Roger Harry Homer (1924-2017)

HOMER, PARKER, DINGMAN, WIDEN, NACHAZEL, HATHAWAY, MOEHN, MITCHELL

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 3/4/2017 at 10:46:12

From Stevens Memorial Chapel obituary, Ames, Story County, Iowa:

Roger Harry Homer, 92, formerly of Ames, died at Legacy Pointe Assisted Living Facility in Iowa City on February 24, 2017.

Roger Homer was born on December 3, 1924 in Long Beach, California to Harry and Ora Homer. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach in 1942. In April of 1945, he was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserves and was designated a Naval Aviator in Corpus Christi, Texas. While in the Navy, he completed his A. B. in Mathematics at University of Southern California under the five term plan and graduated in August of 1951. He was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1954 and resigned as a Lieutenant. He received his Ph. D. in Mathematics from U.C. Berkeley in June of 1959 and joined the Department of Mathematics at Iowa State University in August of 1959. In 1988, he retired from I.S.U. after 29 years of service, and became a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics.

Roger Homer married Dolores Parker of Long Beach, in 1945. She died of tuberculosis on July 6, 1951. On August 2, 1952 he married Annette Dingman of Fort Madison, Iowa. Roger and Annette raised five children, and enjoyed an active life together in Ames. After his retirement in 1988, they traveled extensively, visiting their children and attending Elder hostels. Roger cared for Annette during her final illness, just as he had cared for his first wife Dolores many years before. He was an attentive and caring husband. After Annette passed away in 2007, Roger remained in Ames for five more years, and then moved to Iowa City in 2012 to be closer to his children. In 2015 he moved to Legacy Pointe Assisted Living Facility on the east side of Iowa City, where he made many new friends, and regularly attended Communion Service on Tuesdays, and Happy Hour on Fridays.

Roger Homer is survived by his son, Mark Homer (Jo Anne) of Napa, CA; three daughters, Melinda Widen of Ankeny, IA and Stowe, VT, Mary Nachazel (Steve) of Iowa City, and Molly Homer of Macomb, IL; son in law Jeff Hathaway (Brenda) of Ankeny; eleven grandchildren, Jill Wheeler (Shane) of Des Moines, Jim Hathaway (Becca) of Ankeny, Kevin Hathaway (Darcy) of Des Moines, Angela Moehn (Brendan) of Aurora, IL, Will Widen (Shannon) of Stowe, VT, Henry Widen of Ankeny, Tom Widen of Miami, FL, Jack Hathaway of Omaha, Natasha Nachazel of Mount Vernon, Katie Homer of Davis, CA, and Annie Homer of Napa, CA; ten great grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. He will be remembered fondly and missed by his family and his community.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Dolores, his second wife Annette, his daughter Margaret Hathaway, and his sister Doris Mitchell.

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