georgia Mae Boyd July 20, 1952, in Las Animas, Colo. They lived in Onawa, Clarinda and Clear Lake before moving to Grinnell in 1973.

Mr. Rydel was a regional sales manager for Farm Service.

Surviving are his wife; his parents; two sons, J. Boyd of Omaha, Neb., and Russell of San Francisco, Calif.; a daughter, Robin Hall of Greeley, Colo.; two sisters, Lillian Reed of Franklin Lakes, N.J.; and Evelyn Harvey of Westmont, Ill.; and two grandchildren.