Foxhoven, Gail William (1947 - 2022)

FOXHOVEN, BLADT, CONRAD, KENKEL, SCHNEIDER, GAUL, BISSEN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 10/4/2022 at 16:08:43

Name of deceased: Gail William Foxhoven

Aged: 75 yrs, 1 mo, 28 days

Residence: Earling, Shelby County, IA

Born: July 18, 1947; Portsmouth, Shelby County, IA

Died: Sep. 15, 2022; Dunlap Specialty Care, Dunlap, Harrison and Crawford Counties, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Monday, Sep. 19, 2022, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Earling, IA; burial was in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Earling, IA

Survived by: Wife of 52 years, Betty Foxhoven of Earling, IA; children, Tammy (spouse, Greg) Bladt of Harlan, IA, John Foxhoven of Omaha, NE, and Ann (spouse, Justin) Conrad of Harlan, IA; grandchildren, Drew, Haley, Alex, & Aiden Bladt, and Lily Conrad; siblings, Joyce (spouse, Dave) Kenkel of Panama, IA, Lyn Schneider of Millard, NE, and June Foxhoven of Millard, NE; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Laverne and Odelia (nee Gaul) Foxhoven; brother and sister-in-law, Kenneth and Jane Foxhoven

Education: Attended and graduated from St. Joseph’s High School, Earling, IA; after his military service, he attended Iowa Western Community College Nursing program in Harlan, IA

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Military service: Enlisted in the U. S. Army Reserves and served his country until in 1971; honorably discharged

Marriage: Betty Bissen; July 25, 1970; Defiance, IA

Employment: Began his nursing career in 1969 at Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan, IA and then transferred to Hospital Ambulance Service and later Medivac Ambulance/ Rescue in the late 1970's. He worked for several years selling insurance for Combined and Physicians Mutual. The past 40 years of his life, he cared for the elderly in nursing homes in Omaha, NE, Elk Horn, IA, and Denison, IA.

Hobbies/Interests: He loved caring for his patients; was a guardian on Honor Flights, beginning in 2008; loved playing golf and playing cards; enjoyed romantic songs and movies

Sources: kjan.com; pauleyjones.com